2 Corinthians 12:11

WNT

2 Corinthians 12:11

Parallel Verses

Weymouth New Testament

It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing.

New American Standard Bible

I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.

King James Version

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Holman Bible

I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

International Standard Version

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. Really, I should have been commended by you, for I am not in any way inferior to your "super-apostles," even if I am nothing.

A Conservative Version

I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.

American Standard Version

I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

Amplified

Now I have become foolish; you have forced me [by questioning my apostleship]. Actually I should have been commended by you [instead of being treated disdainfully], for I was not inferior to those super-apostles, even if I am nobody.

An Understandable Version

I have become foolish [i.e., by my boasting], but you made me do it [i.e., in order to vindicate myself]. For I should have been commended by you [i.e., for my effective ministry there in Corinth], because I was not inferior in any way to those "super apostles" [See 11:5], even though I am nothing.

Anderson New Testament

I have become of no understanding; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: I am in no respect inferior to the very greatest of the apostles, although I am nothing.

Bible in Basic English

I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

Common New Testament

I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not in the least inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Am I become vain? 'tis you have forc'd me to it: for I ought to have been commended by you: since I am not inferior to the chiefest of the apostles, tho' in myself I am nothing.

Darby Translation

I have become a fool; ye have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.

Godbey New Testament

I have become a fool: you did compel me. For I ought to be commended by you: for I am not inferior to the very chief of the apostles, if indeed I am nothing.

Goodspeed New Testament

I have been making a fool of myself, but you forced me to do it, when you ought to have been expressing your approval of me. For I am not a bit inferior to your superfine apostles, even if I am nobody!

John Wesley New Testament

I am become a fool in boasting; but ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing have I fallen short of the very chief apostles, though I am nothing.

Julia Smith Translation

I have been mad boasting; ye forced me: for I ought to have been recommended by you: for I was not greatly inferior to the sent, if also I am nothing.

King James 2000

I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I be nothing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for [I am] in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles, even if I am nothing.

Modern King James verseion

I have become foolish boasting. You compelled me. For I ought to be commended by you. For I lacked nothing of the highest apostles, if even I am nothing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I am made a fool in boasting myself. Ye have compelled me: I ought to have been commended of you. For in nothing was I inferior unto the chief apostles, though I be nothing:

Moffatt New Testament

Now this is playing the fool! But you forced me to it, instead of coming forward yourselves and vouching for me. That was what I deserved; for, 'nobody' as I am, I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles.'

Montgomery New Testament

I am become a fool??ou have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing.

NET Bible

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.

New Heart English Bible

I have become foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

Noyes New Testament

I have become a fool; it is ye that compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the very foremost apostles, though I am nothing.

Sawyer New Testament

I have become foolish; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing am I behind the chief of the apostles, though I also am nothing.

The Emphasized Bible

I have become foolish, - ye, compelled me: - I, in fact, ought, by you, to have been commended; for, not a whit, have I come behind the exceeding overmuch apostles, - even if I am nothing:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Have I become a fool in boasting? ye have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing have I been inferior to the very chief apostles, though I be nothing.

Twentieth Century New Testament

I have been "playing the fool!" It is you who drove me to it. For it is you who ought to have been commending me! Although I am nobody, in no respect did I prove inferior to the most eminent Apostles.

Webster

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very greatest apostles, though I am nothing.

Williams New Testament

I have made a fool of myself, but you have forced me to do it, for I am the man who ought to have been constantly approved by you. For I am not a single bit inferior to your surpassingly superior apostles, though really I am "nobody."

World English Bible

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

Worrell New Testament

I have become foolish; ye compelled me; for I ought to be commended by you; for in nothing was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even if I am nothing.

Worsley New Testament

Am I become vain in boasting? ye have forced me to it: for I ought to have been recommended by you, as I have in nothing fallen short of the very chiefest of the apostles, though in myself I am nothing.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have become a fool -- boasting; ye -- ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles -- even if I am nothing.

Topics

Commendation

Apostles, Identfication

False Teachers, Examples Of

Praising Specific People

I Am Unimportant

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

I am become

G1096

γίνομαι
Ginomai

be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done

Usage: 531

a fool

G878

ἄφρων
Aphron

fool, foolish, unwise

Usage: 9

in glorying

G2744

καυχάομαι
Kauchaomai

glory, boast, rejoice, make boast, joy

Usage: 37

G5210

ὑμείς
Humeis

ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr

Usage: 120

have compelled

G315

ἀναγκάζω
Anagkazo

compel, constrain

Usage: 8

G3165

μέ
me

me, I, my, not tr

Usage: 122

for

G1063
G1063

γάρ
Gar
γάρ
Gar

for, , not tr
for, , not tr

Usage: 825
Usage: 825

G1473

ἐγώ
Ego

I, my, me, not tr

Usage: 174

ought

G3784

ὀφείλω ὀφειλέω
Opheilo

ought, owe, be bound, be duty, be a debtor, be guilty, be indebted,

Usage: 24

to have been commended

G4921

συνιστάω συνιστάνω συνίστημι
sunistao

commend, approve, consist, make, stand, stand with

Usage: 16

G5259

ὑπό
Hupo

of, by, under, with, in, not tr,

Usage: 188

you

G5216

ὑμῶν
Humon

your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,

Usage: 371

in nothing

G3762

οὐδείς
Oudeis

no man, nothing, none, no, any man, any, man, neither any man,

Usage: 160

am I behind

G5302

ὑστερέω
Hustereo

lack, be behind, want, come short, be in want, fail, come behind, be destitute,

Usage: 13

the very

G5228

ὑπέρ
Huper

for, of, above, for sake, on behalf, more than, in stead, than, very chiefest Trans, beyond, to, over, more, exceedingly abundantly , exceedingly , very highly ,

Usage: 138

chiefest

G3029

λίαν
Lian

exceeding, greatly, very chiefest , great, sore, very

Usage: 14

apostles

G652

ἀπόστολος
Apostolos

apostle, messenger, he that is sent

Usage: 78

though

G1487

εἰ
Ei

if, whether, that, not tr,

Usage: 218

I be

G1510

εἰμί
Eimi

I am , am, it is I , be, I was , have been, not tr

Usage: 72

References

Watsons

CORINTHIANS

Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 12:11

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 10261
2 Corinthians Rank: 178
9 Topics
12 Cross References
1 Reading
Interlinear
1 Phrase
2 Names
1 Reference

Context Readings

Paul's Concern For The Christians At Corinth

¹⁰ In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. ¹¹ It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing. ¹² The signs that characterize the true Apostle have been done among you, accompanied by unwearied fortitude, and by tokens and marvels and displays of power.

Phrases

Not At All

Names

Corinth

No

Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:5

Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles.

2 Corinthians 11:1

I wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting on my part. Nay, do bear with me.

Luke 17:10

So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'"

1 Corinthians 3:4-7

For when some one says, "I belong to Paul," and another says, "I belong to Apollos," is not this the way men of the world speak?

1 Corinthians 3:22

For everything belongs to you--be it Paul or Apollos or Peter, the world or life or death, things present or future--everything belongs to you;

1 Corinthians 15:8-10

And last of all, as to one of untimely birth, He appeared to me also.

2 Corinthians 1:6

But if, on the one hand, we are enduring affliction, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if, on the other hand, we are receiving comfort, it is for your comfort which is produced within you through your patient fortitude under the same sufferings as those which we also are enduring.

2 Corinthians 11:16-17

To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 12:6

If however I should choose to boast, I should not be a fool for so doing, for I should be speaking the truth. But I forbear, lest any one should be led to estimate me more highly than what his own eyes attest, or more highly than what he hears from my lips.

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great myself respect even nothing ought though write foolish compelled inferior apostles superlatively vindicators