2 Corinthians 11:16

I repeat it again, Let no man suppose that I am a fool; but if otherwise, then as a fool receive me, that I too may boast myself a little.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

15It is no wonder therefore if his ministers also be transformed as ministers of righteousness; whose end will be according to their works.

17What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly in this confidence of boasting.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:1I WISH ye would bear with me a little in my foolishness, yea indeed bear with me.

2 Corinthians 11:21I speak with reference to the reproach cast on me, as though we were feeble; but wherein any man is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

2 Corinthians 12:11Have I become a fool in boasting? ye have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing have I been inferior to the very chief apostles, though 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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