Read Scripture In A Year: September 8

(2Ki 14:1) The second yeere of Ioash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel reigned Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah.

(2Ki 14:2) He was fiue and twentie yeere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned nine and twentie yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Iehoadan of Ierusalem.

(2Ki 14:3) And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, yet not like Dauid his father, but did according to all that Ioash his father had done.

(Notes Reference) And he did [that which was] (a) right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

(a) In the beginning of his reign he seemed to have an outward show of godliness, but later he became an idolater and worshipped the idols of the Idumeans.

(2Ki 14:4) Notwithstanding the hie places were not taken away: for as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense in the hie places.

(2Ki 14:5) And when the kingdome was confirmed in his hand, he slewe his seruants which had killed the King his father.

(2Ki 14:6) But the children of those that did slay him, he slewe not, according vnto that that is written in the booke of the Lawe of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers: but euery man shall be put to death for his owne sinne.

(Notes Reference) But the children of the murderers he (b) slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

(b) Because they neither consented nor were partakers with their fathers in that act.

(2Ki 14:7) He slew also of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and tooke the citie of Sela by warre, and called the name thereof Ioktheel vnto this day.

(Notes Reference) He slew of (c) Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

(2Ki 14:8) Then Amaziah sent messengers to Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz, sonne of Iehu King of Israel, saying, Come, let vs see one another in the face.

(Notes Reference) Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, (d) let us look one another in the face.

(d) Let us fight hand to hand, and try it by battle, and not destroy one another's cities.

(2Ki 14:9) Then Iehoash the King of Israel sent to Amaziah King of Iudah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: and the wilde beast that was in Lebanon, went and trode downe the thistle.

(Notes Reference) And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the (e) cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

(e) By this parable Jehoash compares himself to a cedar tree, because of his great kingdom over ten tribes and Amaziah to the thistle because he ruled over but two tribes and the wild beasts are Jehoash's soldiers, that spoiled the cities of Judah.

(2Ki 14:10) Because thou hast smitten Edom, thine heart hath made thee proud: bragge of glory, and tary at home. why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Iudah with thee?

(Notes Reference) Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: (f) glory [of this], and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?

(f) Brag of the victory, so that you stay at home and do not provoke me.

(2Ki 14:11) But Amaziah would not heare: therefore Iehoash King of Israel went vp: and he and Amaziah King of Iudah sawe one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which is in Iudah.

(2Ki 14:12) And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fledde euery man to their tents.

(2Ki 14:13) But Iehoash King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Iehoash the sonne of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

(2Ki 14:14) And he tooke all the gold and siluer, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the Kings house, and the children that were in hostage, and returned to Samaria.

(Notes Reference) And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and (g) hostages, and returned to Samaria.

(g) That is, which the Israelites had given to them from Judah for an assurance of peace.

(2Ki 14:15) Concerning the rest of the acts of Iehoash which he did and his valiant deedes, and how he fought with Amaziah King of Iudah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

(2Ki 14:16) And Iehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried at Samaria among the Kings of Israel: and Ieroboam his sonne reigned in his stead.

(2Ki 14:17) And Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, liued after the death of Iehoash sonne of Iehoahaz King of Israel fifteene yeere.

(2Ki 14:18) Concerning the rest of the actes of Amaziah, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

(2Ki 14:19) But they wrought treason against him in Ierusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish, and slewe him there.

(Notes Reference) Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to (h) Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

(h) Which Rehoboam built in Judah for a fortress, (2Ch 11:9).

(2Ki 14:20) And they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Ierusalem with his fathers in the citie of Dauid.

(2Ki 14:21) Then all the people of Iudah tooke Azariah which was sixteene yeere olde, and made him King for his father Amaziah.

(Notes Reference) And all the people of Judah took (i) Azariah, which [was] sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

(i) Who is also called Uzziah, (2Ch 26:1).

(2Ki 14:22) He built Elath, and restored it to Iudah, after that the King slept with his fathers.

(Notes Reference) He built (k) Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

(k) Which is also called Elanon or Eloth.

(2Ki 14:23) In the fifteenth yeere of Amaziah the sonne of Ioash King of Iudah, was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash made King ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned one and fourtie yeere.

(2Ki 14:24) And he did euill in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, which made Israel to sinne.

(Notes Reference) And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the (l) sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

(l) Because this idolatry was so vile and almost incredible, that men should forsake the living God, to worship calves, the work of man's hands, therefore the Scripture often repeats it in the reproach of all idolaters.

(2Ki 14:25) He restored the coast of Israel, from the entring of Hamath, vnto the Sea of the wildernesse, according to the worde of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by his seruant Ionah the sonne of Amittai the Prophet, which was of Gath Hepher.

(2Ki 14:26) For the Lord saw the exceeding bitter affliction of Israel, so that there was none shutte vp, nor any left, neyther yet any that could helpe Israel.

(Notes Reference) For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, [that it was] very bitter: for [there was] not any (m) shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

(m) Read (1Ki 14:10).

(2Ki 14:27) Yet the Lord had not decreed to put out the name of Israel from vnder the heauen: therefore he preserued them by the hand of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash.

(2Ki 14:28) Concerning the rest of the actes of Ieroboam, and all that he did, and his valiant deedes, and how he fought, and how he restored Damascus, and Hamath to Iudah in Israel, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

(Notes Reference) Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and (n) Hamath, [which belonged] to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

(n) Which was also called Antiochia of Syria or Riblah.

(2Ki 14:29) So Ieroboam slept with his fathers, euen with the Kings of Israel, and Zachariah his sonne reigned in his steade.

Passage 2: Ezekiel 4

(Eze 4:1) Thou also sonne of man, take thee a bricke, and lay it before thee, and pourtray vpon it the citie, euen Ierusalem,

(Eze 4:2) And lay siege against it, and builde a fort against it, and cast a mount against it: set the campe also against it, and lay engins of warre against it rounde about.

(Eze 4:3) Moreouer, take an yron pan, and set it for a wall of yron betweene thee and the citie, and direct thy face towarde it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: this shall be a signe vnto the house of Israel.

(Notes Reference) Moreover take thou to thee an (a) iron pan, and set it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This [shall be] a sign to the house of Israel.

(a) Which signified the stubbornness and hardness of their hearts.

(Eze 4:4) Sleepe thou also vpon thy left side, and lay the iniquitie of the house of Israel vpon it: according to the nomber of the dayes, that thou shalt sleepe vpon it, thou shalt beare their iniquity.

(Notes Reference) Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the (b) house of Israel upon it: [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.

(b) By this he represented the idolatry and sin of the ten tribes (for Samaria was on his left hand from Babylon) and how they had remained in it three hundred and ninety years.

(Eze 4:5) For I haue layed vpon thee the yeeres of their iniquitie, according to the nomber of the dayes, euen three hundreth and ninetie dayes: so shalt thou beare the iniquitie of the house of Israel.

(Eze 4:6) And when thou hast accomplished them, sleepe againe vpon thy right side, and thou shalt beare the iniquitie of the house of Iudah fourtie dayes: I haue appointed thee a day for a yeere, euen a day for a yeere.

(Notes Reference) And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy (c) right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

(Eze 4:7) Therefore thou shalt direct thy face towarde the siege of Ierusalem, and thine arme shalbe vncouered, and thou shalt prophesie against it.

(Notes Reference) Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thy (d) arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

(d) In token of a speedy vengeance.

(Eze 4:8) And beholde, I will lay bands vpon thee, and thou shalt not turne thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the dayes of thy siege.

(Notes Reference) And, behold, I will lay (e) cords upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

(e) The people would so straightly be besieged that they would not be able to turn them.

(Eze 4:9) Thou shalt take also vnto thee wheate, and barley, and beanes, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessell, and make thee bread thereof according to the nomber of the dayes, that thou shalt sleepe vpon thy side: euen three hundreth and ninetie dayes shalt thou eate thereof.

(Notes Reference) Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, (f) and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread of them, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, (g) three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat of it.

(f) Meaning that the famine would be so great that they would be glad to eat whatever they could get.

(g) Which were fourteen months that the city was besieged and this was as many days as Israel sinned years.

(Eze 4:10) And the meate, whereof thou shalt eate, shalbe by weight, euen twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eate thereof.

(Notes Reference) And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, (h) twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

(h) Which make a pound.

(Eze 4:11) Thou shalt drinke also water by measure, euen the sixt part of an Hin: from time to time shalt thou drinke.

(Notes Reference) Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of (i) an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

(i) See Exo 29:40

(Eze 4:12) And thou shalt eate it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in the dongue that commeth out of man, in their sight.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it (k) with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

(k) Signifying by this the great scarcity of fuel and matter to burn.

(Eze 4:13) And the Lord said, So shall the children of Israel eate their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will cast them.

(Eze 4:14) Then said I, Ah, Lord God, beholde, my soule hath not bene polluted: for from my youth vp, euen vnto this houre, I haue not eaten of a thing dead, or torne in pieces, neither came there any vncleane flesh in my mouth.

(Notes Reference) Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither hath (l) abominable flesh come into my mouth.

(l) Much less such vile corruption.

(Eze 4:15) Then he said vnto me, Loe, I haue giuen thee bullockes dongue for mans dongue, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

(Notes Reference) Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's (m) dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.

(m) To be as fire to bake your bread with.

(Eze 4:16) Moreouer, he said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde, I will breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eate bread by weight, and with care, and they shall drinke water by measure, and with astonishment.

(Notes Reference) Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break (n) the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and in horror:

(n) That is, the force and strength with which it would nourish, (Isa 3:1; Eze 14:13).

(Eze 4:17) Because that bread and water shall faile, they shalbe astonied one with another, and shall consume away for their iniquitie.

Passage 3: 2 Corinthians 12-13

(2Co 12:1) It is not expedient for me no doubt to reioyce: for I will come to visions and reuelations of the Lord.

(Notes Reference) It (1) is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

(1) He continues in his purpose, and because those braggarts boasted of revelations, he reckons up those things which lift him up above the common capacity of men. But he uses a preface, and prudently excuses himself.

(2Co 12:2) I know a man in Christ aboue fourteene yeeres agone, (whether he were in the body, I can not tell, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth) which was taken vp into the thirde heauen.

(Notes Reference) I knew a man (a) in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the (b) third heaven.

(a) I speak this in Christ, that is, it is spoken without boastfulness, for I seek nothing but Christ Jesus only.

(b) Into the highest heaven: for we do not need to dispute subtly upon the word "third". But yet this passage is to be marked against those who would make heaven to be everywhere.

(2Co 12:3) And I knowe such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth)

(2Co 12:4) How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard words which cannot be spoken, which are not possible for man to vtter.

(Notes Reference) How that he was caught up into (c) paradise, and heard (d) unspeakable words, which it is not (e) lawful for a man to utter.

(c) So the Greeks name that which we call a park, that is to say, a place where trees are planted, and wild beasts kept. And those that translated the Old Testament out of Hebrew into Greek, called the garden of Eden by this name, into which Adam was put immediately after his creation, as a most delicate and pleasant place. And from this it occurred that the blessed seat of the glory of God is called by that name.

(d) Which no man is able to utter.

(e) Which the saints themselves are not by any means able to express, because it is God himself. This is the way that Clement of Alexandria explains this passage, Strom. 5.

(2Co 12:5) Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.

(Notes Reference) (2) Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

(2) To remove all suspicion of seeking glory, he witnesses that he brags not of those things as though they were of himself, but as outside of himself. And yet nonetheless he pretends nothing, lest by this occasion other men should attribute to him more than he indeed is: and therefore he would rather glory in his miseries.

(2Co 12:6) For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

(2Co 12:7) And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet mee, because I should not be exalted out of measure.

(Notes Reference) (3) And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me (f) a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of (g) Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

(3) An excellent doctrine: why God will have even his best servants to be vexed by Satan, and by every type of temptations: that is, lest they should be too much puffed up, and also that they may be made perfect by being continually exercised in them.

(f) He means sinful lust, that sticks fast in us as it were a thorn, to such a degree that it forced Paul himself who was regenerated to cry out, "I do not that good that I would", etc. And he calls it a thorn by a metaphor taken from thorns, or stumps, which are very dangerous and harmful for the feet, if a man walks through woods that are cut down.

(g) Which sets those lusts on fire.

(2Co 12:8) For this thing I besought the Lord thrise, that it might depart from me.

(Notes Reference) For this thing I besought the Lord (h) thrice, that it might depart from me.

(h) Often.

(2Co 12:9) And he said vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse. Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

(Notes Reference) And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. (4) Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may (i) rest upon me.

(4) He concludes that he will only set his miseries against the vain braggings of the false apostles, and with this also excuses himself, because by their troublesome braggings he was forced to speak as much of those things as he did. That is, because if his apostleship were subverted, his doctrine would necessarily fall.

(i) That I might feel the power of Christ more and more: for the weaker that our tabernacles are, the more does Christ's power appear in them.

(2Co 12:10) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.

(Notes Reference) Therefore I take (k) pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

(k) I do not only take them patiently and with a good heart, but I also take great pleasure in them.

(2Co 12:11) I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.

(Notes Reference) I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: (5) for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

(5) Again he makes the Corinthians witnesses of those things by which God had sealed his apostleship among them, and again he declares by certain arguments how far he is from all covetousness, and also how he is affectionate towards them.

(2Co 12:12) The signes of an Apostle were wrought among you with all patience, with signes, and wonders, and great workes.

(Notes Reference) Truly the (l) signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

(l) The arguments by which it may well appear that I am indeed an apostle of Jesus Christ.

(2Co 12:13) For what is it, wherein yee were inferiours vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slouthfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.

(Notes Reference) For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not (m) burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

(m) I was not slothful with my own hands, so that I might not be burdensome to you.

(2Co 12:14) Behold, the thirde time I am ready to come vnto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.

(2Co 12:15) And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.

(2Co 12:16) But bee it that I charged you not: yet for as much as I was craftie, I tooke you with guile.

(Notes Reference) (6) But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

(6) He sets aside another most grievous slander, that is, that he did subtly and by others make his gain and profit of them.

(2Co 12:17) Did I pill you by any of them whom I sent vnto you?

(2Co 12:18) I haue desired Titus, and with him I haue sent a brother: did Titus pill you of any thing? walked we not in the selfe same spirit? walked we not in the same steppes?

(2Co 12:19) Againe, thinke yee that wee excuse our selues vnto you? we speake before God in Christ. But wee doe all thinges, dearely beloued, for your edifying.

(Notes Reference) (7) Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in (n) Christ: but [we do] all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

(7) He concludes that he does not write these things to them as though he needed to defend himself, for he is guilty of nothing: but because it is appropriate for them to doubt nothing of his fidelity, who instructed them.

(n) As it becomes him to speak truly and sincerely, that professes himself to be in Christ, that is to say, to be a Christian.

(2Co 12:20) For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.

(Notes Reference) (8) For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

(8) Having confirmed his authority to them, he rebukes them sharply, and threatens them also like an apostle, showing that he will not spare them from now on, unless they repent, seeing that this is the third time that he has warned them.

(2Co 12:21) I feare least when I come againe, my God abase me among you, and I shall bewaile many of them which haue sinned already, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnesse which they haue committed.

(2Co 13:1) Lo this is the thirde time that I come vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde stand

(2Co 13:2) I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,

(2Co 13:3) Seeing that ye seeke experience of Christ, that speaketh in mee, which towarde you is not weake, but is mightie in you.

(Notes Reference) (1) Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is (a) mighty in you.

(1) A most sharp reprehension, because, while they despise the apostle's admonitions, they tempt Christ's own patience: and also while they condemn him as wretched and miserable, they lay nothing against him, which is not common to him with Christ.

(a) And will be most mighty to be avenged upon you, when need will be.

(2Co 13:4) For though hee was crucified concerning his infirmitie, yet liueth hee through the power of God. And wee no doubt are weake in him, but we shall liue with him, through the power of God towarde you.

(Notes Reference) For though he was crucified through (b) weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

(b) Regarding that base form of a servant which he took upon him when he abased himself.

(2Co 13:5) Proue your selues whether ye are in the faith: examine your selues: knowe yee not your owne selues, howe that Iesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

(Notes Reference) (2) Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

(2) He confirms that which he spoke about the power of God appearing in his ministry, and he gathers by the mutual relation between the people's faith and the minister's preaching, that they must either reverence his apostleship, upon whose doctrine their faith is grounded, or they must condemn themselves of infidelity, and must confess themselves not to be of Christ's body.

(2Co 13:6) But I trust that ye shall knowe that wee are not reprobates.

(Notes Reference) (3) But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

(3) He appeases that sharpness, trusting that they will show themselves towards their faithful apostle, able and willing to be taught. And he also adds this, that he does not seek his own fame and estimation, so that they may serve their saviour, which is the only mark that he shoots at.

(2Co 13:7) Nowe I pray vnto God that yee doe none euill, not that we should seeme approued, but that ye should doe that which is honest: though we be as reprobates.

(Notes Reference) Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as (c) reprobates.

(2Co 13:8) For wee can not doe any thing against the trueth, but for the trueth.

(2Co 13:9) For we are glad when wee are weake, and that ye are strong: this also we wish for, euen your perfection.

(Notes Reference) For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, [even] your (d) perfection.

(d) That all things may be in good order among you, and the members of the church restored into their place, which have been shaken and are out of place.

(2Co 13:10) Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lord hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.

(2Co 13:11) Finally brethren, fare ye well: be perfect: be of good comfort: be of one minde: liue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you.

(Notes Reference) (4) Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

(4) A brief exhortation, but yet such a one as comprehends all the parts of a Christian man's life.

(2Co 13:12) Greete one another with an holy kisse.

(Notes Reference) (5) Greet one another with an holy kiss.

(5) He salutes them familiarly, and in conclusion wishes well to them.

(2Co 13:13) (13:12) All the Saintes salute you.

(2Co 13:14) (13:13) The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, and the loue of God, and the communion of the holy Ghost be with you all, Amen. [The seconde Epistle to the Corinthians, written from Philippi, a citie in Macedonia, and sent by Titus and Lucas.]