2 Corinthians 11:17
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
16 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.
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
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
- In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
- KJV
- That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
- WEB
- That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
- ASV
- That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
- DARBY
- What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.
- BLB
- What I am speaking, I am not speaking according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
- ÅB
- Det jeg her taler, det taler jeg ikke etter Herrens vilje, men som i dårskap, idet jeg roser meg så tillitsfullt.
- OTB
- Det jeg sier, sier jeg ikke som Herren ville, men heller i en ånd av dårskap, med denne selvtilliten av skryt.
- B1930
- Det jeg her taler, det taler jeg ikke efter Herrens vilje, men som i dårskap, idet jeg roser mig så tillitsfullt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:12
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:3–6
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:4
Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:18–27
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:6
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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