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2 Corinthians, Chapter 11

¹ I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but^a Or do indeed bear with meindeed you are bearing with me. ² For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. ³ But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. ⁴ For if^b Lit the one who comes preachesone comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. ⁵ For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the^c Or super-apostlesmost eminent apostles. ⁶ But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things.	1 Mat 17:17 Co2 11:4 Co2 11:16 Co2 11:19 Co2 5:13 Co2 11:17 Co2 11:21 2 Hos 2:19 Eph 5:26 Co2 4:14 3 Gen 3:4 Gen 3:13 Joh 8:44 Th1 3:5 Ti1 2:14 Rev 12:9 Rev 12:15 4 Co1 3:11 Rom 8:15 Gal 1:6 Co2 11:1 Mar 7:9 5 Co2 12:11 Gal 2:6 6 Co1 1:17 Co1 12:8 Eph 3:4 Co2 4:2
⁷ Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge? ⁸ I robbed other churches by taking wages from them to serve you; ⁹ and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you,^d Lit and I will keepand will continue to do so. ¹⁰ As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia. ¹¹ Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!	7 Co2 12:13 Rom 1:1 Co2 2:12 Act 18:3 Co1 9:18 8 Co1 4:12 Co1 9:6 Php 4:15 Php 4:18 9 Co2 12:13 Co2 12:16 Act 18:5 Rom 15:26 Php 4:15-18 Co2 12:13 Co2 12:16 10 Rom 1:9 Rom 9:1 Co2 1:23 Gal 2:20 Co1 9:15 Act 18:12 11 Co2 12:15 Rom 1:9 Co2 2:17 Co2 11:31 Co2 12:2
¹² But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be^e Lit foundregarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting. ¹³ For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.	12 Co1 9:12 13 Act 20:30 Gal 1:7 Gal 2:4 Php 1:15 Tit 1:10 Pe2 2:1 Rev 2:2 Php 3:2 14 Mat 4:10 Eph 6:12 Col 1:13 Col 1:12 15 Rom 2:6 Rom 3:8
¹⁶ Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little. ¹⁷ What I am saying, I am not saying^f Lit in accordance with the Lordas the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting. ¹⁸ Since many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also. ¹⁹ For you, being so wise, tolerate the foolish gladly. ²⁰ For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face. ²¹ To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison. But in whatever respect anyone else is bold—I speak in foolishness—I am just as bold myself. ²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they^g Lit seeddescendants of Abraham? So am I. ²³ Are they servants of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in^h Lit more abundantfar more labors, inⁱ Lit more abundantfar more imprisonments,^j Lit exceedingly in stripesbeaten times without number, often in danger of death. ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. ²⁶ I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren; ²⁷ I have been in labor and hardship,^k Lit often in wakefulnessthrough many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and^l Lit nakedness; i.e. lack of clothingexposure. ²⁸ Apart from such^m Or the things unmentionedexternal things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches. ²⁹ Who is weak without my being weak? Who isⁿ Lit made to stumbleled into sin^o Lit and I do not burnwithout my intense concern?	16 Co2 11:1 17 Co1 7:12 Co1 7:25 Co2 11:21 18 Php 3:3 Co2 5:16 19 Co1 4:10 20 Co2 1:24 Gal 2:4 Gal 4:3 Gal 4:9 Gal 5:1 Mar 12:40 Co2 11:3 Co2 12:16 Co2 10:5 Co1 4:11 21 Co2 6:8 Co2 10:10 Co2 10:2 Co2 11:17 22 Act 6:1 Php 3:5 Rom 9:4 Rom 9:4 Gal 3:16 Rom 11:1 23 Co1 3:5 Co2 3:6 Co2 10:7 Co1 15:10 Co2 6:5 Act 16:23 Co2 6:5 Rom 8:36 24 Deu 25:3 25 Act 16:22 Act 14:19 26 Act 9:23 Act 13:45 Act 13:50 Act 14:5 Act 17:5 Act 17:13 Act 18:12 Act 20:3 Act 20:19 Act 21:27 Act 23:10 Act 23:12 Act 25:3 Th1 2:15 Act 14:5 Act 14:19 Act 19:23 Act 27:42 Act 21:31 Gal 2:4 27 Th1 2:9 Th2 3:8 Co1 4:11 Php 4:12 Co2 6:5 Co1 4:11 28 Co1 7:17 29 Co1 8:9 Co1 8:13 Co1 9:22
³⁰ If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness. ³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. ³² In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me, ³³ and I was let down in a basket through a window^p Lit throughin the wall, and so escaped his hands.	30 Co1 2:3 31 Rom 1:25 Co2 11:11 32 Act 9:2 Act 9:24 33 Act 9:25


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