Paul’s Suffering and Service
2 Corinthians 11:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
- KJV
- That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
- WEB
- That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
- ASV
- That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
- LSV
- That which I speak, I do not speak according to the LORD, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;
- YLT
- That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;
- DBY
- What I speak I do not speak according to [the] Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.
- DRC
- That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
- GNV
- That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place κατὰ elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place κύριον elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ; Robinson–Pierpont read λαλῶ κατὰ κύριον.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὃ λαλῶ οὐ κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ, ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ὑποστάσει τῆς καυχήσεως.
- RP2018
- Ὃ λαλῶ, οὐ λαλῶ κατὰ κύριον, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ, ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ὑποστάσει τῆς καυχήσεως.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὃ λαλῶ, οὐ λαλῶ κατὰ Κύριον, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ, ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ὑποστάσει τῆς καυχήσεως.
- SCR1894
- ο λαλω ου λαλω κατα κυριον αλλ ως εν αφροσυνη εν ταυτη τη υποστασει της καυχησεως
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 7:12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
- Philippians 3:3–6For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has…
- 2 Corinthians 9:4Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
- 1 Corinthians 7:6I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- 2 Corinthians 11:18–27Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast. For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise. In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or…
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