I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
2 Corinthians 11:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may 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 that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best emissaries, though I am nothing.
For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.