2 Corinthians 11:17 - English Standard Version 2016

What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

What I say by way of this confident boasting, I say not with the Lord's authority [by inspiration] but, as it were, in pure witlessness.

American Standard Version (1901)

That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

Common English Bible

I’m not saying what I’m saying because the Lord tells me to. I’m saying it like I’m a fool. I’m putting my confidence in this business of bragging.

Catholic Public Domain Version

What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

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1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:6

Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.

2 Corinthians 11:1

I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!

2 Corinthians 9:4

Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.