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Paul See Someting Jalike One Dream

12 I gotta talk big, no matta talking big goin poho. I goin tell bout da stuff I wen see dass jalike one dream, an wat da Boss wen show me. I know one guy dat stay tight wit Christ. Fourteen years ago somebody wen bring him up inside da mos high part a da sky. I donno if he wen stay inside his body o outside his body, but God know. I know dat guy, no matta he inside o outside his body, somebody wen take him up dea inside Godʼs Beautiful Place. He wen hear stuff dass too awesome fo talk bout, stuff dat nobody can talk bout. I goin talk big bout dat kine guy, but I no goin talk big bout me. Ony da kine stuff I no can handle, I goin talk big bout dat. Even wen I like talk big, dat not stupid you know, cuz I ony tell da trut. But I no goin talk big, so dat nobody goin tink I mo betta den how dey see me ack o hear wat I say, o hear all da awesome stuff God wen show me. But so dat I no get big head, I get one ting dat stay jalike one messenja from da Devil, jalike one sharp thorn inside my body. Dat ting make me suffa plenny. Three times awready I wen beg God da Boss fo take dis ting away from me. But he wen tell me, “I do plenny good tings fo you, an dass all you need. My power mo strong inside you wen you no can handle trouble yoa own self.” Dass why I goin talk big even moa, cuz get plenny stuff I no can handle. Dass how Christʼs power goin stay wit me. 10 So den, no bodda me. I still feel good inside, wen I no can handle, an wen dey try make me shame, an wen I get hard time, an wen dey make me suffa, an wen I get plenny presha. All dis cuz I Christʼs guy. Wen I no can handle, den I get da power fo come mo strong an den I can handle, cuz a him.

Paul Tink Bout Da Bruddas An Sistas Inside Corint

11 You guys wen ack jalike God neva send me. Dass why I wen talk jalike one lolo head guy. But den, mo betta you guys talk good bout me. No matta I notting, dese unreal guys dat say God wen send dem, dey not mo betta den me. 12 Everytime God send one guy fo tell peopo bout him, da guy do awesome an unreal stuff wit power, fo show proof God wen send um. Kay den, I wen do all dat wen I wen stay wit you guys, an I wen hang in dea fo you guys. 13 Ony one ting I neva let you guys do dat da church guys from odda places wen do: I neva bodda you guys fo let you kokua me. So no stay mad at me if dass wrong.

14 Eh, dis da numba three time I stay ready fo go by you guys. I no need you guys fo kokua me. I no like da stuffs you guys get, but I ony like you guys. You know, da kids not suppose to stash stuffs fo dea mudda an fadda guys, but da mudda an fadda guys suppose to stash stuffs fo dea kids. So I no need you guys stash stuffs fo me, cuz you guys jalike my kids! 15 An you know, I like give wateva I can fo you guys, an I like give myself so you guys can live too. If I get plenny love an aloha fo you guys, dat mean you goin get ony litto bit love an aloha fo me, o wat? 16 But you guys know dis: I neva bodda you guys wit notting. But den you guys wen tink, I one sly bugga, an wen bulai you guys! 17 You tink I wen send da odda guys fo rip you guys off, o wat? 18 I wen tell Titus fo go by you guys, an I wen send da odda brudda wit him. An den, you tink Titus wen rip you guys off? Not even! Me an Titus, we do da same kine tings cuz we tink da same way, you know.

19 Eh, you guys was tinking long time we ony talking fo ourself, yeah? Everyting us guys say, God know, cuz we no can hide notting from him, an we stay tight wit Christ. We get plenny love an aloha fo you guys. Az why everyting we stay doing, we do um fo make you guys mo strong inside. 20 I scared dat wen I come ova dea, maybe I goin see dat you guys no stay how I like. I scared you guys stay squawk at each odda, you guys stay jealous, you guys stay huhu, you guys ony tink bout yoa own self, you guys talk any kine bout each odda, you guys talk stink bout da odda guy, you guys get big head, an everyting goin be all jam up. An maybe you guys goin see dat I no stay how you guys like. 21 I scared dat wen I come ova dea, God goin make me get plenny shame in front you guys, an I goin make plenny peopo stay real sad inside, cuz get plenny guys dat wen do da bad kine stuff befo, an still yet dey not sorry, an dey neva like change demself notting. Dey stay pilau inside. Dey fool aroun. Dey like make any kine to anybody an no mo shame.

Paul’s Vision and His Thorn

12 I must go on boasting.(A) Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations(B) from the Lord. I know a man in Christ(C) who fourteen years ago was caught up(D) to the third heaven.(E) Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.(F) And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up(G) to paradise(H) and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.(I) Even if I should choose to boast,(J) I would not be a fool,(K) because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations.(L) Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,(M) a messenger of Satan,(N) to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.(O) But he said to me, “My grace(P) is sufficient for you, for my power(Q) is made perfect in weakness.(R)(S) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(T) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(U) in persecutions,(V) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(W)

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

11 I have made a fool of myself,(X) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”[a](Y) even though I am nothing.(Z) 12 I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.(AA) 13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?(AB) Forgive me this wrong!(AC)

14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time,(AD) and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents,(AE) but parents for their children.(AF) 15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(AG) If I love you more,(AH) will you love me less? 16 Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you.(AI) Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery! 17 Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? 18 I urged(AJ) Titus(AK) to go to you and I sent our brother(AL) with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?

19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God(AM) as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends,(AN) is for your strengthening.(AO) 20 For I am afraid that when I come(AP) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.(AQ) I fear that there may be discord,(AR) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,(AS) slander,(AT) gossip,(AU) arrogance(AV) and disorder.(AW) 21 I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved(AX) over many who have sinned earlier(AY) and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery(AZ) in which they have indulged.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles