2 Corinthians 11

1 Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, and in deede, ye suffer me.

Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly: but 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 of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste 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, as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted, and fall from the simplicity that is in 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 Christ, whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, whom you have not received; or another gospel which you have not received; you might well bear with him.

5 Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

For I suppose that I have done nothing less than the great 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.

For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but in all things we have been made manifest to you.

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 fault, humbling myself, that you might be exalted? Because I preached unto you the gospel of God freely?

8 I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice.

I have taken from other churches, receiving wages of them for your ministry.

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 wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was wanting to me, the brethren supplied who came from Macedonia; and in all things I have kept myself from being burthensome to you, and so I will 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.

The truth of Christ is in me, that this glorying shall not be broken off in me in the regions of Achaia.

11 Wherefore? because I loue you not? God knoweth.

Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth it.

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 the occasion from them that desire 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 false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

14 And no marueile: for Satan himselfe is transformed into an Angel of light.

And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth 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.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, 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 to be foolish, otherwise take me as one foolish, 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 according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

18 Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.

Seeing that many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.

19 For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.

For you gladly suffer the foolish; whereas yourselves are wise.

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 you suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take from you, if a man be lifted up, if a man strike 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 according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also.

22 They are Hebrues, so am I: they are Israelites, so am I: they are the seede of Abraham, so am I:

They are Hebrews: so am I. They are Israelites: so am I. They are 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.

They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise). I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.

24 Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I fourtie stripes saue one.

Of the Jews five times did I receive 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 I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea.

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 journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren.

27 In wearinesse and painefulnesse, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in colde and in nakednesse.

In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, 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 which are without: my daily instance, the solicitude 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 scandalized, and I am not on fire?

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 infirmity.

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 our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, 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.

At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me.

33 But at a window was I let downe in a basket through the wall, and escaped his handes.

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and so escaped his hands.