Thematic Bible
2 Corinthians 11:1 (show verse)
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me.
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2 Corinthians 11:2 (show verse)
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.
2 Corinthians 11:3 (show verse)
But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:4 (show verse)
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
2 Corinthians 11:5 (show verse)
I think that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.
2 Corinthians 11:6 (show verse)
But even if I am unskilled in speech, I am not in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
2 Corinthians 11:7 (show verse)
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
2 Corinthians 11:8 (show verse)
I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.
2 Corinthians 11:9 (show verse)
And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
2 Corinthians 11:10 (show verse)
As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
2 Corinthians 11:11 (show verse)
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
2 Corinthians 11:12 (show verse)
And what I am doing, I will also continue to do, in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things of which they boast.
2 Corinthians 11:13 (show verse)
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14 (show verse)
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15 (show verse)
Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.
2 Corinthians 11:16 (show verse)
I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
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2 Corinthians 11:17 (show verse)
What I am saying I am not saying as the Lord would, but as a fool, in this confidence of boasting.
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2 Corinthians 11:18 (show verse)
Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.
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2 Corinthians 11:19 (show verse)
For you put up with fools gladly, being so wise yourselves!
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2 Corinthians 11:20 (show verse)
For you put up with anyone if he makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.
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2 Corinthians 11:21 (show verse)
To my shame, I must say that we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast aboutI am speaking as a foolI also dare to boast about.
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2 Corinthians 11:22 (show verse)
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
2 Corinthians 11:23 (show verse)
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better oneI am talking like a madmanin far more labors, in far more imprisonments, with more beatings, and often in danger of death.
2 Corinthians 11:24 (show verse)
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
2 Corinthians 11:25 (show verse)
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the open sea.
2 Corinthians 11:26 (show verse)
I have been on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, in danger from robbers, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger at sea, and in danger from false brethren;
2 Corinthians 11:27 (show verse)
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
2 Corinthians 11:28 (show verse)
Besides such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.
2 Corinthians 11:29 (show verse)
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I do not inwardly burn?
2 Corinthians 11:30 (show verse)
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
2 Corinthians 11:31 (show verse)
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
2 Corinthians 11:32 (show verse)
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me,
2 Corinthians 11:33 (show verse)
but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped his hands.