2 Corinthians 12:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ I have been \{talking like\} a fool. But you made me do it. You people are the ones who should say good things about me. I am worth nothing, but those “great apostles {\cf2\super [46]} ” are not worth any more than I am!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Now I have been [speaking like] a fool! But you forced me to it, for I ought to have been [saved the necessity and] commended by you. For I have not fallen short one bit or proved myself at all inferior to those superlative [false] apostles [of yours], even if I am nothing (a nobody).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

Common English Bible

¹¹ I’ve become a fool! You made me do it. Actually, I should have been commended by you. I’m not inferior to the super-apostles in any way, even though I’m a nonentity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ I have become foolish; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I have been nothing less than those who claim to be above the measure of Apostles, even though I am nothing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ I am become foolish: you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: for I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:11 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 27:2

Never praise yourself. Let other people do it.

Luke 17:10

It is the same with you. When you do all the things you are told to do, you should say, ‘We are not worthy of any special thanks. We have only done the work we should do.’”

1 Corinthians 13:2

I may have the gift of prophecy {\cf2\super [93]} ; I may understand all the secret things \{of God\} and know everything; and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I don’t have love, then I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:22

Paul, Apollos, and Cephas (Peter); the world, life, death, the present, and the future—all these things are yours.

2 Corinthians 1:6

If we have troubles, those troubles are for your comfort and salvation. If we have comfort, it is for your comfort. This helps you to patiently accept the same sufferings that we have.

2 Corinthians 11:1

I wish you would be patient with me even when I am a little foolish. But you are already patient with me.

2 Corinthians 11:5

I don’t think that those “great apostles {\cf2\super [33]} ” are any better than I am.

2 Corinthians 12:12

When I was with you, I did the things that prove that I am an apostle—I did signs, wonders, and miracles. {\cf2\super [47]} I did these things with much patience.

2 Corinthians 12:6

But if I wanted to boast about myself, I would not be a fool. I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t boast about myself. Why? Because I don’t want people to think more of me than what they see me do or hear me say.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we starting to boast about ourselves again? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?

2 Corinthians 5:13

If we are crazy, then it is for God. If we have our right mind, then it is for you.

Galatians 6:3

If a person thinks that he is important when he is really not important, he is only fooling himself.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all of God’s people. But God gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. Those riches are too great to understand fully.