2 Corinthians 11:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I want you to put up with a little foolishness from me. I'm sure that you will.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

ASV:

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me.

BBE:

Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.

DBY:

Would that ye would bear with me in a little folly; but indeed bear with me.

ERV:

Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: nay indeed bear with me.

WEY:

I wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting on my part. Nay, do bear with me.

WBS:

I earnestly wish ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

WEB:

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.

YLT:

O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me:

2 Corinthians 11:1 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 17:17 And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me."

2 Corinthians 5:13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 11:4 For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.

2 Corinthians 11:16 Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:17 What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

2 Corinthians 11:21 To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison. But in whatever respect anyone else is bold-- I speak in foolishness-- I am just as bold myself. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:1 Would {1} to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.
(1) He grants that in a way he is playing the fool in this exalting of things, but he adds that he does it against his will for their profit, because he sees them deceived by certain vain and crafty men, through the craft and subtilty of Satan.

PNT:

11:1 Paul and His Antagonists
SUMMARY OF II CORINTHIANS 11:
Compelled by His Opposers to Indulge in Folly. His Jealousy for the Corinthians. Compelled to Recount His Claims. His Unspeakable Sufferings. A Boast in Infirmities.
Bear with me a little in [my] folly. The disparagement of his claims by the false teachers rendered it necessary that he should speak of himself in self-defense. One so forgetful of self and consecrated to Christ as Paul could only do this with a sort of sense of shame. Hence he apologizes for doing so, though compelled.

WES:

11:1 I wish ye would bear - So does he pave the way for what might otherwise have given offence. With my folly - Of commending myself; which to many may appear folly; and really would be so, were it not on this occasion absolutely necessary.

MHC:

11:1-4 The apostle desired to preserve the Corinthians from being corrupted by the false apostles. There is but one Jesus, one Spirit, and one gospel, to be preached to them, and received by them; and why should any be prejudiced, by the devices of an adversary, against him who first taught them in faith? They should not listen to men, who, without cause, would draw them away from those who were the means of their conversion.

CONC:

Already Bear Bearing Boasting Borne Earnestly Folly Foolish Foolishness Indeed Nay O Truly Wish

Already Bear Bearing Boasting Borne Earnestly Folly Foolish Foolishness Hope Indeed Little Part Wish

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