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2 Corinthians 11
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1Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me.
1I wish you would put up with a little bit of foolishness from me; please, keep on being patient with me.
2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
2I am jealous for you with a jealousy that comes from God because I promised you in marriage to only one husband, Christ, so that I could present you to him like a pure virgin.
3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.
3But I am afraid that just as the snake tricked Eve with his clever lies, your minds might be led astray from a simple and pure devotion to Christ.
4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with him.
4For if someone comes to you preaching a different Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit or a different gospel than the ones you first accepted, you seem to put up with it easily enough.
5For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
5But I don't think I am even a little bit inferior to those 'super-apostles.'
6But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.
6I may not be a trained speaker, but I certainly have knowledge; we has made this clear to you in every possible way.
7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?
7Was it a sin for me to humble myself so that you could be honored, or because I preached the gospel of God to you for free?
8I robbed other churches, taking wages of them that I might minister unto you;
8I 'robbed' other churches by taking pay from them so that I could serve you without charge.
9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
9When I was with you and needed something, I didn't ask any of you for help; the brothers who came from Macedonia gave me everything I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, no one in the regions of Achaia will stop me from boasting about this.
11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
11Why? Is it because I don't love you? God knows that I do!
12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
12And I will keep on doing what I am doing to take away any excuse from those who want to claim they are working just like we are.
13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
13For such people are false apostles and dishonest workers, pretending to be apostles of Christ.
14And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.
14And that is not surprising, because even Satan pretends to be an angel of light.
15It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
15So it is no big deal if his servants also pretend to be servants of righteousness; in the end, they will get exactly what they deserve for what they have done.
16I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but ifye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.
16I say again, don't let anyone think I am a fool; but if you do, then tolerate me as a fool so that I can boast just a little bit.
17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
17What I am saying now is not what the Lord would say; I am speaking like a fool in this confident boasting.
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
18Since many others are boasting about worldly things, I will boast too.
19For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
19You are so wise that you gladly put up with fools!
20For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.
20You even put up with it if someone enslaves you, uses you, takes advantage of you, acts superior to you, or hits you in the face.
21I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
21To my shame, I must say that we were too 'weak' for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool now—I dare to boast about it too.
22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
23Are they servants of Christ? I am talking like a crazy person, but I am more of one than they are. I have worked much harder, been in prison more often, been whipped countless times, and have faced death over and over.
24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
24Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me the thirty-nine lashes.
25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep;
25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was almost stoned to death, three times I was shipwrecked, and once I spent a whole day and night tossing on the open sea.
26in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
26I have traveled many weary miles. I have faced danger from flooded rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people and from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in cities, in the deserts, and on the sea. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not.
27in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
27I have worked hard and struggled; I have often gone without sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have been cold and did not have enough clothes to keep me warm.
28Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.
28Besides all these external things, I deal with the daily pressure of my deep concern for all the churches.
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?
29Who is weak without me feeling their weakness? Who is led into sin without me feeling intense upset?
30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
30If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show how weak I am.
31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus—who is worthy of praise forever—knows that I am not lying.