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2 Corinthians 11:6

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.

5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

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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.

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 1:17

    For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

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  • Ephesians 3:4

    Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:2

    But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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  • 1 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.

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  • 2 Peter 3:15–16

    And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:13

    Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:1–3

    And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:10

    For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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