2Corinthians:11

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nasb @2Corinthians:11:1 @I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness ; but indeed you are bearing with me . nasb @2Corinthians:11:2 @For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy ; for I betrothed you to one husband , so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin . nasb @2Corinthians:11:3 @But I am afraid that , as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness , your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ . nasb @2Corinthians:11:4 @For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached , or you receive a different spirit which you have not received , or a different gospel which you have not accepted , you bear this beautifully . nasb @2Corinthians:11:5 @For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles . nasb @2Corinthians:11:6 @But even if I am unskilled in speech , yet I am not so in knowledge ; in fact , in every way we have made this evident to you in all things . nasb @2Corinthians:11:7 @Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted , because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge ? nasb @2Corinthians:11:8 @I robbed other churches by taking wages from them to serve you ; nasb @2Corinthians:11:9 @and when I was present with you and was in need , I was not a burden to anyone ; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need , and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you , and will continue to do so . nasb @2Corinthians:11:10 @As the truth of Christ is in me , this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia . nasb @2Corinthians:11:11 @Why ? Because I do not love you ? God knows I do ! nasb @2Corinthians:11:12 @But what I am doing I will continue to do , so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting . nasb @2Corinthians:11:13 @For such men are false apostles , deceitful workers , disguising themselves as apostles of Christ . nasb @2Corinthians:11:14 @No wonder , for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light . nasb @2Corinthians:11:15 @Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness , whose end will be according to their deeds . nasb @2Corinthians:11:16 @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 . nasb @2Corinthians:11:17 @What I am saying , I am not saying as the Lord would , but as in foolishness , in this confidence of boasting . nasb @2Corinthians:11:18 @Since many boast according to the flesh , I will boast also . nasb @2Corinthians:11:19 @For you , being so wise , tolerate the foolish gladly . nasb @2Corinthians:11:20 @For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you , anyone devours you , anyone takes advantage of you , anyone exalts himself , anyone hits you in the face . nasb @2Corinthians:11:21 @To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison . But in whatever respect anyone else is bold--I speak in foolishness--I am just as bold myself . nasb @2Corinthians:11:22 @Are they Hebrews ? So am I . Are they Israelites ? So am I . Are they descendants of Abraham ? So am I . nasb @2Corinthians:11:23 @Are they servants of Christ ?--I speak as if insane--I more so ; in far more labors , in far more imprisonments , beaten times without number , often in danger of death . nasb @2Corinthians:11:24 @Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes . nasb @2Corinthians:11:25 @Three times I was beaten with rods , once I was stoned , three times I was shipwrecked , a night and a day I have spent in the deep . nasb @2Corinthians:11:26 @I have been on frequent journeys , in dangers from rivers , dangers from robbers , dangers from my countrymen , dangers from the Gentiles , dangers in the city , dangers in the wilderness , dangers on the sea , dangers among false brethren ; nasb @2Corinthians:11:27 @I have been in labor and hardship , through many sleepless nights , in hunger and thirst , often without food , in cold and exposure . nasb @2Corinthians:11:28 @Apart from such external things , there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches . nasb @2Corinthians:11:29 @Who is weak without my being weak ? Who is led into sin without my intense concern ? nasb @2Corinthians:11:30 @If I have to boast , I will boast of what pertains to my weakness . nasb @2Corinthians:11:31 @The God and Father of the Lord Jesus , He who is blessed forever , knows that I am not lying . nasb @2Corinthians:11:32 @In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me , nasb @2Corinthians:11:33 @and I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall , and so escaped his hands .

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