Paul and the False Apostles

2 Corinthians 11:1

In 9 translations

BSB: I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
KJV: Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
WEB: I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
ASV: Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me.
LSV: O that you were bearing with me a little of the folly, but you also bear with me:
YLT: O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me:
DBY: Would that ye would bear with me [in] a little folly; but indeed bear with me.
DRC: Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly: but do bear with me.
GNV: Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, and in deede, ye suffer me.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀφροσύνης (“of foolishness”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀφροσύνῃ (“in foolishness”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τι (“a”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῇ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: τι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τι; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
SBLGNT: ἀφροσύνης. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀφροσύνης; Robinson–Pierpont read τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Ὄφελον ἀνείχεσθέ μου μικρόν τι ἀφροσύνης· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀνέχεσθέ μου.
RP2018: Ὄφελον ἀνείχεσθέ μου μικρὸν τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀνέχεσθέ μου.
TR-Boyd: Ὄφελον ἀνείχεσθέ μου μικρὸν τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀνέχεσθέ μου.ἀνείχεσθέ ¦ ἠνείχεσθέ ELZμικρὸν τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ ¦ μικρόν τι τῆς ἀφροσύνης ELZ
SCR1894: οφελον ανειχεσθε μου μικρον τη αφροσυνη αλλα και ανεχεσθε μου

Who and where

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Basket Corinth Suffering Fool; Folly Corinthians, Second Epistle to the Galatians, Epistle to the Minister, Christian Paul, the Apostle

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Cross-references most cited first

2 Corinthians 11:4For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too…
1 Corinthians 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
2 Corinthians 11:21To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
2 Corinthians 11:19For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
2 Corinthians 5:13If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
2 Corinthians 11:16–17I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
Hebrews 5:2He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
Acts 18:14But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Matthew 17:17“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
2 Kings 5:3She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
Joshua 7:7“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
Numbers 11:29But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
Acts 26:29“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

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