2 Corinthians 11
1 Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, and in deede, ye suffer me.
Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me.
2 For I am ielous ouer you, with godly ielousie: for I haue prepared you for one husband, to present you as a pure virgine to Christ:
For 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.
3 But I feare least as the serpent beguiled Eue through his subtiltie, so your mindes shoulde be corrupt from the simplicitie that is in Christ.
But 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.
4 For if he that commeth, preacheth another Iesus whome we haue not preached: or if yee receiue another spirite whome ye haue not receiued: either another Gospell, which yee haue not receiued, ye might well haue suffered him.
For 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].
5 Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.
For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
6 And though I be rude in speaking, yet I am not so in knowledge, but among you wee haue beene made manifest to the vttermost, in all things.
But 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.
7 Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely?
Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?
8 I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice.
I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them] that I might minister unto you;
9 And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.
and 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].
10 The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shall not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
11 Wherefore? because I loue you not? God knoweth.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12 But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.
But 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.
13 For such false apostles are deceitfull workers, and transforme themselues into the Apostles of Christ.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
14 And no marueile: for Satan himselfe is transformed into an Angel of light.
And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers transforme themselues, as though they were the ministers of righteousnes, whose end shall be according to their workes.
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
16 I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.
I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if [ye do], yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.
17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
18 Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19 For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.
For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves].
20 For ye suffer, euen if a man bring you into bondage, if a man deuoure you, if a man take your goods, if a man exalt himselfe, if a man smite you on the face.
For 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.
21 I speake as concerning the reproche: as though that we had bene weake: but wherein any man is bold (I speake foolishly) I am bold also.
I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
22 They are Hebrues, so am I: they are Israelites, so am I: they are the seede of Abraham, so am I:
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft.
Are 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.
24 Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fourtie stripes saue one.
Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one.
25 I was thrise beaten with roddes: I was once stoned: I suffered thrise shipwracke: night and day haue I bene in the deepe sea.
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep;
26 In iourneying I was often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of mine owne nation, in perils among the Gentiles, in perils in the citie, in perils in wildernes, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,
[in] 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;
27 In wearinesse and painefulnesse, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in colde and in nakednesse.
[in] labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28 Beside the thinges which are outwarde, I am combred dayly, and haue the care of all the Churches.
Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.
29 Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?
30 If I must needes reioyce, I will reioyce of mine infirmities.
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
31 The God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas, layde watch in the citie of the Damascens, and would haue caught me.
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
33 But at a window was I let downe in a basket through the wall, and escaped his handes.
and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
