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2 Corinthians 11:1
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2 Corinthians 11:1
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11 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
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2 Corinthians 11:1
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2 Corinthians 11:1
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Paul and the False Apostles
11 I hope you will put up with(A) me in a little foolishness.(B) Yes, please put up with me!
2 Corinthians 11:19
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2 Corinthians 11:19
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19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
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2 Corinthians 11:19
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2 Corinthians 11:19
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2 Corinthians 11:4
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2 Corinthians 11:4
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4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
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2 Corinthians 11:4
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2 Corinthians 11:4
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4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached,(A) or if you receive a different spirit(B) from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel(C) from the one you accepted, you put up with it(D) easily enough.
2 Corinthians 5:13
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 If we are “out of our mind,”(A) as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
2 Corinthians 11:21
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2 Corinthians 11:21
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21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
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2 Corinthians 11:21
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2 Corinthians 11:21
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21 To my shame I admit that we were too weak(A) for that!
Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about.(B)
2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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16 I say again, let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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Paul Boasts About His Sufferings
16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool.(A) But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. 17 In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would,(B) but as a fool.(C)
1 Corinthians 1:21
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(A) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(B) those who believe.(C)
Hebrews 5:2
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Hebrews 5:2
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2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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Hebrews 5:2
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Hebrews 5:2
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2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray,(A) since he himself is subject to weakness.(B)
2 Corinthians 12:11
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 I have made a fool of myself,(A) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”[a](B) even though I am nothing.(C)
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles
1 Corinthians 4:10
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1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
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1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 We are fools for Christ,(A) but you are so wise in Christ!(B) We are weak, but you are strong!(C) You are honored, we are dishonored!
1 Corinthians 4:8
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1 Corinthians 4:8
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8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
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1 Corinthians 4:8
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1 Corinthians 4:8
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8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!(A) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!
1 Corinthians 3:18
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1 Corinthians 3:18
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18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
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1 Corinthians 3:18
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1 Corinthians 3:18
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18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(A) by the standards of this age,(B) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.
Acts 26:29
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Acts 26:29
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29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
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Acts 26:29
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Acts 26:29
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29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”(A)
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