2 Corinthians 11

1 Would that ye would bear with me [in] a little folly; but indeed bear with me.

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: nay indeed bear with me.

2 For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy [which is] of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present [you] a chaste virgin to Christ.

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.

3 But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, [so] your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.

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.

4 For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye get a different Spirit, which ye have not got, or a different glad tidings, which ye have not received, ye might well bear with [it].

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].

5 For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.

For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

6 But if [I am] a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making [the truth] manifest in all things to you.

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.

7 Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that ye might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?

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?

8 I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.

I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them] that I might minister unto you;

9 And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked, ) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself.

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].

10 [The] truth of Christ is in me that this boasting shall not be stopped as to me in the regions of Achaia.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying 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, I will also do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those wishing [for] an opportunity, that wherein 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 which desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

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

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.

14 And [it is] not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

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

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

16 Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that I also may boast myself some little.

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.

17 What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.

That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

18 Since many boast according to flesh, I also will boast.

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

19 For ye bear fools readily, being wise.

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

20 For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour [you], if any one get [your money], if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.

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.

21 I speak as to dishonour, as though we had been weak; but wherein any one is daring, (I speak in folly, ) I also am daring.

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.

22 Are they Hebrews? I also. Are they Israelites? I also. Are they seed of Abraham? I also.

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 being beside myself) I above measure [so]; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.

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.

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

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

25 Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep:

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;

26 in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from [my own] race, in perils from [the] nations, in perils in [the] city, in perils in [the] desert, in perils on [the] sea, in perils among false brethren;

[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;

27 in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

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

28 Besides those things that are without, the crowd [of cares] pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.

Beside those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?

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

30 If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.

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

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

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

32 In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, in order to take me:

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

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