2 Corinthians 11:16

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2 Corinthians 11:16-21 The Message (MSG)

Let me come back to where I started—and don’t hold it against me if I continue to sound a little foolish. Or if you’d rather, just accept that I am a fool and let me rant on a little. I didn’t learn this kind of talk from Christ. Oh, no, it’s a bad habit I picked up from the three-ring preachers that are so popular these days. Since you sit there in the judgment seat observing all these shenanigans, you can afford to humor an occasional fool who happens along. You have such admirable tolerance for impostors who rob your freedom, rip you off, steal you blind, put you down—even slap your face! I shouldn’t admit it to you, but our stomachs aren’t strong enough to tolerate that kind of stuff.

2 Corinthians 11:16 King James Version (KJV)

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.

2 Corinthians 11:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:16 New Century Version (NCV)

I tell you again: No one should think I am a fool. But if you think so, accept me as you would accept a fool. Then I can brag a little, too.

2 Corinthians 11:16 American Standard Version (ASV)

I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if ye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

2 Corinthians 11:16 New International Version (NIV)

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

2 Corinthians 11:16 New King James Version (NKJV)

I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)

I repeat then, let no one think that I am foolish; but even if you do, at least accept me as foolish, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:16 New Living Translation (NLT)

Again I say, don’t think that I am a fool to talk like this. But even if you do, listen to me, as you would to a foolish person, while I also boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)

So I repeat. Let no one think that I’m a fool. But if you do, at least show me the patience you would show a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:16 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.