2 Corinthians 11 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 I would ye hold me up a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. 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 of you with the zeal of God: for I fitted you to one husband, to present 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 And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which 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 coming proclaim another Jesus, which I proclaimed not, or ye receive another spirit, which ye received not, or other good news, which ye received not, ye have held up well. 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 reckon myself to be nothing greatly inferior to the sent. 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 And, if also ignorant in the word, but not in knowledge; but in every thing, we having been made manifest in all for you. 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 Or did I a sin, humbling myself that ye might be exalted, because I announced to you the good news of God gratuitously? 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 stripped other churches, having received pay, for your service. 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 being present with you, and having wanted, I acted not with negligence to any: (for the brethren having come from Macedonia filled up still more my want:) and I kept myself in every thing not burdensome to you, and I will keep. 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 The truth of Christ is in me, for this boasting shall not be shut up in me in the regions of Achaia. 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 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knows. And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
12 And what I do, and I will do, that I shall not cut off the occasion of those wishing the occasion; that in what they boast, they be found as also we. 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 such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent 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 And not wonderful; for Satan himself is transformed into a messenger 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 No great thing therefore if also his servants are transformed as servants of justice; 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 Again I say, lest any one should think me to be mad; and if not so indeed, as mad do ye receive me that I might also boast myself some 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 speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in madness, in this first principle 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 Since many boast according to the flesh, I shall also boast. 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 ye bear with the mad willingly, being wise. For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves! You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise!
20 For ye bear, if any reduce you to bondage, if any devour, if any receive, if any be lifted up, if any skin 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 according to dishonour, as that we were weak. And in what any dares, (I speak in rashness,) I dare 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 Are they Hebrews? I also. Are they Israelites? I also. Are they Abraham's seed? I also. 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 Are they Christ's servants? (I speak being light-headed) I above; in toils more abundant, in blows more excessively, in watchings more abundantly, in deaths often. 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 Of the Jews five times I received forty, except 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 Thrice was I scourged with rods, once was I stoned, thrice suffered I shipwreck, I have made a night and day in the deep; 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 In journeys often, in dangers of rivers, in dangers of robbers, in dangers of the family, in dangers from the nations, in dangers in the city, in dangers in solitude, in dangers in the sea, in dangers with 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 fatigue and toil, in watchfulnesses often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, 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 things outside, my distraction daily, 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 weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I am not inflamed. 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 boast, I will boast things of my weakness. 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 God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ knows, he being praised forever, that I lie not. 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 In Damascus king Aretas' governor watched the city of the Damascenes, wishing 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 through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and 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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