Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.

“A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.

He will not quarrel, nor cry out;
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.

Say to the daughter of Zion,
Behold your King is coming to you,
Gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:
He was led as a sheep to slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He does not open His mouth.

And Isaiah is very bold and says,
I was found by those who did not seek Me,
I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

The greeting is in my own hand—Paul.

Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

Great is my confidence in you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.

I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.

You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison.But in whatever respect anyone else is bold—I speak in foolishness—I am just as bold myself.

If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.

On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.

Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!

I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,

but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this is the way I write.

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.

who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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I paul

The greeting is in my own hand—Paul.
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this is the way I write.
yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Beseech

I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.

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And in Your majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
Let Your right hand teach You awesome things.
“A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
He will not quarrel, nor cry out;
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
Say to the daughter of Zion,
Behold your King is coming to you,
Gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:
He was led as a sheep to slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He does not open His mouth.
who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

Presence

You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

Base

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”
If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.
On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.
For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.
I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.
but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;

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He will not quarrel, nor cry out;
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
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