11:1 I earnestly wish ye could bear with me a little in {my} folly: and indeed bear with me.
11:1 O that ye could bear with me a little in {my} folly: and indeed bear with me.
11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present {you as} a chaste virgin to Christ.
11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present {you as} a chaste virgin to Christ.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or {if} ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with {him}.
11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or {if} ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with {him}.
11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very greatest apostles.
11:5 For I suppose I was not a bit behind the very greatest apostles.
11:6 But though {I am} rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.
11:6 But though {I am} rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made evident among you in all things.
11:7 Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without reward?
11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without charge?
11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages {of them}, to do you service.
11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages {of them}, to do you service.
11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all {things} I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and {so} will I keep {myself}.
11:9 And when I was present with you, and in need, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all {things} I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and {so} will I keep {myself}.
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11:11 Why? because I love you not? God knoweth.
11:11 Why? because I love you not? God knoweth.
11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that in what they glory, they may be found even as we.
11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that in what they glory, they may be found even as we.
11:13 For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
11:13 For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
11:14 And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
11:14 And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
11:15 Therefore {it is} no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
11:15 Therefore {it is} no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
11:17 That which I speak, I speak {it} not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
11:17 That which I speak, I speak {it} not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye {yourselves} are wise.
11:19 For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye {yourselves} are wise.
11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bringeth you into bondage, if a man devoureth {you}, if a man taketh {from you}, if a man exalteth himself, if a man smiteth you on the face.
11:20 For ye bear with it, if a man bringeth you into bondage, if a man devoureth {you}, if a man taketh {from you}, if a man exalteth himself, if a man smiteth you on the face.
11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly) I am bold also.
11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
11:22 Are they Hebrews? so {am} I. Are they Israelites? so {am} I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? so {am} I.
11:22 Are they Hebrews? so {am} I. Are they Israelites? so {am} I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so {am} I.
11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool ) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
11:24 From the Jews five times I received forty {stripes} save one.
11:24 From the Jews five times I received forty {stripes} less one.
11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
11:25 Three times was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
11:26 {In} journeyings often, {in} perils of waters, {in} perils of robbers, {in} perils by {my own} countrymen, {in} perils by the heathen, {in} perils in the city, {in} perils in the wilderness, {in} perils in the sea, {in} perils among false brethren;
11:26 {In} journeyings often, {in} perils of waters, {in} perils of robbers, {in} perils by {my own} countrymen, {in} perils by the heathen, {in} perils in the city, {in} perils in the wilderness, {in} perils in the sea, {in} perils among false brethren;
11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
11:28 Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
11:28 Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to fall into sin, and I burn not?
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is led into sin, and I am not incensed?
11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.
11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.
11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
11:33 And through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
11:33 And through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
11:1 O that ye could bear with me a little in {my} folly: and indeed bear with me.
11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present {you as} a chaste virgin to Christ.
11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present {you as} a chaste virgin to Christ.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or {if} ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with {him}.
11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or {if} ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with {him}.
11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very greatest apostles.
11:5 For I suppose I was not a bit behind the very greatest apostles.
11:6 But though {I am} rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.
11:6 But though {I am} rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made evident among you in all things.
11:7 Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without reward?
11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without charge?
11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages {of them}, to do you service.
11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages {of them}, to do you service.
11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all {things} I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and {so} will I keep {myself}.
11:9 And when I was present with you, and in need, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all {things} I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and {so} will I keep {myself}.
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11:11 Why? because I love you not? God knoweth.
11:11 Why? because I love you not? God knoweth.
11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that in what they glory, they may be found even as we.
11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that in what they glory, they may be found even as we.
11:13 For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
11:13 For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
11:14 And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
11:14 And no wonder; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
11:15 Therefore {it is} no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
11:15 Therefore {it is} no great thing if his ministers also are transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
11:17 That which I speak, I speak {it} not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
11:17 That which I speak, I speak {it} not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye {yourselves} are wise.
11:19 For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye {yourselves} are wise.
11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bringeth you into bondage, if a man devoureth {you}, if a man taketh {from you}, if a man exalteth himself, if a man smiteth you on the face.
11:20 For ye bear with it, if a man bringeth you into bondage, if a man devoureth {you}, if a man taketh {from you}, if a man exalteth himself, if a man smiteth you on the face.
11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly) I am bold also.
11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
11:22 Are they Hebrews? so {am} I. Are they Israelites? so {am} I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? so {am} I.
11:22 Are they Hebrews? so {am} I. Are they Israelites? so {am} I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so {am} I.
11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool ) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
11:24 From the Jews five times I received forty {stripes} save one.
11:24 From the Jews five times I received forty {stripes} less one.
11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
11:25 Three times was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
11:26 {In} journeyings often, {in} perils of waters, {in} perils of robbers, {in} perils by {my own} countrymen, {in} perils by the heathen, {in} perils in the city, {in} perils in the wilderness, {in} perils in the sea, {in} perils among false brethren;
11:26 {In} journeyings often, {in} perils of waters, {in} perils of robbers, {in} perils by {my own} countrymen, {in} perils by the heathen, {in} perils in the city, {in} perils in the wilderness, {in} perils in the sea, {in} perils among false brethren;
11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
11:28 Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
11:28 Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to fall into sin, and I burn not?
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is led into sin, and I am not incensed?
11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.
11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.
11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
11:33 And through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
11:33 And through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.