¹³ For if we ^[a]are ^(A)beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

¹⁷ What I am saying, I am not saying ^[a](A)as the Lord would, but as ^(B)in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

²¹ To my ^(A)shame I must say that we have been ^(B)weak by comparison.

But in whatever respect anyone else ^(C)is bold—I ^(D)speak in foolishness—I am just as bold myself.