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2 Corinthians 11:5-21
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2 Corinthians 11:5-21
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
5 For I suppose 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.
7 Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself, that you might be exalted? Because I preached unto you the gospel of God freely?
8 I have taken from other churches, receiving wages of them for 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.
10 The truth of Christ is in me, that this glorying shall not be broken off in me in the regions of Achaia.
11 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth it.
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.
13 For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into 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.
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.)
17 That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
18 Seeing that many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.
19 For you gladly suffer the foolish; whereas yourselves are 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.
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.
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2 Corinthians 11:5-21
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2 Corinthians 11:5-21
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5 I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”[a](A) 6 I may indeed be untrained as a speaker,(B) but I do have knowledge.(C) We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. 7 Was it a sin(D) for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God(E) to you free of charge?(F) 8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them(G) so as to serve you. 9 And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed.(H) I have kept myself from being a burden to you(I) in any way, and will continue to do so. 10 As surely as the truth of Christ is in me,(J) nobody in the regions of Achaia(K) will stop this boasting(L) of mine. 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows(M) I do!(N)
12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. 13 For such people are false apostles,(O) deceitful(P) workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.(Q) 14 And no wonder, for Satan(R) himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.(S)
Paul Boasts About His Sufferings
16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool.(T) But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. 17 In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would,(U) but as a fool.(V) 18 Since many are boasting in the way the world does,(W) I too will boast.(X) 19 You gladly put up with(Y) fools since you are so wise!(Z) 20 In fact, you even put up with(AA) anyone who enslaves you(AB) or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face. 21 To my shame I admit that we were too weak(AC) for that!
Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.(AD)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 11:5 Or to the most eminent apostles
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