2 Corinthians 11:29
27 in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
28 Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
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
- Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
- KJV
- Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
- WEB
- Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
- ASV
- Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?
- DARBY
- Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
- BLB
- Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I am not burned?
- ÅB
- Hvem er skrøpelig uten at og jeg blir skrøpelig? hvem voldes anstøt uten at det brenner i meg?
- OTB
- Hvem er svak uten at jeg deler i den svakheten? Hvem blir ledet inn i synd uten min intense bekymring?
- B1930
- Hvem er skrøpelig uten at og jeg blir skrøpelig? hvem voldes anstøt uten at det brenner i mig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
Read in contextGalatians 4:8–20
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:23–25
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:15–20
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
Read in contextGalatians 2:14
When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
Read in contextJude 1:3–4
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 3:5–8
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
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