2 Corinthians 11:1
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Paul and the False Apostles
11 I hope you will put up with a little more of my foolishness. Please bear with me.
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2 Corinthians 11:19
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19 After all, you think you are so wise, but you enjoy putting up with fools!
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2 Corinthians 11:4
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4 You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit.
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2 Corinthians 11:21
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21 I’m ashamed to say that we’ve been too “weak” to do that!
But whatever they dare to boast about—I’m talking like a fool again—I dare to boast about it, too.
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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Paul’s Many Trials
16 Again I say, don’t think that I am a fool to talk like this. But even if you do, listen to me, as you would to a foolish person, while I also boast a little. 17 Such boasting is not from the Lord, but I am acting like a fool.
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe.
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Hebrews 5:2
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2 And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses.
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.
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1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed.
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1 Corinthians 4:8
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8 You think you already have everything you need. You think you are already rich. You have begun to reign in God’s kingdom without us! I wish you really were reigning already, for then we would be reigning with you.
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1 Corinthians 3:18
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18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.
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Acts 26:29
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29 Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains.”
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