2 Corinthians 11:17 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁷ (What I am saying I say not with the Lord's authority but as a fool, in this boastful confidence;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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, 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 unmarried, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:6

I say this by way of concession, not of command.

2 Corinthians 11:1

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

2 Corinthians 9:4

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