1. O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me:
2. for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,
3. and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that [is] in the Christ;