2 Corinthians 11:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I don't want any of you to think that I am a fool. But if you do, then let me be a fool and boast a little.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:1

Please put up with a little of my foolishness.

2 Corinthians 11:19

And since you are so clever, you will gladly put up with a fool.

2 Corinthians 12:1

I have to boast. There is nothing to be gained by it, but I must boast about the visions and other things that the Lord has shown me.

2 Corinthians 12:11

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.

2 Corinthians 12:6

Yet even if I did boast, 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.

2 Corinthians 5:13

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.