2 Corinthians 11

1 I wish ye would bear with me a little in my folly; and indeed bear with me.

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

2 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.

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 Meshikha.

3 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.

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

4 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.

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

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

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

6 yet not in knowledge ---but we have been fully manifested among you in all things.

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.

7 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?

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

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

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

9 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.

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.

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

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

11 Wherefore? because I love you not?

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

12 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

15 It is therefore no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed into ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

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

16 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.

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

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

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

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

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

19 For ye bear with fools willingly, being yourselves so wise:

For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.

20 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.

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.

21 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.

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.

22 Are they Hebrews? so am I: are they Israelites? so am I: are they the seed of Abraham?

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israyelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Avraham? So am I.

23 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.

Are they servants of Meshikha? (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.

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

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

25 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:

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.

26 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:

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;

27 in labor and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness: and beside these outward troubles,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31 And the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knoweth that I lye not. (aiōn g165)

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

32 In Damascus the governor under king Aretas, placed guards about the city to seize me:

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

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

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