2 Corinthians 11

1 Would that ye could bear with me in a little folly! and indeed ye do bear with me.

I earnestly wish ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.

2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I espoused you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ;

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.

3 but I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from single-heartedness toward Christ.

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.

4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye did not receive, or another gospel, which ye did not accept, well might ye bear with it.

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].

5 For I suppose that I am in no respect behind the very foremost apostles.

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

6 And though I am rude in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; but this did we in every respect manifest to you in all things.

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

7 Did I commit an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God without charge?

Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without reward?

8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, in order to do you service;

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

9 and when I was present with you, and in want, I was a charge to no one; (for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied my wants; ) and in every thing I kept myself and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and [so] will I keep [myself].

10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting shall not be stopped in regard to me in the regions of Achaia.

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

11 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth!

Why? because I love you not? God knoweth.

12 But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off occasion from those who wish for an occasion, in order that in the matter of which they boast they may be found even as we.

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

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

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

14 And no wonder; for even Satan transformeth himself into an angel of light.

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

15 It is no great thing, then, if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

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

16 I say again, let no one suppose me a fool; if otherwise, yet even as a fool receive me, that I too may boast myself a little.

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.

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

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

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

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

19 For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise;

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

20 for ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face.

For ye suffer, if a man bringeth you into bondage, if a man devoureth [you], if a man taketh [from you], if a man exalteth himself, if a man smiteth you on the face.

21 I say it to my reproach, that we were weak; but in whatever any one is bold, (I speak in folly, ) I am bold also.

I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatever respect any is bold, (I speak foolishly) I am bold also.

22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abram's offspring? So am I.

Are they Hebrews? so [am] I. Are they Israelites? so [am] I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? so [am] I.

23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself, ) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

24 of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one;

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

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

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

26 by journeyings often; by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren;

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

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

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

28 Besides the other troubles, there is that which presseth upon me daily, the anxiety for all the churches.

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

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is in danger of stumbling, and I do not burn?

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to fall into sin, and I burn not?

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

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

31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I am not lying. (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 kept guard over the city of the Damascenes, in order to apprehend me;

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

33 and 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 his hands.