2 Corinthians 12:11-21 - ESV Bible - I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I...

Concern for the Corinthian Church

11 ¹I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ²not at all inferior to these super-apostles, ³even though I am nothing.

12 ⁴The signs of a true apostle were performed among you ⁵with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.

13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that ⁶I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

14 Here ⁷for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for ⁸I seek not what is yours but you. For ⁹children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but ¹⁰parents for their children.

15 ¹¹I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If ¹²I love you more, am I to be loved less?

16 But granting that ¹³I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit.

17 Did I take advantage of you ¹⁴through any of those whom I sent to you?

18 ¹⁵I urged Titus to go, and sent ¹⁶the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is ¹⁷in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and ¹⁸all for your upbuilding, beloved.

20 For I fear that perhaps ¹⁹when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish--that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

21 I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those ²⁰who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, ²¹sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

2 Coríntios 12:11 Tornei-me insensato; vós a isso me obrigastes; porque eu devia ser louvado por vós, visto que em nada fui inferior aos demais excelentes apóstolos, ainda que nada sou.

King James Version KJV

2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles *, though I be nothing.

New King James Version NKJV

2 Corinthians 12:11 I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

2 Coríntios 12:11 Fui insensato, mas vocês me obrigaram a isso. Eu devia ser recomendado por vocês, pois em nada sou inferior aos “superapóstolos”, embora eu nada seja.

2 Corinthians 12:11-21 ESV