I wish that you would put up with a little foolishness from me, but indeed you are putting up with me.
2 Corinthians 11:16 - Tree of Life Version I say again, let no one consider me to be a fool. But if you do, accept me as a fool, so 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 put up with a little foolishness from me, but indeed you are putting up with me.
I must go on boasting—though it does no good, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
I have become a fool—you drove me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to the super-special emissaries—though I am nothing.
For if I should want to boast, I would not be foolish—for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no one may think more of me than what he sees in me or hears from me—
For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.