2 Corinthians 11:1
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in 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 he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:21
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:21
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:19
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:13
For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:16–17
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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:8
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
Read in contextHebrews 5:2
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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