2 Corinthians 11:1

I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

² I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

³ I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
KJV: Would to God 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.
ASV: Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me.
DARBY: Would that ye would bear with me [in] a little folly; but indeed bear with me.
BLB: I wish you⁺ were bearing with me in a little foolishness, but you⁺ also bear with me.

ÅB: Gid dere ville tåle litt dårskap av meg! Dog, dere skal tåle meg.
OTB: Jeg håper dere vil bære over med meg i litt dårskap; ja, dere gjør allerede det.
B1930: Gid I vilde tåle litt dårskap av mig! Dog, I skal tåle mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
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1 Corinthians 1:21
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
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2 Corinthians 11:21
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
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2 Corinthians 11:19
For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
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2 Corinthians 5:13
If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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2 Corinthians 11:16–17
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
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1 Corinthians 4:8
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
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Hebrews 5:2
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
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