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FOLLOWING EXAMPLES
One of my favourite songs has a chorus that goes like this,
"Lord I want to be just like you, 'cause he wants to be just like me,
I want to be a holy example For his innocent eyes to see,
Help me be a living Bible, Lord, For my little boy to read,
Lord, I want to be just like you, 'Cause he wants to be like me."
Amaziah, his son Azariah, and his son Jotham were all good kings who followed the examples of their fathers. About Amaziah we read, "In everything he followed the example of his father, Joash."
The scripture commends all these kings for following the good examples of their fathers, yet in one way they did not go far enough. All those kings left the high places still intact and all the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
When we see a good person and decide to follow their example, let us remember that everyone who has ever lived has sinned and has fallen short of the standard of God. Only one person ever lived a perfect life and that was Jesus Christ. When we look to others as a good example, look for and follow their best parts and remember to fill in the bad or forgotten parts with Jesus and the Word of God. The example of Jesus and our instruction from God's word are the only two examples we can follow 100% and be sure we are doing what is right.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
It was a sad fact that the treasures of the Lord's temple were looted by invaders. Today we note that Amaziah, king of Israel, plundered the Lord's house, and also the king's house. Jehoash was the grandson of King Jehu. Jehu believed in God, and was the one who told a God-fearing man "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD" (2Kin 10:16). How times change!
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
Q. It doesn't make sense that a righteous king of Israel (Amaziah) should fall for no apparent reason in battle. Why?
A. The Bible has at least two places where the exploits of the Kings are recorded: Kings and Chronicles. If we check what's said about Amaziah in Chronicles, we get a much more rounded picture. Here are some of the main points which are left out in our chapter but added in 2Chron 25:
- A further ten thousand men were taken captive, and then brutally killed (2Chron 25:12)
- Amaziah's soldiers turned renegade after they were sent home without a share of the spoil (v13)
- The King turned to the idols of Edom (Seir) and brought them home (v14)
After all this, we get the result that "the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah" (v15), yet it is in this state that he foolishly went against Israel in battle instead of first seeking reconciliation with God.
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2013 Reply to Rob
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1. In the second <8147> year <8141> of Joash <3101> son <1121> of Jehoahaz <3099> king <4428> of Israel <3478> reigned <4427>(8804) Amaziah <558> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> king <4428> of Judah <3063>.
2. He was twenty <6242> and five <2568> years <8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>(8800), and reigned <4427>(8804) twenty <6242> and nine <8672> years <8141> in Jerusalem <3389>. And his mother's <517> name <8034> was Jehoaddan <3086> of Jerusalem <3389>.
3. And he did <6213>(8799) that which was right <3477> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, yet <7535> not like David <1732> his father <1>: he did <6213>(8804) according to all things as Joash <3101> his father <1> did <6213>(8804).
4. Howbeit the high places <1116> were not taken away <5493>(8804): as yet <5750> the people <5971> did sacrifice <2076>(8764) and burnt incense <6999>(8764) on the high places <1116>.
5. And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom <4467> was confirmed <2388>(8804) in his hand <3027>, that he slew <5221>(8686) his servants <5650> which had slain <5221>(8688) the king <4428> his father <1>.
6. But the children <1121> of the murderers <5221>(8688) he slew <4191>(8689) not: according unto that which is written <3789>(8803) in the book <5612> of the law <8451> of Moses <4872>, wherein the LORD <3068> commanded <6680>(8765), saying <559>(8800), The fathers <1> shall not be put to death <4191>(8714) for the children <1121>, nor the children <1121> be put to death <4191>(8714) for the fathers <1>; but every man <376> shall be put to death <4191>(8799) for his own sin <2399>.
7. He slew <5221>(8689) of Edom <123> in the valley <1516> of salt <4417> ten <6235> thousand <505>, and took <8610>(8804) Selah <5554> by war <4421>, and called <7121>(8799) the name <8034> of it Joktheel <3371> unto this day <3117>.
8. Then Amaziah <558> sent <7971>(8804) messengers <4397> to Jehoash <3060>, the son <1121> of Jehoahaz <3059> son <1121> of Jehu <3058>, king <4428> of Israel <3478>, saying <559>(8800), Come <3212>(8798), let us look <7200>(8691) one another in the face <6440>.
9. And Jehoash <3060> the king <4428> of Israel <3478> sent <7971>(8799) to Amaziah <558> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, saying <559>(8800), The thistle <2336> that was in Lebanon <3844> sent <7971>(8804) to the cedar <730> that was in Lebanon <3844>, saying <559>(8800), Give <5414>(8798) thy daughter <1323> to my son <1121> to wife <802>: and there passed <5674>(8799) by a wild <7704> beast <2416> that was in Lebanon <3844>, and trode down <7429>(8799) the thistle <2336>.
10. Thou hast indeed <5221>(8687) smitten <5221>(8689) Edom <123>, and thine heart <3820> hath lifted thee up <5375>(8804): glory <3513>(8734) of this, and tarry <3427>(8798) at home <1004>: for why shouldest thou meddle <1624>(8691) to thy hurt <7451>, that thou shouldest fall <5307>(8804), even thou, and Judah <3063> with thee?
11. But Amaziah <558> would not hear <8085>(8804). Therefore Jehoash <3060> king <4428> of Israel <3478> went up <5927>(8799); and he and Amaziah <558> king <4428> of Judah <3063> looked <7200>(8691) one another in the face <6440> at Bethshemesh <1053>, which belongeth to Judah <3063>.
12. And Judah <3063> was put to the worse <5062>(8735) before <6440> Israel <3478>; and they fled <5127>(8799) every man <376> to their tents <168>.
13. And Jehoash <3060> king <4428> of Israel <3478> took <8610>(8804) Amaziah <558> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, the son <1121> of Jehoash <3060> the son <1121> of Ahaziah <274>, at Bethshemesh <1053>, and came <935>(8799) to Jerusalem <3389>, and brake down <6555>(8799) the wall <2346> of Jerusalem <3389> from the gate <8179> of Ephraim <669> unto the corner <6438> gate <8179>, four <702> hundred <3967> cubits <520>.
14. And he took <3947>(8804) all the gold <2091> and silver <3701>, and all the vessels <3627> that were found <4672>(8737) in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and in the treasures <214> of the king's <4428> house <1004>, and hostages <1121> <8594>, and returned <7725>(8799) to Samaria <8111>.
15. Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Jehoash <3060> which he did <6213>(8804), and his might <1369>, and how he fought <3898>(8738) with Amaziah <558> king <4428> of Judah <3063>, are they not written <3789>(8803) in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> <3117> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>?
16. And Jehoash <3060> slept <7901>(8799) with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912>(8735) in Samaria <8111> with the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>; and Jeroboam <3379> his son <1121> reigned <4427>(8799) in his stead.
17. And Amaziah <558> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> king <4428> of Judah <3063> lived <2421>(8799) after <310> the death <4194> of Jehoash <3060> son <1121> of Jehoahaz <3059> king <4428> of Israel <3478> fifteen <2568> <6240> years <8141>.
18. And the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Amaziah <558>, are they not written <3789>(8803) in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> <3117> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>?
19. Now they made <7194>(8799) a conspiracy <7195> against him in Jerusalem <3389>: and he fled <5127>(8799) to Lachish <3923>; but they sent <7971>(8799) after <310> him to Lachish <3923>, and slew <4191>(8686) him there.
20. And they brought <5375>(8799) him on horses <5483>: and he was buried <6912>(8735) at Jerusalem <3389> with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of David <1732>.
21. And all the people <5971> of Judah <3063> took <3947>(8799) Azariah <5838>, which was sixteen <8337> <6240> years <8141> old <1121>, and made him king <4427>(8686) instead of his father <1> Amaziah <558>.
22. He built <1129>(8804) Elath <359>, and restored <7725>(8686) it to Judah <3063>, after <310> that the king <4428> slept <7901>(8800) with his fathers <1>.
23. In the fifteenth <2568> <6240> <8141> year <8141> of Amaziah <558> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> king <4428> of Judah <3063> Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> king <4428> of Israel <3478> began to reign <4427>(8804) in Samaria <8111>, and reigned forty <705> and one <259> years <8141>.
24. And he did <6213>(8799) that which was evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>: he departed <5493>(8804) not from all the sins <2403> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028>, who made Israel <3478> to sin <2398>(8689).
25. He restored <7725>(8689) the coast <1366> of Israel <3478> from the entering <935>(8800) of Hamath <2574> unto the sea <3220> of the plain <6160>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> God <430> of Israel <3478>, which he spake <1696>(8765) by the hand <3027> of his servant <5650> Jonah <3124>, the son <1121> of Amittai <573>, the prophet <5030>, which was of Gathhepher <1662>.
26. For the LORD <3068> saw <7200>(8804) the affliction <6040> of Israel <3478>, that it was very <3966> bitter <4784>(8802): for there was not <657> any shut up <6113>(8803), nor any left <5800>(8803), nor any helper <5826>(8802) for Israel <3478>.
27. And the LORD <3068> said <1696>(8765) not that he would blot out <4229>(8800) the name <8034> of Israel <3478> from under heaven <8064>: but he saved <3467>(8686) them by the hand <3027> of Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Joash <3101>.
28. Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Jeroboam <3379>, and all that he did <6213>(8804), and his might <1369>, how he warred <3898>(8738), and how he recovered <7725>(8689) Damascus <1834>, and Hamath <2574>, which belonged to Judah <3063>, for Israel <3478>, are they not written <3789>(8803) in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> <3117> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>?
29. And Jeroboam <3379> slept <7901>(8799) with his fathers <1>, even with the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>; and Zachariah <2148> his son <1121> reigned <4427>(8799) in his stead.
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The first of Ezekiel's 'enacted parables'. The parables had to be enacted because Ezekiel was now dumb. He could only speak if the Lord gave him a word.
He has to lie on his left side for 390 days and his right side for 40 days by a model of Israel with siege engines arrayed against it drawn on a 'tile'. He has to enter in to the feeling of a siege by eating meagre rations.
This is to show Judah that those that are left in Jerusalem are going to be besieged before they are finally taken captive by the Babylonians.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2001 Reply to Peter
Remember when Ezekiel enacted the siege of Jerusalem the city was still standing even though Ezekiel and others had already been taken captivity. Those who saw his actions would remember vividly what they had actually experienced already. One might have thought that this would impact on their minds and cause them to repent, but seemingly it did not.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
Sometimes people in these days make a fuss about speakers using visual aids. But God arranged some lovely preaching aids for Ezekiel to use. In today’s chapter the prophet is given the wonderful visual aid of Jerusalem under siege. This would really cause interest among the Jews in Babylon. The mute man, lying on his side, eating unpleasant food, and portraying their home city under siege! Visual aids work.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to David
ON MY BEHALF
What if someone you knew and respected was given Ezekiel's job on your behalf?
Ezekiel was told to lie on his left side one day for a year for all the years of the sin of Israel, and on his right side in the same way for the sins of Judah. 390 plus 40 days Ezekiel had to lie on his side in the sight of his people, bearing their sin.
I would feel terrible if someone was doing that for me. Every time I walked past them, I would see them lying on their side because of the sin that I had done. I think I would have wanted to take their place because the sin was mine, and so the consequences should also be mine.
What a harsh reminder it must have been to Israel to see Ezekiel lying there, uncomfortable but not able to move, and all because of their sin.
But it is like that for us. Perhaps it is worse. It was our sin that nailed Jesus Christ to the cross. He hung there and died for you and me because of the sins we have committed. He died so that we could be forgiven. All too often we walk right past and either hide our eyes, or don't even notice. The price of our salvation was paid in the death of God's perfect Son.
Let's not be like Israel and refuse to see our sin, but in the light of the Son of God, examine ourselves, repent and turn back to God.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Robert
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1. Thou also, son <1121> of man <120>, take <3947>(8798) thee a tile <3843>, and lay <5414>(8804) it before <6440> thee, and pourtray <2710>(8804) upon it the city <5892>, even Jerusalem <3389>:
2. And lay <5414>(8804) siege <4692> against it, and build <1129>(8804) a fort <1785> against it, and cast <8210>(8804) a mount <5550> against it; set <5414>(8804) the camp <4264> also against it, and set <7760>(8798) battering rams <3733> against it round about <5439>.
3. Moreover take <3947>(8798) thou unto thee an iron <1270> pan <4227>, and set <5414>(8804) it for a wall <7023> of iron <1270> between thee and the city <5892>: and set <3559>(8689) thy face <6440> against it, and it shall be besieged <4692>, and thou shalt lay siege <6696>(8804) against it. This shall be a sign <226> to the house <1004> of Israel <3478>.
4. Lie <7901>(8798) thou also upon thy left <8042> side <6654>, and lay <7760>(8804) the iniquity <5771> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478> upon it: according to the number <4557> of the days <3117> that thou shalt lie <7901>(8799) upon it thou shalt bear <5375>(8799) their iniquity <5771>.
5. For I have laid <5414>(8804) upon thee the years <8141> of their iniquity <5771>, according to the number <4557> of the days <3117>, three <7969> hundred <3967> and ninety <8673> days <3117>: so shalt thou bear <5375>(8804) the iniquity <5771> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478>.
6. And when thou hast accomplished <3615>(8765) them <428>, lie <7901>(8804) again <8145> on thy right <3233>(8675) <3227> side <6654>, and thou shalt bear <5375>(8804) the iniquity <5771> of the house <1004> of Judah <3063> forty <705> days <3117>: I have appointed <5414>(8804) thee each day <3117> <3117> for a year <8141> <8141>.
7. Therefore thou shalt set <3559>(8686) thy face <6440> toward the siege <4692> of Jerusalem <3389>, and thine arm <2220> shall be uncovered <2834>(8803), and thou shalt prophesy <5012>(8738) against it.
8. And, behold, I will lay <5414>(8804) bands <5688> upon thee, and thou shalt not turn <2015>(8735) thee from one side <6654> to another <6654>, till thou hast ended <3615>(8763) the days <3117> of thy siege <4692>.
9. Take <3947>(8798) thou also unto thee wheat <2406>, and barley <8184>, and beans <6321>, and lentiles <5742>, and millet <1764>, and fitches <3698>, and put <5414>(8804) them in one <259> vessel <3627>, and make <6213>(8804) thee bread <3899> thereof, according to the number <4557> of the days <3117> that thou shalt lie <7901>(8802) upon thy side <6654>, three <7969> hundred <3967> and ninety <8673> days <3117> shalt thou eat <398>(8799) thereof.
10. And thy meat <3978> which thou shalt eat <398>(8799) shall be by weight <4946>, twenty <6242> shekels <8255> a day <3117>: from time <6256> to time <6256> shalt thou eat <398>(8799) it.
11. Thou shalt drink <8354>(8799) also water <4325> by measure <4884>, the sixth part <8345> of an hin <1969>: from time <6256> to time <6256> shalt thou drink <8354>(8799).
12. And thou shalt eat <398>(8799) it as barley <8184> cakes <5692>, and thou shalt bake <5746>(8799) it with dung <1561> that cometh out <6627> of man <120>, in their sight <5869>.
13. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799), Even thus shall the children <1121> of Israel <3478> eat <398>(8799) their defiled <2931> bread <3899> among the Gentiles <1471>, whither I will drive <5080>(8686) them.
14. Then said <559>(8799) I, Ah <162> Lord <136> GOD <3069>! behold, my soul <5315> hath not been polluted <2930>(8794): for from my youth <5271> up even till now have I not eaten <398>(8804) of that which dieth of itself <5038>, or is torn in pieces <2966>; neither came <935>(8804) there abominable <6292> flesh <1320> into my mouth <6310>.
15. Then he said <559>(8799) unto me, Lo <7200>(8798), I have given <5414>(8804) thee cow's <1241> dung <6832>(8675) <6832> for man's <120> dung <1561>, and thou shalt prepare <6213>(8804) thy bread <3899> therewith.
16. Moreover he said <559>(8799) unto me, Son <1121> of man <120>, behold, I will break <7665>(8799) the staff <4294> of bread <3899> in Jerusalem <3389>: and they shall eat <398>(8804) bread <3899> by weight <4948>, and with care <1674>; and they shall drink <8354>(8799) water <4325> by measure <4884>, and with astonishment <8078>:
17. That they may want <2637>(8799) bread <3899> and water <4325>, and be astonied <8074>(8738) one <376> with another <251>, and consume away <4743>(8738) for their iniquity <5771>.
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1. It is <4851> <0> not <3756> expedient <4851>(5719) for me <3427> doubtless <1211> to glory <2744>(5738). <1063> I will come <2064>(5695) to <1519> visions <3701> and <2532> revelations <602> of the Lord <2962>.
2. I knew <1492>(5758) a man <444> in <1722> Christ <5547> above <4253> <0> fourteen <1180> years <2094> ago <4253>, (whether <1535> in <1722> the body <4983>, I cannot <3756> tell <1492>(5758); or whether <1535> out <1622> of the body <4983>, I cannot <3756> tell <1492>(5758): God <2316> knoweth <1492>(5758);) such an one <5108> caught up <726>(5651) to <2193> the third <5154> heaven <3772>.
3. And <2532> I knew <1492>(5758) such <5108> a man <444>, (whether <1535> in <1722> the body <4983>, or <1535> out <1622> of the body <4983>, I cannot <3756> tell <1492>(5758): God <2316> knoweth <1492>(5758);)
4. How that <3754> he was caught up <726>(5648) into <1519> paradise <3857>, and <2532> heard <191>(5656) unspeakable <731> words <4487>, which <3739> it is <1832> <0> not <3756> lawful <1832>(5752) for a man <444> to utter <2980>(5658).
5. Of <5228> such an one <5108> will I glory <2744>(5695): yet <1161> of <5228> myself <1683> I will <2744> <0> not <3756> glory <2744>(5695), but <1508> in <1722> mine <3450> infirmities <769>.
6. For <1063> though <1437> I would desire <2309>(5661) to glory <2744>(5664), I shall <2071> <0> not <3756> be <2071>(5704) a fool <878>; for <1063> I will say <2046>(5692) the truth <225>: but <1161> now I forbear <5339>(5736), lest <3361> any man <5100> should think <3049>(5667) of <1519> me <1691> above <5228> that which <3739> he seeth <991>(5719) me <3165> to be, or <2228> that he heareth <191>(5719) of <5100> <1537> me <1700>.
7. And <2532> lest <3363> I should be exalted above measure <5229>(5747) through the abundance <5236> of the revelations <602>, there was given <1325>(5681) to me <3427> a thorn <4647> in the flesh <4561>, the messenger <32> of Satan <4566> to <2443> buffet <2852>(5725) me <3165>, lest <3363> I should be exalted above measure <5229>(5747).
8. For <5228> this thing <5127> I besought <3870>(5656) the Lord <2962> thrice <5151>, that <2443> it might depart <868>(5632) from <575> me <1700>.
9. And <2532> he said <2046>(5758) unto me <3427>, My <3450> grace <5485> is sufficient <714>(5719) for thee <4671>: for <1063> my <3450> strength <1411> is made perfect <5048>(5743) in <1722> weakness <769>. Most gladly <2236> therefore <3767> will I <2744> <0> rather <3123> glory <2744>(5695) in <1722> my <3450> infirmities <769>, that <2443> the power <1411> of Christ <5547> may rest <1981>(5661) upon <1909> me <1691>.
10. Therefore <1352> I take pleasure <2106>(5719) in <1722> infirmities <769>, in <1722> reproaches <5196>, in <1722> necessities <318>, in <1722> persecutions <1375>, in <1722> distresses <4730> for <5228> <0> Christ's <5547> sake <5228>: for <1063> when <3752> I am weak <770>(5725), then <5119> am <1510>(5748) I strong <1415>.
11. I am become <1096>(5754) a fool <878> in glorying <2744>(5740); ye <5210> have compelled <315>(5656) me <3165>: for <1063> I <1473> ought <3784>(5707) to have been commended <4921>(5745) of <5259> you <5216>: for <1063> in nothing <3762> am I behind <5302>(5656) the very chiefest <3029> apostles <652> <5228>, <2532> though <1499> I be <1510>(5748) nothing <3762>.
12. Truly <3303> the signs <4592> of an apostle <652> were wrought <2716>(5681) among <1722> you <5213> in <1722> all <3956> patience <5281>, in <1722> signs <4592>, and <2532> wonders <5059>, and <2532> mighty deeds <1411>.
13. For <1063> what <5101> is it <2076>(5748) wherein <3739> ye were inferior <2274>(5681) to <5228> other <3062> churches <1577>, except <1508> it be that <3754> I <1473> myself <846> was <2655> <0> not <3756> burdensome <2655>(5656) to you <5216>? forgive <5483>(5663) me <3427> this <5026> wrong <93>.
14. Behold <2400>(5628), the third time <5154> I am <2192>(5719) ready <2093> to come <2064>(5629) to <4314> you <5209>; and <2532> I will <2655> <0> not <3756> be burdensome <2655>(5692) to you <5216>: for <1063> I seek <2212>(5719) not <3756> yours <5216>, but <235> you <5209>: for <1063> the children <5043> ought <3784>(5719) not <3756> to lay up <2343>(5721) for the parents <1118>, but <235> the parents <1118> for the children <5043>.
15. And <1161> I <1473> will very gladly <2236> spend <1159>(5692) and <2532> be spent <1550>(5701) for <5228> you <5590> <5216>; <2532> though <1499> the more abundantly <4056> I love <25>(5723) you <5209>, the less <2276> I be loved <25>(5743).
16. But <1161> be it so <2077>(5749), I <1473> did <2599> <0> not <3756> burden <2599>(5656) you <5209>: nevertheless <235>, being <5225>(5723) crafty <3835>, I caught <2983>(5627) you <5209> with guile <1388>.
17. Did I make a gain <4122>(5656) <3361> of you <5209> by <1223> any <5100> of them <846> whom <3739> I sent <649>(5758) unto <4314> you <5209>?
18. I desired <3870>(5656) Titus <5103>, and <2532> with him I sent <4882>(5656) a brother <80>. Did <4122> <0> <3387> Titus <5103> make a gain <4122>(5656) of you <5209>? walked we <4043>(5656) not <3756> in the same <846> spirit <4151>? walked we not <3756> in the same <846> steps <2487>?
19. Again <3825>, think ye <1380>(5719) that <3754> we excuse ourselves <626>(5736) unto you <5213>? we speak <2980>(5719) before <2714> God <2316> in <1722> Christ <5547>: but <1161> we do all things <3956>, dearly beloved <27>, for <5228> your <5216> edifying <3619>.
20. For <1063> I fear <5399>(5736), lest <3381> <4458>, when I come <2064>(5631), I shall <2147> <0> not <3756> find <2147>(5632) you <5209> such as <3634> I would <2309>(5719), and that I <2504> shall be found <2147>(5686) unto you <5213> such as <3634> ye would <2309>(5719) not <3756>: lest <3381> <4458> there be debates <2054>, envyings <2205>, wraths <2372>, strifes <2052>, backbitings <2636>, whisperings <5587>, swellings <5450>, tumults <181>:
21. And lest <3361>, when I come <2064>(5631) again <3825>, my <3450> God <2316> will humble <5013>(5661) me <3165> among <4314> you <5209>, and <2532> that I shall bewail <3996>(5692) many <4183> which <3588> have sinned already <4258>(5761), and <2532> have <3340> <0> not <3361> repented <3340>(5660) of <1909> the uncleanness <167> and <2532> fornication <4202> and <2532> lasciviousness <766> which <3739> they have committed <4238>(5656).
1. This <5124> is the third <5154> time I am coming <2064>(5736) to <4314> you <5209>. In <1909> the mouth <4750> of two <1417> or <2532> three <5140> witnesses <3144> shall <2476> <0> every <3956> word <4487> be established <2476>(5701).
2. I told you before <4280>(5758), and <2532> foretell you <4302>(5719), as if <5613> I were present <3918>(5752), the second <1208> time; and <2532> being absent <548>(5752) now <3568> I write <1125>(5719) to them which heretofore have sinned <4258>(5761), and <2532> to all <3956> other <3062>, that <3754>, if <1437> I come <2064>(5632) again <1519> <3825>, I will <5339> <0> not <3756> spare <5339>(5695):
3. Since <1893> ye seek <2212>(5719) a proof <1382> of Christ <5547> speaking <2980>(5723) in <1722> me <1698>, which <3739> to <1519> you-ward <5209> is <770> <0> not <3756> weak <770>(5719), but <235> is mighty <1414>(5719) in <1722> you <5213>.
4. For <1063> <2532> though <1487> he was crucified <4717>(5681) through <1537> weakness <769>, yet <235> he liveth <2198>(5719) by <1537> the power <1411> of God <2316>. For <1063> we <2249> also <2532> are weak <770>(5719) in <1722> him <846>, but <235> we shall live <2198>(5695) with <4862> him <846> by <1537> the power <1411> of God <2316> toward <1519> you <5209>.
5. Examine <3985>(5720) yourselves <1438>, whether <1487> ye be <2075>(5748) in <1722> the faith <4102>; prove <1381>(5720) your own selves <1438>. <2228> Know ye <1921>(5719) not <3756> your own selves <1438>, how that <3754> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> is <2076>(5748) in <1722> you <5213>, except <1509> ye be <2075>(5748) reprobates <5100> <96>?
6. But <1161> I trust <1679>(5719) that <3754> ye shall know <1097>(5695) that <3754> we <2249> are <2070>(5748) not <3756> reprobates <96>.
7. Now <1161> I pray <2172>(5736) to <4314> God <2316> that ye <5209> do <3361> <4160>(5658) no <3367> evil <2556>; not <3756> that <2443> we <2249> should appear <5316>(5652) approved <1384>, but <235> that <2443> ye <5210> should do <4160>(5725) that which is honest <2570>, though <1161> we <2249> be <5600>(5753) as <5613> reprobates <96>.
8. For <1063> we can do <1410>(5736) nothing <3756> <5100> against <2596> the truth <225>, but <235> for <5228> the truth <225>.
9. For <1063> we <2249> are glad <5463>(5719), when <3752> we are weak <770>(5725), and <1161> ye <5210> are <5600>(5753) strong <1415>: and <1161> this <5124> also <2532> we wish <2172>(5736), even your <5216> perfection <2676>.
10. Therefore <5124> <1223> I write <1125>(5719) these things <5023> being absent <548>(5752), lest <3363> being present <3918>(5752) I should use <5530>(5667) sharpness <664>, according <2596> to the power <1849> which <3739> the Lord <2962> hath given <1325>(5656) me <3427> to <1519> edification <3619>, and <2532> not <3756> to <1519> destruction <2506>.
11. Finally <3063>, brethren <80>, farewell <5463>(5720). Be perfect <2675>(5744), be of good comfort <3870>(5744), be of one <846> mind <5426>(5720), live in peace <1514>(5720); and <2532> the God <2316> of love <26> and <2532> peace <1515> shall be <2071>(5704) with <3326> you <5216>.
12. Greet <782>(5663) one another <240> with <1722> an holy <40> kiss <5370>.
13. All <3956> the saints <40> salute <782>(5736) you <5209>.
14. The grace <5485> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, and <2532> the love <26> of God <2316>, and <2532> the communion <2842> of the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>, be with <3326> you <5216> all <3956>. Amen <281>. The second <1208> epistle to <4314> the Corinthians <2881> was written <1125>(5648) from <575> Philippi <5375>, a city of Macedonia <3109>, by <1223> Titus <5103> and <2532> Lucas <3065>.