2 Corinthians 11

1 I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.

I WISH ye would bear with me a little in my foolishness, yea indeed bear with me.

2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Messiah.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the sincerity and purity that is in the Messiah.

But I fear lest as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity which belongs to Christ.

4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different gospel, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.

For if he indeed that cometh preach another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not embraced, ye might well bear with him.

5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.

For I reckon myself to be nothing inferior to the very chief of the apostles.

6 Even though I am unskilled in speech, I am not unskilled in knowledge. But in every way we have made this known to you in all things.

For though I may be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but on every occasion we have been made manifest in all things among you.

7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's gospel free of charge?

Am I chargeable with a fault (humbling myself that you might be exalted), that I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them that I might serve you.

I plundered other churches, receiving a provision from them, in order to minister to you.

9 When I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

And when I was with you, and in want, I was burdensome to no man; for my want the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied; and on every occasion I have kept myself from being burdensome, and will keep myself.

10 As the truth of Messiah is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

I protest, by the truth of Christ in me, that from this boasting no man shall seal up my lips in the regions of Achaia.

11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.

Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth.

12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

But what I do, I will do also, that I may cut off occasion from those who desire occasion, that wherein they boast, they may be found even as we.

13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Messiah's apostles.

For such are fake apostles, deceitful labourers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

And no marvel! For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

It is no wonder therefore if his ministers also be transformed as ministers of righteousness; whose end will be according to their works.

16 I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

I repeat it again, Let no man suppose that I am a fool; but if otherwise, then as a fool receive me, that I too may boast myself a little.

17 That which I speak, I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly in this confidence of boasting.

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

Seeing many boast themselves after the flesh, I will boast also.

19 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

For ye bear with fools easily when you are wise yourselves.

20 For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face.

For ye bear if a man enslave you, if a man eat you up, if a man receive from you, if a man is insolent, if a man smite you on the face.

21 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

I speak with reference to the reproach cast on me, as though we were feeble; but wherein any man is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants 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 servants of Messiah? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak foolishly) I am above them: in labours more abundantly, in stripes exceedingly more, in prisons more frequently, in the most immediate danger of death often.

24 Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.

Of the Jews five times I have received forty stripes save one.

25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.

Thrice I have been scourged with rods, once I have been stoned, thrice I have suffered shipwreck, a whole night and day I have passed in the deep;

26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from those who are not Jews, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, 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 labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.

in labour and travail, in watchings often, in fastings frequently, in hunger and thirst, in cold and nakedness;

28 Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

and beside all these things from without, that accumulated burden which cometh on me daily, the care of all the churches.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

Who is feeble, and am I not feeble? Who is offended, and am I not on fire?

30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

If I must glory, I will glory in the things which respect my infirmities.

31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I do not lie. (aiōn g165)

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

32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, desiring to arrest me.

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, intending to seize me;

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

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