Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
9 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “speak” →
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
I speak not this to condemn you : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you .
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.