New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Corinthians 11:7-33
7OrG2228 1did I commitG4160 a sinG266 in humblingG5013 myselfG1683 soG2443 that you might be exaltedG5312, becauseG3754 I preachedG2097 the 2gospelG2098 of GodG2316 to you 3withoutG1431 chargeG1431? 8I robbedG4813 otherG243 churchesG1577 by 4takingG2983 wagesG3800 from them to serveG1248 you; 9and when I was presentG3918 with you and was in needG5302, I was 5not a burdenG2655 to anyoneG3762; for when 6the brethrenG80 cameG2064 from 7MacedoniaG3109 they fullyG4322 suppliedG4322 my needG5303, and in everythingG3956 I keptG5083 myselfG1683 from 8beingG4 a burdenG4 to you, 9and will continueG5083 to do so. 1010As the truthG225 of ChristG5547 is in me, 11thisG3778 boastingG2746 of mineG1519G1473 will not be stoppedG5420 in the regionsG2824 of 12AchaiaG882. 11WhyG1223G5101? 13BecauseG3754 I do not loveG25 you? 14GodG2316 knowsG3609 I do!
12But whatG3739 I am doingG4160 I will continueG2532 to doG4160, 15soG2443 that I may cutG1581 offG1581 opportunityG874 from thoseG3588 who desireG2309 an opportunityG874 to be 16regardedG2147 justG2531 as we are in the matter about whichG3739 they are boastingG2744. 13For suchG5108 menG5108 are 17falseG5570 apostlesG5570, 18deceitfulG1386 workersG2040, disguisingG3345 themselves as apostlesG652 of ChristG5547. 14NoG3756 wonderG2295, for evenG846 19SatanG4567 disguisesG3345 himself as an 20angelG32 of lightG5457. 15ThereforeG3767 it is not surprisingG3173 ifG1487 his servantsG1249 alsoG2532 disguiseG3345 themselves as servantsG1249 of righteousnessG1343, 21whoseG3739 endG5056 will be accordingG2596 to their deedsG2041.
1622AgainG3825 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 2324as the LordG2962 would, but as 25in foolishnessG877, in thisG3778 confidenceG5287 of boastingG2746. 18SinceG1893 26manyG4183 boastG2744 27accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, I will boastG2744 alsoG2532. 19For you, 28beingG1510 so wiseG5429, tolerateG430 the foolishG878 gladlyG2234. 20For you tolerateG430 it ifG1487 anyoneG5100 29enslavesG2615 you, anyoneG5100 30devoursG2719 you, anyoneG5100 31takesG2983 advantage of you, anyoneG5100 32exaltsG1869 himself, anyoneG5100 33hitsG1194 you in the faceG4383. 21To my 34shameG819 I must sayG3004 that we have been 35weakG770 by comparison.
But in whateverG3739G302 respect anyoneG5100 else 36is boldG5111--I 37speakG3004 in foolishnessG877--I amG5111 justG2532 as boldG5111 myselfG1473. 22Are they 38HebrewsG1445? 39SoG2532 am I. Are they 40IsraelitesG2475? 41SoG2532 am I. Are they 4243descendantsG4690 of AbrahamG11? 44SoG2532 am I. 23Are they 45servantsG1249 of ChristG5547?--I speakG2980 as if insaneG3912--I moreG5228 soG5228; in 4647farG4057 moreG4057 laborsG2873, in 4849farG4057 moreG4057 imprisonmentsG5438, 5051beatenG4127 timesG5234 withoutG5234 numberG5234, oftenG4178 in 52dangerG2288 of deathG2288. 24FiveG3999 timesG3999 I receivedG2983 from the JewsG2453 53thirty-nineG5065G3844G1520 lashes. 25ThreeG5151 timesG5151 I was 54beatenG4463 with rodsG4463, onceG530 I was 55stonedG3034, 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 56countrymenG1085, dangersG2794 from the 57GentilesG1484, dangersG2794 in the 58cityG4172, dangersG2794 in the wildernessG2047, dangersG2794 on the seaG2281, dangersG2794 amongG1722 59falseG5569 brethrenG5569; 27I have been in 60laborG2873 and hardshipG3449, 61throughG1722 manyG4178 sleeplessG70 nightsG70, in 62hungerG3042 and thirstG1373, oftenG4178 63withoutG3521 foodG3521, in coldG5592 and 6465exposureG1132. 28ApartG5565 from such 66externalG3924 things, there is the dailyG2596G2250 pressureG1988 on me of concernG3308 for 67allG3956 the churchesG1577. 29WhoG5101 is 68weakG770 withoutG2532G3756 my being weakG770? WhoG5101 is 69ledG4624 into sinG4624 70withoutG2532G3756 my intenseG4448 concernG4448?
30IfG1487 I haveG1163 to boastG2744, I will boastG2744 of whatG769 pertains to my 71weaknessG769. 31The GodG2316 and FatherG3962 of the LordG2962 JesusG2424, 72He who is blessedG2128 foreverG165, 73knowsG3609 that I am not lyingG5574. 32In 74DamascusG1154 the ethnarchG1481 under AretasG702 the kingG935 was 75guardingG5432 the cityG4172 of the DamascenesG1153 in order to seizeG4084 me, 33and I was letG5465 downG5465 in a basketG4553 76throughG1223 a windowG2376 77in the wallG5038, and so escapedG1628 his handsG5495.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 11:7 2 Cor 12:13 ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 11:7 Rom 1:1; 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 11:7 Acts 18:3; 1 Cor 9:18 ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 11:8 1 Cor 4:12; 9:6; Phil 4:15, 18 ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 11:9 2 Cor 12:13f, 16 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 11:9 Acts 18:5 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 11:9 Rom 15:26; Phil 4:15-18 ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 11:9 2 Cor 12:13f, 16 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 11:9 Lit and I will keep ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 11:10 Rom 1:9; 9:1; 2 Cor 1:23; Gal 2:20 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 11:10 1 Cor 9:15 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 11:10 Acts 18:12 ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 11:11 2 Cor 12:15 ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 11:11 Rom 1:9; 2 Cor 2:17; 11:31; 12:2f ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 11:12 1 Cor 9:12 ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 11:12 Lit found ↩
- 17. 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 ↩
- 18. 2 Corinthians 11:13 Phil 3:2 ↩
- 19. 2 Corinthians 11:14 Matt 4:10; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13 ↩
- 20. 2 Corinthians 11:14 Col 1:12 ↩
- 21. 2 Corinthians 11:15 Rom 2:6; 3:8 ↩
- 22. 2 Corinthians 11:16 2 Cor 11:1 ↩
- 23. 2 Corinthians 11:17 Lit in accordance with the Lord ↩
- 24. 2 Corinthians 11:17 1 Cor 7:12, 25 ↩
- 25. 2 Corinthians 11:17 2 Cor 11:21 ↩
- 26. 2 Corinthians 11:18 Phil 3:3f ↩
- 27. 2 Corinthians 11:18 2 Cor 5:16 ↩
- 28. 2 Corinthians 11:19 1 Cor 4:10 ↩
- 29. 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Cor 1:24; Gal 2:4; 4:3, 9; 5:1 ↩
- 30. 2 Corinthians 11:20 Mark 12:40 ↩
- 31. 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Cor 11:3; 12:16 ↩
- 32. 2 Corinthians 11:20 2 Cor 10:5 ↩
- 33. 2 Corinthians 11:20 1 Cor 4:11 ↩
- 34. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 6:8 ↩
- 35. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 10:10 ↩
- 36. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 10:2 ↩
- 37. 2 Corinthians 11:21 2 Cor 11:17 ↩
- 38. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Acts 6:1 ↩
- 39. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Phil 3:5 ↩
- 40. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Rom 9:4 ↩
- 41. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Rom 9:4 ↩
- 42. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Lit seed ↩
- 43. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Gal 3:16 ↩
- 44. 2 Corinthians 11:22 Rom 11:1 ↩
- 45. 2 Corinthians 11:23 1 Cor 3:5; 2 Cor 3:6; 10:7 ↩
- 46. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit more abundant ↩
- 47. 2 Corinthians 11:23 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
- 48. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit more abundant ↩
- 49. 2 Corinthians 11:23 2 Cor 6:5 ↩
- 50. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Lit exceedingly in stripes ↩
- 51. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Acts 16:23; 2 Cor 6:5 ↩
- 52. 2 Corinthians 11:23 Rom 8:36 ↩
- 53. 2 Corinthians 11:24 Deut 25:3 ↩
- 54. 2 Corinthians 11:25 Acts 16:22 ↩
- 55. 2 Corinthians 11:25 Acts 14:19 ↩
- 56. 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 ↩
- 57. 2 Corinthians 11:26 Acts 14:5, 19; 19:23ff; 27:42 ↩
- 58. 2 Corinthians 11:26 Acts 21:31 ↩
- 59. 2 Corinthians 11:26 Gal 2:4 ↩
- 60. 2 Corinthians 11:27 1 Thess 2:9; 2 Thess 3:8 ↩
- 61. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Lit often in wakefulness ↩
- 62. 2 Corinthians 11:27 1 Cor 4:11; Phil 4:12 ↩
- 63. 2 Corinthians 11:27 2 Cor 6:5 ↩
- 64. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Lit nakedness; i.e. lack of clothing ↩
- 65. 2 Corinthians 11:27 1 Cor 4:11 ↩
- 66. 2 Corinthians 11:28 Or the things unmentioned ↩
- 67. 2 Corinthians 11:28 1 Cor 7:17 ↩
- 68. 2 Corinthians 11:29 1 Cor 8:9, 13; 9:22 ↩
- 69. 2 Corinthians 11:29 Lit made to stumble ↩
- 70. 2 Corinthians 11:29 Lit and I do not burn ↩
- 71. 2 Corinthians 11:30 1 Cor 2:3 ↩
- 72. 2 Corinthians 11:31 Rom 1:25 ↩
- 73. 2 Corinthians 11:31 2 Cor 11:11 ↩
- 74. 2 Corinthians 11:32 Acts 9:2 ↩
- 75. 2 Corinthians 11:32 Acts 9:24 ↩
- 76. 2 Corinthians 11:33 Acts 9:25 ↩
- 77. 2 Corinthians 11:33 Lit through ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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