2 Corinthians 11

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly: but do bear with me.	1 I wish that you would endure a small amount of my foolishness, so as to bear with me.
2 For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.	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.
3 But I fear lest, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted, and fall from the simplicity that is in 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.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Christ, whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, whom you have not received; or another gospel which you have not received; you might well bear with him.	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.
5 For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great apostles.	5 For I consider that I have done nothing less than the great Apostles.
6 For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but in all things we have been made manifest to you.	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.
7 Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself, that you might be exalted? Because I preached unto you the gospel of God freely?	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.
8 I have taken from other churches, receiving wages of them for your ministry.	8 I have taken from other churches, receiving a stipend from them to the benefit of your ministry.
9 And, when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was wanting to me, the brethren supplied who came from Macedonia; and in all things I have kept myself from being burthensome to you, and so I will keep myself.	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.
10 The truth of Christ is in me, that this glorying shall not be broken off in me in the regions of Achaia.	10 The truth of Christ is in me, and so this glorying shall not be broken away from me in the regions of Achaia.
11 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth it.	11 Why so? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do.
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off the occasion from them that desire occasion, that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.	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.
13 For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.	13 For false apostles, such as these deceitful workers, are presenting themselves as if they were Apostles of Christ.
14 And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light.	14 And no wonder, for even Satan presents himself as if he were an Angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, whose end shall be according to their works.	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.
16 I say again, (let no man think me to be foolish, otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also may glory a little.)	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.
17 That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.	17 What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
18 Seeing that many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.	18 Since so many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.
19 For you gladly suffer the foolish; whereas yourselves are wise.	19 For you freely accept the foolish, though you yourselves claim to be wise.
20 For you suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take from you, if a man be lifted up, if a man strike you on the face.	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.
21 I speak according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also.	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.
22 They are Hebrews: so am I. They are Israelites: so am I. They are the seed of Abraham: so am I.	22 They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.
23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise): I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.	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.
24 Of the Jews five times did I receive forty stripes, save one.	24 On five occasions, I received forty stripes, less one, from the Jews.
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea.	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.
26 In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren.	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,
27 In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.	27 with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness,
28 Besides those things which are without: my daily instance, the solicitude for all the churches.	28 and, in addition to these things, which are external: there is my daily earnestness and solicitude for all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not on fire?	29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not being burned?
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my infirmity.	30 If it is necessary to glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weaknesses.
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knoweth that I lie not.	31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
32 At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me.	32 At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, watched over the city of the Damascenes, so as to apprehend me.
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and so escaped his hands.	33 And, through a window, I was let down along the wall in a basket; and so I escaped his hands.