G5613–ὡς–hōs

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

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And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

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For we are not as many, who corrupt the word of God: but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

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Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you.

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Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

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To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them; and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation.

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Now then we are embassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

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But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

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As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

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Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as to my children,) be ye also enlarged.

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For if I have boasted any thing to him concerning you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.

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And his tender affection is more abundant towards you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

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Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before to you, and make up before hand your bounty, of which ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not of covetousness.

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But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

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For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not to you; for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

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I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

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That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly) I am bold also.

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