2 Corinthians 11

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

I wish ye would bear with me a little in my folly; and indeed 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, having 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 least as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the purity 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 to you, 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 embraced, ye might indeed bear with him.

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

For I think I was not inferior to the very chiefest apostles: and if I am unskilled in speech,

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.

yet not in knowledge ---but we have been fully manifested among 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?

Have I committed an offence in humbling myself that ye might be exalted? and in that I have preached the gospel of God to you gratis?

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

I trespassed on other churches, receiving maintenance from them for your service.

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 among you, and in want, I was chargeable to no one. For the brethren that came from Macedonia supplied my want: and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome 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.

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast shall not be taken from me in the regions of Achaia.

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

Wherefore? because I love you not?

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.

God knoweth. But what I do, I will do, that I may cut off occasion from those that desire an occasion of boasting or censure, that in what they boast of they may be found to do even as we do.

13 For such false apostles are deceitfull workers, and transforme themselues into the Apostles of Christ.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transformed into apostles of Christ.

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

And no wonder: for Satan himself is transformed 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 therefore no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed into 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 one think me foolish herein; but if they do, yet bear with my weakness, that I also may boast a little.

17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

What I speak I speak not as from the Lord, but as in weakness, in this confidence of boasting.

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

Since many boast in the flesh, I will boast also.

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

For ye bear with fools willingly, being yourselves so 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.

ye bear it, even if any one enslave you, if any devour you, if any take your substance, if any be lifted up, yea if any one smite 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 of their reproaches, as if we were weak: but whereinsoever any one may be confident (though I speak foolishly) I may be confident too.

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?

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.

so am I: are they ministers of Christ? (if I may speak as a fool) I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes far exceeding, in prisons more frequently, and often even in deaths.

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

From the Jews I have five times received 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 I have been beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I have been shipwrecked, and was a night and a day on 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 journies often, in perils from rivers, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on 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 toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness: and beside these outward troubles,

28 Beside the thinges which are outwarde, I am combred dayly, and haue the care of all the Churches.

that which besets me daily, the care of all the churches.

29 Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not?

Who is infirm, and I am not infirm also? who is offended, and I am not inflamed?

30 If I must needes reioyce, I will reioyce of mine infirmities.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things which relate to 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)

And the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knoweth that I lye 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 king Aretas, placed guards about the city to seize me:

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

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