2 Corinthians 11:1-15 - ESV Bible - I wish you would bear with me in a little...

Paul and the False Apostles

1 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!

2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since ¹I betrothed you to one husband, ²to present you ³as a pure virgin to Christ.

3 But I am afraid that ⁴as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts ⁵will be led astray from a ⁶sincere and ⁷pure devotion to Christ.

4 For if someone comes and ⁸proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept ⁹a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.

5 Indeed, I consider that ¹⁰I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.

6 ¹¹Even if I am unskilled in speaking, ¹²I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way ¹³we have made this plain to you in all things.

7 Or ¹⁴did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because ¹⁵I preached God's gospel to you free of charge?

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

9 And when I was with you and was ¹⁶in need, ¹⁷I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia ¹⁸supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain ¹⁹from burdening you in any way.

10 ²⁰As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine ²¹will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

11 And why? ²²Because I do not love you? ²³God knows I do!

12 And what I do I will continue to do, ²⁴in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.

13 For such men are ²⁵false apostles, ²⁶deceitful workmen, ²⁷disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as ²⁸an angel of light.

15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as ²⁹servants of righteousness. ³⁰Their end will correspond to their deeds.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

2 Coríntios 11:1 Oxalá me suportásseis um pouco na minha insensatez! Sim, suportai-me ainda.

King James Version KJV

2 Corinthians 11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

New King James Version NKJV

2 Corinthians 11:1 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly--and indeed you do bear with me.

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

2 Coríntios 11:1 Espero que vocês suportem um pouco da minha insensatez. Sim, por favor, sejam pacientes comigo.

2 Corinthians 11:1-15 ESV