2 Corinthians 11:16-21

Paul Adopts the Fool’s Boast

2 Corinthians 11:16-21

Paul Adopts the Fool’s Boast

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I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.
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That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.
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Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.
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For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.
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For ye suffer, euen if a man bring you into bondage, if a man deuoure you, if a man take your goods, if a man exalt himselfe, if a man smite you on the face.
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I speake as concerning the reproche: as though that we had bene weake: but wherein any man is bold (I speake foolishly) I am bold also.
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Where else Scripture says this.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:12

    But to ye remnant I speake, and not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not forsake her.
    from verse 17

  • 1 Corinthians 4:10

    We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
    from verse 18

  • Galatians 2:4

    To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.
    from verse 20

  • 2 Corinthians 10:10

    For the letters, sayeth hee, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speache is of no value.
    from verse 21

  • 2 Corinthians 11:1

    Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, and in deede, ye suffer me.
    from verse 16

  • Galatians 4:3

    Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.
    from verse 20

  • Galatians 4:9

    But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?
    from verse 20

  • Galatians 5:1

    Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and be not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.
    from verse 20

  • 2 Corinthians 12:6

    For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.
    from verse 16

  • 2 Corinthians 9:4

    Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.
    from verse 17

  • Philippians 3:3

    For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirite, and reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the flesh:
    from verse 17

  • Philippians 3:6

    Concerning zeale, I persecuted ye Church: touching the righteousnesse which is in the Law, I was vnrebukeable.
    from verse 17

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