2 Corinthians 11

1 Would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

I wish you could bear with me a little in my folly; but yet bear with me:

2 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.

for I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

But I fear lest, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity which pertains to Christ.

4 For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

For if he that comes should preach another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or, if you receive another Spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you would well bear with him.

5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very most chief apostles.

I count myself indeed to be in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles.

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

But if I am unpolished in my style of speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. But we have been fully manifested among you in all things.

7 Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

Have I committed a sin, in making myself lowly, that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel to you without cost?

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

I robbed other churches, taking wages to do you service: and when I was present with you, and wanted, I was not a burden to any one;

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

for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied my wants; and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and will continue to keep myself.

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

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting shall not be silenced, in my case, in the regions of Achaia.

11 Why? because I love you not? God knows.

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

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

But what I am doing I will also continue to do, that I may cut off occasion from those who desire an occasion, that in what they boast, they may be found even as we.

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

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ;

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

and no wonder, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

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

Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves so as to be like the ministers of righteousness; of such, the end shall be according to their works.

16 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.

I say again, let no one think that I am without understanding; but if so, even as one without understanding bear with me, that I also may boast a little.

17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

What I say, I say not according to the Lord, but as in folly, in this same confidence of boasting.

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

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

19 For you suffer fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise.

For it is a pleasure to you to bear with men of no understanding, since you yourselves are wise.

20 For you suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

For you bear it, if one enslave you, if one devour you, if one take from you, if one exalt himself, if one smite you on the face,

21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. However, when ever any is bold, (I speak foolishly, ) I am bold also.

I speak of their reproaches, as if we were weak. In whatever matter any one is bold, (I speak foolishly, ) I also am bold.

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 of the posterity of Abraham? So am I.

23 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 oft.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I say it foolishly, ) I am above them. In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

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

From the Jews, five times I 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 I have been in the deep;

three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I have been shipwrecked; a night and a day I spent in the deep.

26 In journeys 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 brothers;

In journeyings often, in perils from rivers, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

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

in weariness and in toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness:

28 Beside those things that are without, that which comes on me daily, the care of all the churches.

besides those things which come upon me from other sources, I have a daily concourse of troubles―my anxiety for all the churches.

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I am not incensed?

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

If I must boast, I will boast in my infirmities.

31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for ever more, knows that I lie not. (aiōn g165)

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

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

In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, desiring to apprehend me:

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

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