2 Corinthians 11

1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.

I wish you would bear with me a little in my foolishness: yes, indeed, bear with me:

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.

for I am jealous of you with a godly jealousy; because I have espoused you to one husband, that I might present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

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.

But I am afraid that, by some means, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity due to Christ.

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].

For, if, indeed, he who has come preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached; or, if you receive another Spirit which you have not received; or another gospel which you have not embraced; you might justly bear with him.

5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

For I reckon myself to have come nothing short of the very chief of the Apostles.

6 But though [I be] rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

And even though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge. But upon the whole, we have been made manifest to you in all things.

7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

Have I committed an offense in humbling myself that you might be exalted; because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

8 I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them], to do you service.

I robbed other congregations, taking wages of them to do you service;

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 which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].

for being present with you, and in want, we were burdensome to no one; but what I wanted, the brethren from Macedonia supplied: and in everything I have kept, and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.

10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

Is the truth in me? then this my boasting shall not be prevented in the regions of Achaia.

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

For what reason? because I do not love you? God knows.

12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off opportunity from them who desire opportunity; that in what they boast, they may be found even as we.

13 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

For such are false Apostles, deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into Apostles of Christ.

14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Therefore, it is no great wonder if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their works.

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.

Moreover, I say, let no one think me a fool; but, if otherwise, at least, as a fool, bear with me, that I also may boast a little.

17 That which I speak, I speak [it] not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

What I speak in this confident boasting, I do not speak according to the Lord; but as in foolishness.

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

Seeing many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye [yourselves] are wise.

For, being wise, you bear with fools cheerfully.

20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour [you], if a man take [of you], if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

For if one enslave you, you bear it; if one devour you, if one take your goods, if one exalt himself, if one strike you on the face--

21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly, ) I am bold also.

I speak of reproach, as, that we are weak. But, in whatever any one is bold, (I speak foolishly, ) I am bold also.

22 Are they Hebrews? so [am] I. Are they Israelites? so [am] I. Are they the seed 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 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 oft.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool, ) I am above them: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

24 Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one.

of the Jews, five times I received forty stripes, save one:

25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stone, thrice I was ship-wrecked: I have spent a night and a day in the deep.

26 [In] journeyings often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils by [mine 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;

In journeys often, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the heathens, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brethren.

27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

In labor and toil; in watching often; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often; in cold and nakedness.

28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

Besides these troubles from without, that which is my daily pressure, the anxious care of all the congregations.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?

30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things which relate to my weakness.

31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. (aiōn g165)

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. (aiōn g165)

32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas, intending to apprehend me, guarded the city of the Damascenes;

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

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