2 Corinthians 11:21,30
2 Corinthians 11:16-23 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 11:30-33 The Message (MSG)
If I have to “brag” about myself, I’ll brag about the humiliations that make me like Jesus. The eternal and blessed God and Father of our Master Jesus knows I’m not lying. Remember the time I was in Damascus and the governor of King Aretas posted guards at the city gates to arrest me? I crawled through a window in the wall, was let down in a basket, and had to run for my life.
2 Corinthians 11:21 King James Version (KJV)
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
2 Corinthians 11:30 King James Version (KJV)
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
2 Corinthians 11:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison. B ut in whatever respect anyone else is bold—I speak in foolishness—I am just as bold myself.
2 Corinthians 11:30 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.
2 Corinthians 11:21 New Century Version (NCV)
It is shameful to me to say this, but we were too “weak” to do those things to you! But if anyone else is brave enough to brag, then I also will be brave and brag. (I am talking as a fool.)
2 Corinthians 11:30 New Century Version (NCV)
If I must brag, I will brag about the things that show I am weak.
2 Corinthians 11:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
2 Corinthians 11:30 American Standard Version (ASV)
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
2 Corinthians 11:21 New International Version (NIV)
To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that! Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.
2 Corinthians 11:30 New International Version (NIV)
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
2 Corinthians 11:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.
II Corinthians 11:30 New King James Version (NKJV)
If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.
2 Corinthians 11:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
To my shame, I must say, we have been too weak [in comparison to those pseudo-apostles who take advantage of you]. B ut in whatever anyone else dares to boast—I am speaking foolishly—I also dare to boast.
2 Corinthians 11:30 Amplified Bible (AMP)
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that reveal my weakness [the things by which I am made weak in the eyes of my opponents].
2 Corinthians 11:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
I’m ashamed to say that we’ve been too “weak” to do that! But whatever they dare to boast about—I’m talking like a fool again—I dare to boast about it, too.
2 Corinthians 11:30 New Living Translation (NLT)
If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am.
2 Corinthians 11:21 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I must admit, to our shame that we were too “weak” to relate to you the way they do. But now let me dare to boast like a “fool.”
2 Corinthians 11:30 The Passion Translation (TPT)
If boasting is necessary, I will boast about examples of my weakness.