2 Corinthians 11
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2 Corinthians 11:11-33

11WhyG1223G5101? 1BecauseG3754 I do not loveG25 you? 2GodG2316 knowsG3609 I do!

12But whatG3739 I am doingG4160 I will continueG2532 to doG4160, 3soG2443 that I may cutG1581 offG1581 opportunityG874 from thoseG3588 who desireG2309 an opportunityG874 to be 4regardedG2147 justG2531 as we are in the matter about whichG3739 they are boastingG2744. 13For suchG5108 menG5108 are 5falseG5570 apostlesG5570, 6deceitfulG1386 workersG2040, disguisingG3345 themselves as apostlesG652 of ChristG5547. 14NoG3756 wonderG2295, for evenG846 7SatanG4567 disguisesG3345 himself as an 8angelG32 of lightG5457. 15ThereforeG3767 it is not surprisingG3173 ifG1487 his servantsG1249 alsoG2532 disguiseG3345 themselves as servantsG1249 of righteousnessG1343, 9whoseG3739 endG5056 will be accordingG2596 to their deedsG2041.

1610AgainG3825 I sayG3004, let noG3361 oneG5100 thinkG1380 me foolishG878; but ifG1487 you do, receiveG1209 me evenG2579 as foolishG878, soG2443 that I alsoG2532 may boastG2744 a littleG3398. 17WhatG3739 I am sayingG2980, I am not sayingG2980 1112as the LordG2962 would, but as 13in foolishnessG877, in thisG3778 confidenceG5287 of boastingG2746. 18SinceG1893 14manyG4183 boastG2744 15accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, I will boastG2744 alsoG2532. 19For you, 16beingG1510 so wiseG5429, tolerateG430 the foolishG878 gladlyG2234. 20For you tolerateG430 it ifG1487 anyoneG5100 17enslavesG2615 you, anyoneG5100 18devoursG2719 you, anyoneG5100 19takesG2983 advantage of you, anyoneG5100 20exaltsG1869 himself, anyoneG5100 21hitsG1194 you in the faceG4383. 21To my 22shameG819 I must sayG3004 that we have been 23weakG770 by comparison.

But in whateverG3739G302 respect anyoneG5100 else 24is boldG5111--I 25speakG3004 in foolishnessG877--I amG5111 justG2532 as boldG5111 myselfG1473. 22Are they 26HebrewsG1445? 27SoG2532 am I. Are they 28IsraelitesG2475? 29SoG2532 am I. Are they 3031descendantsG4690 of AbrahamG11? 32SoG2532 am I. 23Are they 33servantsG1249 of ChristG5547?--I speakG2980 as if insaneG3912--I moreG5228 soG5228; in 3435farG4057 moreG4057 laborsG2873, in 3637farG4057 moreG4057 imprisonmentsG5438, 3839beatenG4127 timesG5234 withoutG5234 numberG5234, oftenG4178 in 40dangerG2288 of deathG2288. 24FiveG3999 timesG3999 I receivedG2983 from the JewsG2453 41thirty-nineG5065G3844G1520 lashes. 25ThreeG5151 timesG5151 I was 42beatenG4463 with rodsG4463, onceG530 I was 43stonedG3034, threeG5151 timesG5151 I was shipwreckedG3489, a nightG3574 and a dayG3574 I have spentG4160 in the deepG1037. 26I have been on frequentG4178 journeysG3597, in dangersG2794 from riversG4215, dangersG2794 from robbersG3027, dangersG2794 from my 44countrymenG1085, dangersG2794 from the 45GentilesG1484, dangersG2794 in the 46cityG4172, dangersG2794 in the wildernessG2047, dangersG2794 on the seaG2281, dangersG2794 amongG1722 47falseG5569 brethrenG5569; 27I have been in 48laborG2873 and hardshipG3449, 49throughG1722 manyG4178 sleeplessG70 nightsG70, in 50hungerG3042 and thirstG1373, oftenG4178 51withoutG3521 foodG3521, in coldG5592 and 5253exposureG1132. 28ApartG5565 from such 54externalG3924 things, there is the dailyG2596G2250 pressureG1988 on me of concernG3308 for 55allG3956 the churchesG1577. 29WhoG5101 is 56weakG770 withoutG2532G3756 my being weakG770? WhoG5101 is 57ledG4624 into sinG4624 58withoutG2532G3756 my intenseG4448 concernG4448?

30IfG1487 I haveG1163 to boastG2744, I will boastG2744 of whatG769 pertains to my 59weaknessG769. 31The GodG2316 and FatherG3962 of the LordG2962 JesusG2424, 60He who is blessedG2128 foreverG165, 61knowsG3609 that I am not lyingG5574. 32In 62DamascusG1154 the ethnarchG1481 under AretasG702 the kingG935 was 63guardingG5432 the cityG4172 of the DamascenesG1153 in order to seizeG4084 me, 33and I was letG5465 downG5465 in a basketG4553 64throughG1223 a windowG2376 65in the wallG5038, and so escapedG1628 his handsG5495.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 11:11 2 Cor 12:15 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 11:11 Rom 1:9; 2 Cor 2:17; 11:31; 12:2f ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 11:12 1 Cor 9:12 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 11:12 Lit found ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 11:13 Acts 20:30; Gal 1:7; 2:4; Phil 1:15; Titus 1:10f; 2 Pet 2:1; Rev 2:2 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 11:13 Phil 3:2 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 11:14 Matt 4:10; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 11:14 Col 1:12 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 11:15 Rom 2:6; 3:8 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 11:16 2 Cor 11:1 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 11:17 Lit in accordance with the Lord ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 11:17 1 Cor 7:12, 25 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 11:17 2 Cor 11:21 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 11:18 Phil 3:3f ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 11:18 2 Cor 5:16 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 11:19 1 Cor 4:10 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Cor 1:24; Gal 2:4; 4:3, 9; 5:1 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 11:20 Mark 12:40 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Cor 11:3; 12:16 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Cor 10:5 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 11:20 1 Cor 4:11 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 6:8 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 10:10 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 10:2 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 11:17 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Acts 6:1 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Phil 3:5 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Rom 9:4 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Rom 9:4 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Lit seed ↩
  31. 31. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Gal 3:16 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Rom 11:1 ↩
  33. 33. 2 Corinthians 11:23 1 Cor 3:5; 2 Cor 3:6; 10:7 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit more abundant ↩
  35. 35. 2 Corinthians 11:23 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit more abundant ↩
  37. 37. 2 Corinthians 11:23 2 Cor 6:5 ↩
  38. 38. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit exceedingly in stripes ↩
  39. 39. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Acts 16:23; 2 Cor 6:5 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Rom 8:36 ↩
  41. 41. 2 Corinthians 11:24 Deut 25:3 ↩
  42. 42. 2 Corinthians 11:25 Acts 16:22 ↩
  43. 43. 2 Corinthians 11:25 Acts 14:19 ↩
  44. 44. 2 Corinthians 11:26 Acts 9:23; 13:45, 50; 14:5; 17:5, 13; 18:12; 20:3, 19; 21:27; 23:10, 12; 25:3; 1 Thess 2:15 ↩
  45. 45. 2 Corinthians 11:26 Acts 14:5, 19; 19:23ff; 27:42 ↩
  46. 46. 2 Corinthians 11:26 Acts 21:31 ↩
  47. 47. 2 Corinthians 11:26 Gal 2:4 ↩
  48. 48. 2 Corinthians 11:27 1 Thess 2:9; 2 Thess 3:8 ↩
  49. 49. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Lit often in wakefulness ↩
  50. 50. 2 Corinthians 11:27 1 Cor 4:11; Phil 4:12 ↩
  51. 51. 2 Corinthians 11:27 2 Cor 6:5 ↩
  52. 52. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Lit nakedness; i.e. lack of clothing ↩
  53. 53. 2 Corinthians 11:27 1 Cor 4:11 ↩
  54. 54. 2 Corinthians 11:28 Or the things unmentioned ↩
  55. 55. 2 Corinthians 11:28 1 Cor 7:17 ↩
  56. 56. 2 Corinthians 11:29 1 Cor 8:9, 13; 9:22 ↩
  57. 57. 2 Corinthians 11:29 Lit made to stumble ↩
  58. 58. 2 Corinthians 11:29 Lit and I do not burn ↩
  59. 59. 2 Corinthians 11:30 1 Cor 2:3 ↩
  60. 60. 2 Corinthians 11:31 Rom 1:25 ↩
  61. 61. 2 Corinthians 11:31 2 Cor 11:11 ↩
  62. 62. 2 Corinthians 11:32 Acts 9:2 ↩
  63. 63. 2 Corinthians 11:32 Acts 9:24 ↩
  64. 64. 2 Corinthians 11:33 Acts 9:25 ↩
  65. 65. 2 Corinthians 11:33 Lit through ↩

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