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2 Corinthians 11

33 aligned verses; 33 with wording or punctuation differences .

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O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly , but ye also do bear with me:
I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness , but you are already doing that.
for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin , 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 .
and I fear , lest , as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty , so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that `is' in the 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 .
for if , indeed, he who is coming doth preach another Jesus whom we did not preach , or another Spirit ye receive which ye did not receive, or other good news which ye did not accept -- well were ye bearing `it' ,
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.
for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles ,
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super- apostles .”
and even if unlearned in word -- yet not in knowledge , but in every thing we were made manifest 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 .
The sin did I do -- myself humbling that ye might be exalted , because freely the good news of God I did proclaim 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 ?
other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;
I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
and being present with you , and having been in want , I was chargeable to no one, for my lack did the brethren supply -- having come from Macedonia -- and in everything burdenless to you I did keep myself , 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 .
The truth of Christ is in me, because this boasting shall not be stopped in regard to me 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 .
wherefore ? because I do not love you? God hath known !
Why ? Because I do not love you? God knows I do !
and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;
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 .
for those such ` are ' false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ ,
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ .
and no wonder -- for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light ;
And no wonder , for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light .
no great thing , then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness -- whose end shall be according to their works .
It is not surprising , then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness . Their end will correspond to their actions .
Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool ; and if otherwise , even as a fool receive me , that I also a little 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 .
That which I speak , I speak not according to the Lord, 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.
since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast :
Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast .
for gladly do ye bear with the fools -- being wise ,
For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
for ye bear , if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself , if any one on the face doth smite you;
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 .
in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold -- in foolishness I say `it' -- I also am bold .
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 .
Hebrews are they? I also! Israelites are they? I also! seed of Abraham are they? I also!
Are they Hebrews ? So am I . Are they Israelites ? So am I . Are they descendants of Abraham ? So am I .
ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more ; in labours more abundantly , in stripes above measure , in prisons more frequently , in deaths many times;
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.
from Jews five times forty `stripes' save one I did receive;
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one .
thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked , a night and a day in the deep 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.
journeyings many times , perils of rivers , perils of robbers, perils from kindred , perils from nations , perils in city , perils in wilderness , perils in sea , perils among false brethren;
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,
in laboriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times , in hunger and thirst , in fastings many times , in cold and nakedness;
in labor and toil and often without sleep , in hunger and thirst and often without food , in cold and exposure.
apart from the things without -- the crowding upon me that is daily -- the care of all the assemblies .
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches .
Who is infirm , and I am not infirm ? who is stumbled , and I am not fired;
Who is weak , and I am not weak ? Who is led into sin , and I do not burn with grief?
if to boast it behoveth `me' , of the things of my infirmity I will boast;
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ -- who is blessed to the ages -- hath known that I do not lie! --
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus , who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes , wishing to seize me ,
In Damascus , the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me .
and through a window in a rope basket I was let down, through the wall , and fled out of his hands .
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp .

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