21 And when (A)His own [a]people heard about this, they came out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “(B)He has lost His senses.”

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  1. Mark 3:21 Or family

Paul Defends His Apostleship

11 I wish that you would (A)bear with me in a little (B)foolishness; but [a]indeed you are bearing with me.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:1 Or do indeed bear with me

16 (A)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 [a](B)as the Lord would, but as (C)in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Since (D)many boast (E)according to the flesh, I will boast also. 19 For you, (F)being so wise, tolerate the foolish gladly. 20 For you tolerate it if anyone (G)enslaves you, if anyone (H)devours you, if anyone (I)takes advantage of you, if anyone (J)exalts himself, if anyone (K)hits you in the face. 21 To my (L)shame I must say that we have been (M)weak by comparison.

But in whatever respect anyone else (N)is bold—I am (O)speaking in foolishness—I too am bold. 22 Are they (P)Hebrews? (Q)So am I. Are they (R)Israelites? (S)So am I. Are they [b](T)descendants of Abraham? (U)So am I. 23 Are they (V)servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if insane—I more so; in (W)far more labors, in (X)far more imprisonments, [c](Y)beaten times without number, often in danger of (Z)death. 24 Five times I received from the Jews (AA)thirty-nine lashes. 25 Three times I was (AB)beaten with rods, once I was (AC)stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift at sea. 26 I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my (AD)countrymen, dangers from the (AE)Gentiles, dangers in the (AF)city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among (AG)false brothers; 27 I have been in (AH)labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in (AI)hunger and thirst, often (AJ)without food, in cold and [d](AK)exposure. 28 Apart from such [e]external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for (AL)all the churches. 29 Who is (AM)weak without my being weak? Who is [f]led into sin [g]without my intense concern?

30 If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my (AN)weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, (AO)He who is blessed forever, (AP)knows that I am not lying. 32 In (AQ)Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was (AR)guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me, 33 and I was let down in a basket (AS)through a window [h]in the wall, and so escaped his hands.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:17 Lit in accordance with the Lord
  2. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Lit seed
  3. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit exceedingly in blows
  4. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Lit nakedness; i.e., lack of clothing
  5. 2 Corinthians 11:28 Or the things unmentioned
  6. 2 Corinthians 11:29 Lit made to stumble
  7. 2 Corinthians 11:29 Lit and I do not burn
  8. 2 Corinthians 11:33 Lit through

11 I have become (A)foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, since I was (B)in no respect inferior to the [a]most eminent apostles, even though (C)I am a nobody.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or super-apostles

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