2 Corinthians 11 Parallel Bible

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1	I WISH you to be patient with me for a while, so that I may speak plainly, and I am sure you will be.	I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!	I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me!
2	For I am zealous for you with the zealousness of God, for I have espoused you to a husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ.	For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.	I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
3	But I am afraid, that just as the serpent through his deceitfulness misled Eve, so your minds should be corrupted from the sincerity that is in Christ.	But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.	But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
4	For if he who has come to you preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you have received another spirit, which you had not received, or another gospel which you had not accepted, you might well listen to him.	For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.	For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
5	For I think that I am not in the least inferior to the most distinguished apostles.	Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.	I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.”
6	But though I am a poor speaker, I am not poor in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.	Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.	I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
7	Probably I have acted foolishly in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely.	Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God’s gospel to you free of charge?	Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?
8	I deprived other churches, taking supplies from them, in order to minister to you.	I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.	I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.
9	And when I came to you and was in need, I did not burden any of you for my wants were supplied by the brethren who came from Mac-e-do’ni-a : I have taken care of myself in every way and I will so continue to keep myself that I will not be a burden to you.	And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.	And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
10	As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of A-cha’ia.	As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.	As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.
11	Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do love you.	And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!	Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
12	But what I do, I will continue to do, so as to give no occasion to those who seek an occasion; and that, in whatever they boast, they may not be found equal to us;	And what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.	And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.
13	For they are false apostles, and deceitful workers, posing as apostles of Christ.	For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.	For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
14	There is no marvel in this; for if Satan disguises himself as the angel of light,	And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.	And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15	It is no great thing if his ministers also pose as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.	So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.	It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
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 repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.	I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.
17	What I now say, I speak not after our LORD, but as it were foolishly, on this occasion of boasting.	What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.	In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
18	Because many boast on the things of the flesh, I boast also.	Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.	Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast.
19	For you endure fools readily, knowing that you yourselves are wise.	For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!	You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise!
20	For you endure the man who dominates you, and the man who lives at your expense, and the man who takes from you, and the man who exalts himself over you, and the man who smites you on the face.	For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.	In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face.
21	I speak this as a reproach, as though we were weak. Now I speak foolishly; in whatsoever other men are bold, I venture also.	To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.	To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that! Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.
22	Now if they are Hebrews, so am I. If they are Israelites, so am I. If they are descendants of Abraham, so am I.	Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.	Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.
23	If they are ministers of Christ, I speak as a fool, I am greater than they; in labor more than they, in wounds more than they, in imprisonments more frequent than they, and in danger of death many times.	Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.	Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
24	By the Jews I was scourged five times, each time forty stripes less one.	Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.	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 in shipwreck, a day and a night I have been adrift in the sea in shipwreck.	Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;	Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,
26	On many journeys, I have been in perils from rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own kinsmen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren;	on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;	I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.
27	In toil and weariness, in sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, through much fasting, in cold and nakedness.	in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.	I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
28	Besides other things, and the many calling on me everyday, I have also the care of all the churches.	And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.	Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29	Who is sick that I do not feel the pain? Who stumbles that does not have my heartfelt sympathy?	Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?	Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
30	If I must needs boast, I will boast of my sufferings.	If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.	If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31	The God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever and ever, knows that I do not lie.	The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.	The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.
32	At Damascus the general of the army of King Aretas placed the city of the Damascenes under guard, in order to seize me:	At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me,	In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.
33	And I was lowered in a basket from a window over the city wall, and thus I escaped from his hands.	but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.	But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.
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