2 Corinthians 11
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2 Corinthians 11:16-23

16I repeatΠάλιν λέγω,Palin legōG3825G3004:Let noG3361oneτίςtisG5100takeδόξῃdoxēG1380meG1473forG1510a foolἄφροναaphronaG878.ButδὲdeG1161ifεἰeiG1487you doG1490, thenreceiveδέξασθέdexastheG1209meG1473G2579asὡςhōsG5613a foolἄφροναaphronaG878,so thatἵναinaG2443I tooG2504may boastκαυχήσωμαι.kauchēsōmaiG2744aτιtiG5100littleμικρόνmikronG3398.
17ὃhoG3739λαλῶ,lalōG2980InἐνenG1722thisταύτῃtautēG3778τῇtēaG3588confidentὑποστάσειhupostaseiG5287τῆςtēsG3588boastingκαυχήσεως.kauchēseōsG2746of mine,I am not speakingοὐ λαλῶou lalōG3756G2980asκατὰkataG2596theLord wouldκύριονkurionG2962,butἀλλ᾽all᾽G235asὡςhōsG5613ἐνenG1722a foolἀφροσύνῃ,aphrosunēG877.
18SinceἐπεὶepeiG1893manyπολλοὶpolloiG4183are boastingκαυχῶνταιkauchōntaiG2744according toκατὰkataG2596theG3588fleshσάρκα,sarkaG4561,I tooG2504will boastκαυχήσομαι.kauchēsomaiG2744.
19ForγὰρgarG1063you gladly put up withἡδέως ἀνέχεσθεhēdeōs anechestheG430G2234τῶνtōnG3588foolsἀφρόνων,aphronōnG878,since you areὄντες·ontesG1510so wiseφρόνιμοιphronimoiG5429.
20In factγάρ,garG1063,you even put up withἀνέχεσθεanechestheG430εἴeiG1487anyone whoτιςtisG5100enslavesκαταδουλοῖ,katadouloiG2615youὑμᾶςhumasG4771orεἴ τιςei tisG1487G5100exploitsκατεσθίει,katesthieiG2719you orεἴ τιςei tisG1487G5100takes advantageλαμβάνει,lambaneiG2983of you orεἴ τιςei tisG1487G5100exalts himselfἐπαίρεται,epairetaiG1869orεἴ τιςei tisG1487G5100strikesδέρει.dereiG1194youὑμᾶςhumasG4771inεἰςeisG1519the faceπρόσωπονprosōponG4383.
21ToκατὰkataG2596myshameἀτιμίανatimianG819I concedeλέγω,legōG3004ὡςhōsG5613thatὅτιhotiG3754weκἀγώ.kagōkaiG1473were too weakἠσθενήκαμεν·ēsthenēkamenG770for that!Speakingλέγω,legōG3004as a foolἐν ἀφροσύνῃen aphrosunēG1722G877,howeverδ᾽d᾽G1161,I canG2504matchτολμᾷ,tolmaG5111ἐνenG1722whatᾧhōG3739anyone elseἄν τιςan tisG5100G302daresτολμῶtolmōG5111to boast about.
22Are theyεἰσιν;eisinG1510HebrewsἙβραῖοίHebraioiG1445?So am IG2504.Are theyεἰσιν;eisinG1510IsraelitesἸσραηλῖταίIsraēlitaiG2475?So am IG2504.Are theyεἰσιν;eisinG1510descendantsσπέρμαspermaG4690of AbrahamἈβραάμAbraamG11?So am IG2504.
23Are theyεἰσιν;eisinG1510servantsδιάκονοιdiakonoiG1249of ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547? (I am speakingλαλῶ·lalōG2980as if I were out of my mindπαραφρονῶνparaphronōnG3912.)I amἐγώ.egōG1473so much moreὑπὲρhuperG5228:inἐνenG1722harderG4057laborκόποιςkopoisG2873,inἐνenG1722moreG4057imprisonmentsφυλακαῖςphulakaisG5438,inἐνenG1722worseὑπερβαλλόντως,huperballontōsG5234beatingsπληγαῖςplēgaisG4127,inἐνenG1722frequentπολλάκις.pollakisG4178danger of deathθανάτοιςthanatoisG2288.
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