2 Corinthians 11:5–29

⁵For I ^osuppose I was ^pnot a whit behind the very ^qchiefest apostles. ⁶But ^rthough I be ^srude in speech, ^tyet not in knowledge; but ^ttwe have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. ⁷Have I committed ^uan offence in ^vabasing myself that ye might be exalted, because ^wI have preached to you the gospel of God ^xfreely? ⁸I robbed other churches, taking ^ywages of them, to do you service. ⁹And when I was present with you, and wanted, ^xzI was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me ^athe brethren which came from ^bMacedonia supplied: and in all things ^cI have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. ^10dAs the truth of Christ is in me, ^†no man shall stop me of this ^fboasting in the ^gregions of ^hAchaia. ¹¹Wherefore? ⁱbecause I love you not? ^kGod knoweth. ¹²But what I do, that I will do, ^lthat I may cut off ^moccasion from them which desire ^moccasion; that wherein they glory, ⁿthey may be found even as we. ¹³For ^osuch are ^pfalse apostles, ^qdeceitful workers, ^rtransforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. ¹⁴And no marvel; for ^sSatan himself is ^rtransformed into ^tan angel of light. ¹⁵Therefore it is no great thing if ^uhis ministers also be ^rtransformed as ^vthe ministers of righteousness; ^wwhose end shall be according to their works.

¹⁶I ^xsay again, ^yLet no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool ^||zreceive me, that I may boast myself a little. ¹⁷That which I speak, ^aI speak it not after the Lord, but as it were ⁿfoolishly, ^bin this confidence of boasting. ¹⁸Seeing that many glory ^cafter the flesh, ^dI will glory also. ¹⁹For ^eye suffer fools gladly, ^fseeing ye yourselves are wise. ²⁰For ^eye suffer, if a man ^gbring you into bondage, ^hif a man devour you, if a man ⁱtake of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man ^ksmite you on the face. ²¹I speak as concerning ^lreproach, ^mas though we had been weak. Howbeit ^dwhereinsoever any is bold, (I speak ⁿfoolishly,) I am bold also. ²²Are they ^oHebrews? so am I. Are they ^pIsraelites? so am I. Are they ^qthe seed of Abraham? so am I. ²³Are they ^rministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; ^stin labours more abundant, ^tuin stripes above measure, ^tvin prisons more frequent, ^win deaths oft. ^24xOf the Jews five times received I ^yforty stripes save one. ²⁵Thrice was I ^zbeaten with rods, ^aonce was I stoned, thrice I ^bsuffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; ²⁶In journeyings often, in ^cperils of waters, in perils of ^drobbers, in ^cperils ^eby mine own countrymen, in perils ^fby the heathen, in perils ^gin the city, in perils in ^ggthe wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among ^hfalse brethren; ²⁷ⁱIn ^jweariness and ^jpainfulness, ⁱin watchings often, ^klin hunger and ^kthirst, ⁱin ^mfastings often, in cold and ^knakedness. ²⁸Beside those things that are without, ⁿthat which cometh upon me daily, ^othe care of ^pall the churches. ^29qWho is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?