2 Corinthians 11

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1 I wish that you would endure a small amount of my foolishness, so as to bear with me.	1 If only you would put up with a little foolishness from me! Please put up with me.
2 For I am jealous toward you, with the jealousy of God. And I have espoused you to one husband, offering you as a chaste virgin to Christ.	2 For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.	3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted from a sincere (and pure) commitment to Christ.
4 For if anyone arrives preaching another Christ, one whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, one whom you have not received; or another Gospel, one which you have not been given: you might permit him to guide you.	4 For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough.
5 For I consider that I have done nothing less than the great Apostles.	5 For I think that I am not in any way inferior to these "superapostles."
6 For although I may be unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. But, in all things, we have been made manifest to you.	6 Even if I am untrained in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you would be exalted? For I preached the Gospel of God to you freely.	7 Did I make a mistake when I humbled myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
8 I have taken from other churches, receiving a stipend from them to the benefit of your ministry.	8 I plundered other churches by accepting from them in order to minister to you.
9 And when I was with you and in need, I was burdensome to no one. For the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied whatever was lacking to me. And in all things, I have kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.	9 And when I was with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
10 The truth of Christ is in me, and so this glorying shall not be broken away from me in the regions of Achaia.	10 By the truth of Christ in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
11 Why so? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do.	11 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
12 But what I am doing, I will continue to do, so that I may take away an opportunity from those who desire an opportunity by which they may glory, so as to be considered to be like us.	12 And what I do I will continue to do, in order to end this pretext of those who seek a pretext for being regarded as we are in the mission of which they boast.
13 For false apostles, such as these deceitful workers, are presenting themselves as if they were Apostles of Christ.	13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, who masquerade as apostles of Christ.
14 And no wonder, for even Satan presents himself as if he were an Angel of light.	14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
15 Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers present themselves as if they were ministers of justice, for their end shall be according to their works.	15 So it is not strange that his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
16 I say again. And let no one consider me to be foolish. Or, at least, accept me as if I were foolish, so that I also may glory a small amount.	16 I repeat, no one should consider me foolish; but if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
17 What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.	17 What I am saying I am not saying according to the Lord but as in foolishness, in this boastful state.
18 Since so many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.	18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.
19 For you freely accept the foolish, though you yourselves claim to be wise.	19 For you gladly put up with fools, since you are wise yourselves.
20 For you permit it when someone guides you into servitude, even if he devours you, even if he takes from you, even if he is extolled, even if he strikes you repeatedly on the face.	20 For you put up with it if someone enslaves you, or devours you, or gets the better of you, or puts on airs, or slaps you in the face.
21 I speak according to disgrace, as if we had been weak in this regard. In this matter, (I speak in foolishness) if anyone dares, I dare also.	21 To my shame I say that we were too weak! But what anyone dares to boast of (I am speaking in foolishness) I also dare.
22 They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.	22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications.	23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I am talking like an insane person.) I am still more, with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, far worse beatings, and numerous brushes with death.
24 On five occasions, I received forty stripes, less one, from the Jews.	24 Five times at the hands of the Jews I received forty lashes minus one.
25 Three times, I was beaten with rods. One time, I was stoned. Three times, I was shipwrecked. For a night and a day, I was in the depths of the sea.	25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I passed a night and a day on the deep;
26 I have made frequent journeys, through dangerous waters, in danger of robbers, in danger from my own nation, in danger from the Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger in the sea, in danger from false brothers,	26 on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own race, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers;
27 with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness,	27 in toil and hardship, through many sleepless nights, through hunger and thirst, through frequent fastings, through cold and exposure.
28 and, in addition to these things, which are external: there is my daily earnestness and solicitude for all the churches.	28 And apart from these things, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not being burned?	29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led to sin, and I am not indignant?
30 If it is necessary to glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weaknesses.	30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.	31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows, he who is blessed forever, that I do not lie.
32 At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, watched over the city of the Damascenes, so as to apprehend me.	32 At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus, in order to seize me,
33 And, through a window, I was let down along the wall in a basket; and so I escaped his hands.	33 but I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.