 Okay Yeah, let's let's pray and then we'll start. Let's Let's look to the Lord and let's pray Yes, Lord, we we come before you we come to your presence And Lord we call upon your name the name that is above every other name Thank you Lord that you have given us health and strength and Lord you have given us Everything Lord that we have received and enjoy We thank you for the blessings that you have given us we thank you for the life that you've given us Lord We thank you for everything that we've received from your hand Father God Lord We have prayed and asked and you have given and you have prayed and asked and you have promised and so God this morning We give you praise and thanks for all the things that we have received Lord till today God Everything every good thing Lord that we have received from you Lord and we want to thank you for everything that you have promised and so God we look to you and The things that we have not yet received but you have promised Lord Lord we want to give thanks for that as well We want to give thanks for that as well or things that we have not yet received But you have promised and we have asked and we have heard we want to give thanks for that Lord Yes Master, we want to give thanks in faith. We want to give thanks, Lord, knowing whom we have asked. Yes Lord, hallelujah. We bless your name. We bless your name. We give you thanks. Praise you Jesus. Thank you Lord. Thank you. The giver of good gifts, we thank you. The one who outgives all other givers, we thank you. We thank you Lord because you're a generous giver. We thank you that you're so liberal, God. We thank you. Lord, everything Lord. Because James, we see that you give wisdom, Lord, liberally and without ridiculing Lord, without making fun, God. We want to thank you. Yes Master, we give you praise. We give you all the glory. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, so we'll continue with our second Corinthians study. And last class, we finished with chapter nine. Chapter nine, the last verse, chapter nine, the whole chapter nine, was about more details about giving and how we should give, cheerful giver. And we looked at how Paul teaches about, you know, the one, he's thanking God and he's saying, you know, may he who supplies seed to the sow and bread for food. And, you know, the two aspects of God's giving, seed to the sow or something that needs to be done with that supply or with that finances and bread for food. So something that needs to be, you know, spent on oneself, you know, both come from his hand. So we saw that. And then Paul finishes chapter nine. In verse 15, he says, thanks be to God for his indescribable gift, right, for his indescribable gift, meaning salvation, the salvation to the through Jesus. And the fact that the Lord Jesus went to the cross on our behalf. So thank be to God for his indescribable gift. So it's talking about God being the giver and how he is given, which is, you know, selflessly and sacrificially and so on. Now, in, let's move on to chapter 10 today. Okay, let me just project the notes. I think it should have come on the screen. So chapter 10. Okay, now, chapter 10 onwards, till the end of this episode, Paul, he talks about the reality and the authenticity of his ministry, of the Apostolic ministry. And particularly he's talking about the way in which he and his team have ministered. And he also, in doing so, he also warns about the false apostles. He warns about others who are calling themselves apostles and others who are traveling and visiting like churches and particularly Corinth and ministering. So he warns about them, warns about their life, lifestyle, warns about them. He also shares about his encounter, spiritual experience with the Lord and some other instructions. So from here on 10, 11, 12, 13, this is what he shares. Okay, so let's read from chapter 10 verse 1. Now, I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence and lowly among you, but being absent and bold toward you. But I beg you that when I am present, I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. Okay, so Paul, he says that he's pleading with the Corinthian believers. We know what pleading is. Pleading is literally begging. I'm asking you and pleading with what he says with the meekness and gentleness of Christ. The very, very characteristics, qualities which the Lord Jesus has, the meekness and gentleness. So he's saying, I'm pleading with these, with these qualities who, you know, in the presence, in your presence, physically when I'm present, you know, you think that I'm very lowly among you, I'm very humble, but when I'm away from you, I think that I'm not like that, right? So you seem to have this kind of an opinion about me and it was to he says, but I beg you that when I'm present, that I may not be bold with that confidence, but which I intend to be bold against some. Okay, so some of you know, you're saying, you know, in our presence, he's not bold. Like, you know, previous, this thing also, previously also, we see that they had this impression that his letters are weighty, but in his presence, but his, you know, his physical appearance and in his presence, in our presence, he is, he's not so, right? So you, so that they had this kind of opinion, but he's saying, you know, you know, I wish to be bold and confident, a bold with that confidence against some of you, or in your presence against some of you, which means that some of them were living a life or doing something which was not according to the word, not according to the will of God. So he's saying, I wish to be, you know, my, I beg you that when I'm present, I may not be having that boldness, same boldness in your presence, because he's saying, you know, he'll come with a strong hand of correction, right? And what are those people thinking? So he's saying that who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. So one is that opinion that, that he's not bold, only in the presence, only in front of us, he's bold, but when he's absent, you know, he is only, only only in, sorry, only in front of us, you know, he seems to be meek and gentle and all humble, but you know, away from our presence, he is, he's opposite of that. And some people think like that. So, and those people also think that these people actually, Paul and his team, they walk according to the flesh, which means that they're not walking according to the spirit, the way they live their life is not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh. So they're saying that, you know, they are, they're living like that. That was one of their opinions or accusations. And then so Paul says, verse three, for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. So he makes a distinction between walking in the flesh and living according to the flesh. Okay, so there's a difference. So walking in the flesh meaning living as human beings on the earth, right, we walk in the flesh, we are, we have flesh and blood. So we walk in the flesh. So that is something that is true of all of us. But according to the flesh, meaning according to the desires, according to the pull and the dictates of the flesh. So it's good to see what does the flesh represent. So we see in scripture in the New Testament, the word sarks is used, s-a-r-x sarks is used to talk about the flesh, right, to denote flesh. So it's used in different ways. It actually refers to people because they are flesh and blood people. That word is used to refer to the physical body, right, that our physical body, you know, we are flesh and blood. It is also used to refer to something that is natural and earthly and human, okay, natural earthly human. It is also used as something that is food, is used for nourishment or source of life. Let's read, maybe probably 1 Corinthians 8 and verse 13. It says, therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble. Like Paul says that when he's saying, you know, about the weaker brother, that I will not make the weaker brother stumble. So in that, you know, he's saying, I will eat no flesh, lest I offend the weaker brother, okay. So we see that, sorry, he says I will never again eat meat, lest I offend or make the weaker brother stumble. So we see several, you know, verses which refer to this, this word sarks used in different ways. Then also we see the sinful carnal appetites and passions and desires, which we, which is normally what we commonly refer to, right, when we say things of the flesh, it refers to the fleshly appetites or carnal appetites, something that is not of the spirit of God, right. So, so what is the difference in the flesh according to the flesh? Because Paul says, though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. So the thing is that, yeah, we do walk as human beings, okay, we do live as human beings. But the war that we do, the fight that we fight, the thing that we do in order to engage in this battle, that is not according to the flesh. So that is not, in other words, he's saying that is not carnal, right, that is not carnal or that is not fleshly. And the reason being that it is a spiritual war, okay, it is a spiritual war, because he says that we do not war according to the flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God. So it is not a fleshly weapon. So it's something that is mighty in God, something that is something that is opposite of that, something that is spiritual, right. And these spiritual, with these spiritual weapons, Paul goes on to say, this is what we do for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God. And then he goes on to list down some of the things that these weapons are capable of doing as they fight this battle, okay, which is not carnal but spiritual. So he says these are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments, bringing down everything, you know, he says bringing every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. So bringing down everything that tries to lift itself above or against the knowledge of God, okay, and to bring every thought captive in order to obey Christ, okay. So he says this is what the spiritual weapons are capable of doing because, you know, every thought captive, the last one she says, because that is what is capable of rebelling against God. Now that is what produces rebellion, right. So if it is pulling down a stronghold, a stronghold again prevents you from obeying God, prevents a person from fulfilling God's wishes, God's desires, arguments, you know, arguments, these are the things which are coming against the, coming against the truth. You argue or you put forth certain, certain, when we say we argue against the truth, we say, okay, these, we put forth some reasonings, okay, this is the reason, this is the reason we justify and we argue against the truth. So he says, you know, this weapon is capable of pulling down arguments and bringing down everything that every knowledge that tries to exalt itself against the knowledge of God or above the knowledge of God and bringing every thought captive, okay, every thought is brought captive to the obedience of Christ. So now, just a minute. So we see this progression, you know, thoughts resulting in reasonings or arguments and then we see, one second, we see thoughts, reasonings which result in imaginations and then which result in strong holds, right? So we see that progression. There is the thoughts are there and then it leads to arguments, reasonings which again influences our imagination and then we see strong holds, right? So let's, so we see that this spiritual weapon is what is capable of bringing down these and we studied this and cost conquest of the mind, right? So only this spiritual weapons are capable of bringing this down, okay? We see a similar pattern, right? When we look at James 1 and verse 14, James 1 verse 14 says, but each one is tempted when he's drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin and sin when it is full grown brings forth death. So James is talking about the pattern, it starts with the thought, it's, you know, desires, your own desires, your own thoughts, you're drawn away, drawn away from something, right? So he says he's drawn away by his own desires, drawn away from God, drawn away from his word, drawn away from what God wants and enticed meaning ensnared or trapped and something happens, desire gives birth to sin, okay? When desires conceive, it gives birth to sin in the sense, there is a time which, you know, time taken in all this, there is a time period and it gives birth to sin, meaning the, the act of sin or the action that happens, okay? And when sin is full grown, or it brings forth death, okay? When sin is full grown, it brings forth death. So it's talking about the battlefield of the mind, thoughts, reasonings, imaginations, strongholds and, and then we see that the carnal, the web, you know, even though we walk as human beings, we do not war, fight this fight as human beings, you know, and he, and he, for all the reason he shares this is because people are saying that people are off the opinion, some of the Corinthians are saying, okay, these guys are actually living according to the flesh, you know, they're not living a spiritual life, they are living according to the flesh. So, so Paul is countering that saying, hey, this is what it is, right? We, we walk according to the, according to the spirit and not according to the, according to the flesh, even though we walk, you know, in the flesh, meaning we walk as human beings, we live in this world as human beings, but we, this is what we do, this is how we live our lives, right? Okay, then let's look at versus seven onwards. So seven onwards, he is talking about how people, how they come to these conclusions, how they, you know, judge these conclusions, or how they come to this kind of a thing saying, okay, these guys are living like this, or they are living as dictated by the flesh, they're not living a spiritual life. So Paul is addressing that, right? So here says, from verse seven onwards, do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced himself that he is Christ, let him again consider this in, in himself, that just as he is Christ, even so we are Christ. For even if I should boast somewhat about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed, lest I seem to terrify you by letters. For his letters they say are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible. Let such a person consider this, that what we are in words, in word by letters, when we are absent, such we will be indeed when we are present. So Paul is actually, you know, he's responding to those who are judging because of their physical appearance and outward appearance, and he is, he's responding to that, right? He's addressing those people and he's saying that, you know, are you looking at things outwardly? If you're convinced that you belong to Christ, I want you to know that just as you are in Christ, we are in Christ. And, and we have the authority, okay, the Lord gave us for edification and not for destruction. So he's saying, you know, we have, because of the responsibility and the call that God has given us to minister to you, God has given us the authority, okay? So he's given us authority, spiritual authority, the apostolic authority, and the Lord has given this to us so that we can build others. So he's saying, you know, if I should boast, you know, I shall not be ashamed, okay? Meaning, like, even if I should boast about this authority, okay, I will not be ashamed. In the sense, you know, I don't want to boast about it. It's not good to boast, but even if I should boast about this authority, you know, I will not be ashamed because it has been given for your edification, for you to be built up and not for your destruction. Okay, so he's talking something about the authority, apostolic authority, that believers have been given in line with the call God's call. And that authority is always for building up people and it is never for destroying people's lives. So, you know, that's a takeaway for us as believers and as ministers of God, as leaders that the, yes, God does give us authority. And he places us in spiritual authority in leadership, responsibility. And that authority is always to build up people, to speak into people's lives, to build up people and it's never to destroy people's lives. Okay. So, you know, here we see what they've been talking about him. They say that he's, again, they are judging by outward appearance and the speech and etc. And he's saying that, you know, his appearance is just one second. So, he's yeah, saying that his letters are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech is contentable. So he's judging him by the way he looked and judging him by how he spoke. And he's saying he's not very impressive in, in front of us. So, you see, you know, all the things that are, that they are actually talking or thinking about him. But despite that, he's actually ministering to them with the gentleness and the meekness of Lord Jesus. Okay. Which is commendable, is going back to them and ministering to them and continuing to minister to them, even though some of them, some of them thought, thought this often. So Paul is saying that, you know, I want, I want you to know, I know verse 11, that what we are inward by letters and what we have communicated, we will be in presence also. So there won't be any difference. If we had said something that this is how you need to live or this is how we are living, we will be the same way in our, you know, in, in your presence as well. When we are there, when we meet you, we will be the same way. There will be no difference. Okay. And then let's look at verse 12 onwards, 12 to 18. Okay. For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves, but they measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise. We however, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us, a sphere which especially includes you. For we are not overextending ourselves as though our authority did not extend to you. For it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ, not boasting of things beyond measure, that is in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you and not to boast in another man's sphere of accomplishment. But he who glories, let him glory in the Lord for not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. Okay. So here again, a very interesting and very important perspective that Paul shares. So these people were there in the Clinton Church and also some of them who thought highly of themselves and they were comparing themselves with themselves and saying that and they were commending themselves. Let's say, you know, we are better and we are better than most people. They were comparing themselves, commending themselves. So and Paul is saying, you know, why is giving some reasons why we should not do that. Okay. Reason number one, when we compare ourselves with another person, we are using, we are using some qualities and abilities as a standard for comparison. And that comparison is the other person, we're comparing, we're looking at the other person and saying, okay, my life is not as as bad as that person. It's better. So they're not using God's standards, but really using comparing and looking at the other person and looking at using that as a standard for comparison, okay, using that as a reference point, right, as a scale to compare. So Paul is saying, you know, that's not a wise thing to do because you're anyway falling short of God's standard. Are you using God's standard to look at your life and saying, hey, your life is good or your life, what you're doing is actually commendable. And secondly, saying, you know, don't do that, don't compare and don't, don't put down people or don't exalt yourself because it is not one who commends himself, right, who is approved, but whom the Lord commends. When the Lord says, okay, this is who you are, that is what really matters. That is, that is the most important thing. So Paul is saying, you know, I refuse to boast or compare or commend in these ways. Right. So he also goes on to say, talk about, you know, we will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of this fear, which God appointed us. So he's talking about the fact that, okay, see, God has placed us here. He has, we are laboring here, we are visiting, you know, these kind of these places, this is our mission field. And he uses the Greek word called metron, okay, metron, which means a sphere or sphere of influence, okay, which means area of influence. Okay, if you want to call it that, you know, our influence, our ministerial influence extends to, you know, this region, or these are the places we have. So we will not boast beyond that. Okay, we will not, if I don't recognize this, if I don't acknowledge that God has, you know, called us to this, and, you know, and we have ministered here, then I will be overextending, you know, I'm causing confusion, because it is another person's labor and other person's work. And, you know, I'm boasting about that as if it is my own, as if God has used me, you know, to minister to those people, which is not true. Right. So I'm overextending myself. So he's saying, we will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere or the area, which God appointed us, a sphere which especially includes you, for we are not overextending ourselves, as though our authority did not extend to you, for it was to you we came with the Gospel of Christ, not boasting of things beyond measure, that is in other men's labors, but having hope, as your faith has increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere to preach the Gospel and so on. So he's saying, you know, this is, we'll stick to our area of influence. And of course, this influence will grow according to the will of God, according to the plan of God, you know, he will extend it, he will expand our influence as we remain faithful to the call, but we will not boast beyond that. Right. We will not talk about another man's labors and not boast beyond that. But he also says, let him who glories, let him glory in the Lord was 17. If at all there, you know, any glorifying anything that needs to be done, let him glory in the Lord. Okay. So I can't take this, I can't boast, and I can't say, you know, I've done all this, and this is my accomplishment, let him glory in the Lord, because ultimately, ultimately, it's, it's the Lord's commendation. It's what the Lord approves, which finally matters. Right. So let he who glories, let him glory in the Lord. Okay. So this, he actually continues in this manner in verse, sorry, in chapter 11 also, right. But when we, when we read chapter 10, we see that, okay, this is in the Corinthian church, there were people with this kind of mindset, right, who were not really accepting the ministry of Paul, who were looking at Paul and comparing him according to outward, outward appearance, in terms of speech, in terms of, you know, in terms of what, you know, what they would in terms of speech, in terms of outward appearance, etc. So that was one thing. And they were also comparing him, you know, to others, other, we'll read about that when in verse, sorry, in chapter 11, we see that they are also, you know, looking at Paul, and then the reason for that is they are looking at other ministers, okay, or so-called apostles, and they are actually comparing him to those people also who, unfortunately, are not really ministering according to the way God would, what would want them to minister, right. So who are looking, who are, you know, who are, whose intentions are not really pure, but they seem to be taken in by that, they seem to be swayed by that. And so Paul is actually warning them against such people. So he sees talking about that as well, right. So, yeah, so let's look at chapter 11, and where he talks about this, and then he also talks about the kind of suffering, and the kind of hardships that he and his team went through, okay. So let's look at chapter 11, verse 1. Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly, and indeed you do bear with me, for I'm jealous for you with godly jealousy, for I have betrothed you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes, preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit, which you have not received, or a different gospel, which you have not accepted, you may well put up with it. Okay. So he goes on to talk about his ministry, etc. later, but then goes on to say that, you know, I am jealous for you. It's not that he is possessive of them, and that he and they need to, you know, listen only to him. It's not like that. But it's a godly jealousy. And the reason is this, he's saying, I have betrothed you to one husband, meaning I have, you know, you are betrothed to Christ. The church is the bride of Christ. So betrothed meaning, you know, engaged, or it means engaged to be married. That's the, that's a term, betrothed, just put it here, engaged to be married soon. So Paul, he looks at himself as, let me just read out what David Music says. It's quite, you know, it's quite nice. Paul considers himself the friend of Jesus, the bride room, who will do his best to present the bride as a chaste virgin to Christ on the wedding day. When the Corinthian Christians one day stand before Jesus, when the Corinthian Christians stand before Jesus, remember also that engagement wasn't taken lightly in Paul's culture. If someone was unfaithful during the engagement period, it was considered adultery. And then engagement could only be broken by divorce. And another, theologian clerk, this is what he says, in the Jewish culture of that day, the friend of the bridegroom had an important job to procure a husband for the virgin, to guard her and to bear testimony to a corporeal and marital endowments. And it was upon this testimony of this friend that the bridegroom chose his bride. He was, you know, inter junior, which mean between her and her spouse elect, carrying all messages from her to him and from him to her. For before the marriage, the women were strictly guarded at home with their parents or friends. And also the friend of the bridegroom was called upon, if necessary, to vindicate the character of the bride. So you understand that was the culture of those times. And that was the seriousness of the betrothal itself. So Paul is saying, I have betrothed you to Christ. And he's talking about everything coming to a consummation. And that's the marriage supper of the lamb. And we will seek Christ face to face. But I have betrothed you. So which means that from now, from the, you have the betrothal period, from now till the marriage supper of the lamb, you remain faithful. You remain engaged, you remain betrothed. So he's saying, there are several things about betrothal, about us being the bride of Christ, which we can read in the book, The House of God. I think you have also studied that in last year, The House of God. So I won't go into that, but you can read through in the notes. So what is Paul saying? There seems to be some kind of an influence on the Corinthian Church from these other ministers who seem to be bringing in a message, who seem to be led by a different spirit and who seem to be sharing a different gospel, talking about Jesus, a different Jesus altogether. So he's saying, you know, he's talking about three things, right? If anyone preaches another Jesus, that's the first thing. Or if you receive a different spirit or a different gospel, you may well put up with it. He's saying, if you're kind of going ahead and receiving this kind of a teaching or this kind of a message, and these ministers who are talking in these manners, you may well put up with it. It's your problem, it's your responsibility. And in the verses following this, he talks about, he compares himself and in order to show the true nature of those who are, whom the Corinthian seem to be entertaining, whom the Corinthian seem to be inviting and accepting their message. So he's actually comparing himself to them, but his intention is this. It's not that to exalt himself, but really to expose the truth about these people. So let's read from verse five. For I consider that I'm not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles, for even though I'm untrained in speech, yet I'm not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things. Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted? Because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge. I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you. But when I was present with you and in need, I was a burden to no one. For what I lacked, the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything, I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Akhaya. Why? Because I do not love you, God knows. But what I do, I will also continue to do that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, righteousness whose end will be according to their works. So here, he is comparing himself. He is saying, I am not at all inferior. Inferior means I am not at all low in quality, as compared when you compare myself to the other eminent apostles. So he is saying, he is nowhere lower in several ways, like influence or rank or power. And he also accepts that he is untrained or unskilled in speech, because in Paul's day and time, they were skilled speakers. In the sense, they were trained to speak in a certain way. They were very skilled and they had oratory skills. They would be like, Apollos was like that. They could speak in a very good manner, very powerful manner. So Paul is saying, I was not skilled like that. And David Guzik mentions this. In Paul's day, the ability to speak in a polished, sophisticated, entertaining way was quite popular. Others, such as the most eminent apostles, the Corinthian Christians loved so much, were able to speak in this manner, so in a polished way, in a sophisticated way, in an entertaining way. But Paul was either unable or unwilling to preach in this way. It didn't matter to Paul because he wasn't concerned with meeting people's standards for a polished or entertaining speaker. He was concerned with faithfully preaching the gospel. So that's what Paul did. So he confesses, you know, I was not trained in such things. But he says, I'm not untrained in knowledge. I'm not. I have learned. I know the scriptures. I received revelation from Christ. So I'm not so in though, though in terms of speech and everything, I might be untrained, but definitely I'm not when it comes to comes to knowledge and understanding, etc. I'm not done. You know, you can't say that I'm untrained. So he says, for we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things we've made public the way we are living, the way we conduct ourselves in ministry, it's no secret. We have been thoroughly manifested and we have been, you knew our lives inside out the way we lived, the way we conducted ourselves, the way we did ministry and thoroughly made clear, made visible, our lives were transparent in all areas. Now, in verses 7 to 11, he talks about how he did not take money from them for his expenses. So he says, verse 7, did I commit sin and humbling myself that you might be exalted because I preach the gospel to you free of charge? And Paul addresses this, you know, when we look at Acts 20, also he talks to the efficient elders, says I have coveted no Acts 20 and verse 33, I've coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities that those who are with me and for those who are with me, I have shown you in every way by laboring like this that you must support the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive. Okay. So we'll take a break now and we'll come back at 10 o'clock and then continue from here. Okay.