I wish you would put up with a little foolishness from me. Yes, do put up with me!
2 Corinthians 11:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I repeat: Let no one consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool so that I can also boast a little. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I repeat then, let no one think I have lost my wits; but even if you do, then bear with a witless man, so that I too may boast a little. American Standard Version (1901) I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if ye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little. Common English Bible I repeat, no one should take me for a fool. But if you do, then allow me to be a fool so that I can brag like a fool for a bit. Catholic Public Domain Version I say again. And let no one consider me to be foolish. Or, at least, accept me as if I were foolish, so that I also may glory a small amount. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I say again, (let no man think me to be foolish, otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also may glory a little.) |
I wish you would put up with a little foolishness from me. Yes, do put up with me!
Boasting is necessary. It is not profitable, but I will move on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.
For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me,
For if we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.