2 Corinthians 11:16

I say again, (let no man think me to be foolish, otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also may glory a little.)

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, whose end shall be according to their works.

17That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:1Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly: but do bear with me.

2 Corinthians 11:21I speak according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also.

2 Corinthians 12:11I am become foolish: you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you: for I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:6-16

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly 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. 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that… Read the whole commentary →

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