2 Corinthians 11
1 I wish you were bearing with me little (a *no) (of foolishness; *N+kO) but indeed you do endure me.
I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
2 I am jealous as to for you of God with [the] jealousy; I have betrothed for you to one husband a virgin pure to present to Christ,
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
3 I am afraid however lest perhaps as the serpent deceived Eve in the craftiness of him, (thus *k) may be corrupted the minds of you from the simplicity (and the purity *NO) in Christ.
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
4 If indeed for the [one] coming another Jesus proclaims whom not we did proclaim, or a spirit different you receive which not you did receive, or glad tidings different which not you did accept, well (you are enduring [it]. *N+k+o)
For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
5 I reckon for in nothing to have been inferior to those most eminent most eminent apostles.
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
6 If however even unpolished in speech [I am], yet not in knowledge, but in every [way] (were manifested *N+kO) in all things to you.
Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
7 Or a sin did I commit myself humbling so that you yourselves may be exalted, because freely the of God gospel I evangelised to you?
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
8 Other churches I robbed having received support for the toward you service,
I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
9 And being present with you and having been in need not I did burden no [one]; for the need of mine completely filled up the brothers having come from Macedonia, and in everything unburdensome myself to you I kept and will keep.
And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
10 Is [the] truth of Christ in me myself that boasting this not (will be stopped *N+kO) of mine in the regions of Achaia.
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
11 Because of why? Because surely I do love you? God knows [I do]!
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
12 What however I do, also I will do, so that I may cut off the opportunity of those desiring an opportunity that in what they are boasting, they may be found even as also we ourselves.
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
13 For such [are] false apostles, workers deceitful, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ;
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
14 And no (wonder; *N+kO) himself for Satan masquerades as an angel of light;
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15 [It is] not surprising therefore if even the servants of him masquerade as servants of righteousness whose end will be according to the deeds of them.
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
16 Again I say, no one me may think a fool to be; lest then except indeed even even as a fool do receive me, that I myself also I myself also little a may boast.
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
17 What I am saying, not according to [the] Lord am I saying but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting.
In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
18 Since many boast according to (the *ko) flesh, I myself also I myself also will boast.
Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
19 Gladly for you bear with fools, wise being!
For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
20 You bear [it] for if anyone you enslaves, if anyone devours [you], if anyone takes [from you], if anyone exalts himself, if anyone in [the] face you strikes.
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
21 As to dishonor I speak, as that we ourselves (have been weak! *N+kO) In whatever however maybe anyone may be daring — in foolishness I speak — am daring I myself also. I myself also.
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
22 Hebrews are they? I myself also; I myself also; Israelites are they? I myself also; I myself also; Descendants of Abraham are they? I myself also; I myself also;
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 Servants of Christ are they? As being beside myself I speak; above [measure] I myself[am]. in labors more abundantly in imprisonments more abundantly, in beatings above measure, in deaths often.
Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
24 From [the] Jews five times forty [lashes] minus one I received,
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day in the deep [sea] I have passed;
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
26 in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from [my own] race, in perils from [the] Gentiles, in perils in [the] city, in perils in [the] wilderness, in perils on [the] sea, in perils among false brothers,
In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
27 (in *k) labor and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness;
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
28 Besides the [things] external the (stoppage on me *N+kO) on every day [is my] care for all the churches.
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and not I am weak? Who is led into sin, and surely I myself do burn inwardly?
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
30 If to boast it behooves [me], [in] the [things] of the weakness of mine I will boast.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31 The God and Father of the Lord (of us *k) Jesus (Christ *K) knows, who is being blessed to the ages, that not I am lying. (aiōn g165)
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying. (aiōn g165)
32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes to seize me (wishing *KO)
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
33 But through a window in a basket I was let down through the wall and I escaped the hands of him.
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
