I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
Parallel translations
- KJV I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
- BSB I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
- NKJV I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.
- NASB I, Paul, have written this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).
- NLT I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it. And I won’t mention that you owe me your very soul!
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Cross-references · 9
- Gal 6:11See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.
- Gal 5:2Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
- 1 Cor 16:21–22This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.
- Jas 5:19–20Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
- 1 Cor 4:15For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
- 1 Cor 9:1–2Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
- 1 Tim 1:2to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Titus 1:4to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
- 2 Cor 3:2You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
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