Paul and the False Apostles

11 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!

⁴ For if someone comes and ^(A)proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept ^(B)a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.

¹⁹ For you gladly bear with fools, ^(A)being wise yourselves!

¹³ For if we ^(A)are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

²¹ To my shame, I must say, ^(A)we were too weak for that!

But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.

Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle

¹⁶ I repeat, ^(A)let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. ¹⁷ What I am saying ^(B)with this boastful confidence, ^(C)I say not as the Lord would^[a] but as a fool.

²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach^[a] to save those who believe.

^2 (A)He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself ^(B)is beset with weakness.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

^11 (A)I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ^(B)not at all inferior to these super-apostles, ^(C)even though I am nothing.

^10 (A)We are fools for Christ's sake, but ^(B)you are wise in Christ. ^(C)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.