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2 Corinthians 12:11

Contemporary English Version 1995

I have been making a fool of myself. But you forced me to do it, when you should have been speaking up for me. I may be nothing at all, but I am as good as those super apostles.

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I think I am as good as any of those super apostles.

Please put up with a little of my foolishness.

I am the least important of all God's people. But God was kind and chose me to tell the Gentiles that because of Christ there are blessings that cannot be measured.

When I was with you, I was patient and worked all the powerful miracles and signs and wonders of a true apostle.

Yet even if I did brag, I would not be foolish. I would simply be speaking the truth. But I will try not to say too much. That way, none of you will think more highly of me than you should because of what you have seen me do and say.

We suffer in the hope that you will be comforted and saved. And because we are comforted, you will also be comforted, as you patiently endure suffering like ours.

And that's how it should be with you. When you've done all you should, then say, “We are merely servants, and we have simply done our duty.”

Don't brag about yourself— let others praise you.

What if I could prophesy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge? And what if I had faith that moved mountains? I would be nothing, unless I loved others.

Are we once again bragging about ourselves? Do we need letters to you or from you to tell others about us? Some people do need letters telling about them.

If we seem out of our minds, it is between God and us. But if we are in our right minds, it is for your good.

If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong.




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