2 Corinthians 11:17

Paul’s Suffering and Service

16I 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.17In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.18Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

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Berean Standard Bible
In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
American Standard Version (1901)
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
Bible in Basic English
What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
Douay-Rheims 1899
That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
Free Bible Version
What I'm saying is not as the Lord would say it—all this foolish boasting.
Geneva Bible 1599
That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.
King James (Authorized) Version
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
Translation for Translators
About the things that I am going to tell you, boasting confidently about myself, surely you know that they are not the kind of things that the Lord Jesus would say. Instead, I will speak as a foolish person would speak.
Unlocked Literal Bible
What I am saying with this boastful confidence—I am not talking the way the Lord would—I am saying as a fool.
Noah Webster Bible
That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
World English Bible
That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
Young's Literal Translation
That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;