2 Korintus 11:5-33

11:5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.” ¹  11:6 And even if I am unskilled ²  in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way. 11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself ³  so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed ⁴  the gospel of God to you free of charge? 11:8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you! ⁵  11:9 When ⁶  I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. ⁷  I ⁸  kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine ⁹  will not be stopped ¹⁰  in the regions of Achaia. 11:11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! ¹¹  11:12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals ¹²  in the things they boast about. 11:13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful ¹³  workers, disguising themselves ¹⁴  as apostles of Christ. 11:14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself ¹⁵  as an angel of light. 11:15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves ¹⁶  as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. ¹⁷ 

Paul’s Sufferings for Christ

11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹⁸  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ¹⁹  I do not say the way the Lord would. ²⁰  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness. 11:18 Since many ²¹  are boasting according to human standards, ²²  I too will boast. 11:19 For since you are so wise, you put up with ²³  fools gladly. 11:20 For you put up with ²⁴  it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly ²⁵  toward you, if someone strikes you in the face. 11:21 (To my disgrace ²⁶  I must say that we were too weak for that!) ²⁷  But whatever anyone else dares to boast about ²⁸  (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing. ²⁹  11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times. 11:24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. ³⁰  11:25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. ³¹  Once I received a stoning. ³²  Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. 11:26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, ³³  in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, ³⁴  in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers, 11:27 in hard work and toil, ³⁵  through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. ³⁶  11:28 Apart from other things, ³⁷  there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern ³⁸  for all the churches. 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ³⁹  and I do not burn with indignation? 11:30 If I must boast, ⁴⁰  I will boast about the things that show my weakness. ⁴¹  11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying. 11:32 In Damascus, the governor ⁴²  under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus ⁴³  in order to arrest ⁴⁴  me, 11:33 but I was let down in a rope-basket ⁴⁵  through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

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