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Paul Adopts the Fool’s Boast
2 Corinthians 11:16-21
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I repeat: don’t let anyone think I am a fool. But even if you do, at least receive me as a fool; so that I too may do a little boasting!
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What I am saying is not in accordance with the Lord; rather, this conceited boasting is spoken as a fool would speak.
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Since many people boast in a worldly way, I too will boast this way.
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For since you yourselves are so wise, you gladly put up with fools!
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You put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, exploits you, takes you in, puffs himself up, slaps you in the face.
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To my shame, I must admit that we have been too “weak” to do such things!
But if anyone dares to boast about something — I’m talking like a fool! — I am just as daring.
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