Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
For, since you people are so smart, you gladly put up with fools.
New American Standard Bible
For you,
King James Version
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Holman Bible
For you, being so wise, gladly put up with fools!
International Standard Version
You are wise, so you will gladly be tolerant of fools.
A Conservative Version
For being wise, ye gladly tolerate the foolish.
American Standard Version
For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves .
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
For it is a pleasure to you to bear with men of no understanding, since you yourselves are wise.
Bible in Basic English
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
Common New Testament
For you put up with fools gladly, being so wise yourselves!
Daniel Mace New Testament
for as wise as you are your selves, you easily bear with the folly of others.
Darby Translation
For ye bear fools readily, being wise.
Godbey New Testament
For cheerfully do you, being wise, bear with the foolish:
Goodspeed New Testament
For you like to put up with fools, you are so wise yourselves!
John Wesley New Testament
For ye, being wise, suffer fools willingly. For ye suffer, if a man inslave you,
Julia Smith Translation
For ye bear with the mad willingly, being wise.
King James 2000
For you put up with fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [because you] are wise, you put up with foolish people gladly!
Modern King James verseion
For you gladly bear with fools, being wise.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For ye suffer fools gladly because that ye yourselves are wise.
Moffatt New Testament
You put up with fools so readily, you who know so much!
Montgomery New Testament
Although you are wise, you put up with fools willingly enough!
NET Bible
For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.
New Heart English Bible
For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
Noyes New Testament
For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise;
Sawyer New Testament
You endure fools patiently being wise;
The Emphasized Bible
For, gladly, do ye bear with the foolish, being yourselves , discreet, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For ye bear with fools easily when you are wise yourselves.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For all your cleverness, you tolerate fools willingly enough!
Webster
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Weymouth New Testament
Wise as you yourselves are, you find pleasure in tolerating fools.
Williams New Testament
For you who are so wise yourselves are glad to listen to fools!
World English Bible
For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
Worrell New Testament
for ye gladly bear with the foolish, being yourselves wise.
Worsley New Testament
For ye bear with fools willingly, being yourselves so wise:
Youngs Literal Translation
for gladly do ye bear with the fools -- being wise,
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 11:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Boasts In His Sufferings
18 Since many [other] people boast about worldly matters, I will boast about such things also. 19 For, since you people are so smart, you gladly put up with fools. 20 For you put up with someone, [even] if he enslaves you [i.e., exercises control over your life]; [even] if he takes [unfair] advantage of you; [even] if he acts superior toward you; and [even] if he slaps you in the face.
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are "fools" for Christ's sake, but you people [think you] are "wise" in [the fellowship of] Christ. We are weak, but you people [think you] are "strong." You are honored, but we are despised.
1 Corinthians 8:1
I now want to reply to the matter of idolatrous sacrifices [which you wrote to me about]. We know that we all possess knowledge. [Note: This may be a statement posed to Paul by the Corinthians, who seemed quite preoccupied with "knowledge"]. Knowledge [only] makes people arrogant, while love builds them up [spiritually].
1 Corinthians 10:15
I am speaking to you as [I would] to sensible people, [so] judge for yourselves what I am saying.
Revelation 3:17
For you are saying, 'I am wealthy; I have made plenty of money and do not need anything.' But you do not know that you are [spiritually] wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.