2 Corinthians 11:1
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Concern for Their Faithfulness
11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little (A)folly—and indeed you do bear with me.
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2 Corinthians 11:19
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19 For you put up with fools gladly, (A)since you yourselves are wise!
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2 Corinthians 11:4
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4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a (A)different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 For (A)if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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2 Corinthians 11:21
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21 To our shame (A)I say that we were too weak for that! But (B)in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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Reluctant Boasting
16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. 17 What I speak, (A)I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 For since, in the (A)wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
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Hebrews 5:2
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2 He can [a]have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to (A)weakness.
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- Hebrews 5:2 deal gently with
2 Corinthians 12:11
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Signs of an Apostle
11 I have become (A)a fool [a]in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for (B)in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though (C)I am nothing.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 NU omits in boasting
1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 We are (A)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! (B)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!
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1 Corinthians 4:8
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8 You are already full! (A)You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
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1 Corinthians 3:18
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Avoid Worldly Wisdom
18 (A)Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
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Acts 26:29
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29 And Paul said, (A)“I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”
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Acts 18:14
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14 And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you.
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Matthew 17:17
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17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O [a]faithless and (A)perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
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- Matthew 17:17 unbelieving
2 Kings 5:3
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3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.”
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Joshua 7:7
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7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord [a]God, (A)why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!
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- Joshua 7:7 Heb. YHWH, Lord
Numbers 11:29
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29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you [a]zealous for my sake? (A)Oh, that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”
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- Numbers 11:29 jealous
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