2 Corinthians 11

1 Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: nay indeed 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 espoused you to one husband, that I might 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, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.

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 that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or [if] ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with [him].

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 a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

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

6 But though [I be] rude in speech, yet [am I] not in knowledge; nay, in everything we have made [it] manifest among all men to you-ward.

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 abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

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 [of them] that I might minister unto you;

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

9 and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].

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 Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying 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 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

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 which desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, 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 men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.

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

14 And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into 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 ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall 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 man think me foolish; but if [ye do], yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory 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 speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

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

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

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

19 For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves].

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

20 For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth 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 whereinsoever 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 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 one beside himself) I more; in labours more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

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

Of the Jews five times I have 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 have I been 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 [in] journeyings often, [in] perils of rivers, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils from [my] countrymen, [in] perils from the Gentiles, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren;

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] labour and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

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

28 Beside those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon 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 made to stumble, and I burn not?

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

30 If I must needs glory, I will glory 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 for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. (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, in order to take me:

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

33 and through a window was I 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.