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2 Corinthians 11:6

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.

5 I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.

7 Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

8 I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.

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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.

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BSB
Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
KJV
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
WEB
But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
ASV
But though [I be] rude in speech, yet [am I] not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made [this] manifest unto you in all things.
DARBY
But if [I am] a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making [the truth] manifest in all things to you.
BLB
But even if [I am] unskilled in word, yet not in knowledge; but in every [way], we were made manifest to you⁺ in all things.
ÅB
men er jeg enn ulærd i tale, så er jeg det dog ikke i kunnskap; tvert imot har vi alltid lagt den for dagen for dere i alle stykker.
OTB
Men selv om jeg mangler ferdighet i å tale, mangler jeg ikke kunnskap; faktisk, på alle måter har vi gjort dette klart for dere i alle ting.
B1930
men er jeg enn ulærd i tale, så er jeg det dog ikke i kunnskap; tvert imot har vi alltid lagt den for dagen for eder i alle stykker.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 1:17

    For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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  • Ephesians 3:4

    In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:2

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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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 Peter 3:15–16

    Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:13

    And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:1–3

    When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:10

    For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

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