2 Coríntios 11

Concern for Their Faithfulness

1 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little *Matt. 17:17; 2 Cor. 11:4, 16, 19folly—and indeed you do bear with me. 2 For I am *Gal. 4:17jealous for you with godly jealousy. For *Hos. 2:19; (Eph. 5:26)I have betrothed you to one husband, *Col. 1:28that I may present you*Lev. 21:13as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as *Gen. 3:4, 13; John 8:44; 1 Thess. 3:5; 1 Tim. 2:14; (Rev. 12:9, 15)the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds *Eph. 6:24may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a *Gal. 1:6–8different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Paul and False Apostles

5 For I consider that *(1 Cor. 15:10); 2 Cor. 12:11; Gal. 2:6I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. 6 Even though *(1 Cor. 1:17)Iam untrained in speech, yet Iam not *(1 Cor. 12:8; Eph. 3:4)in knowledge. But *(2 Cor. 12:12)we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.

7 Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you *Acts 18:3; 1 Cor. 9:18; 2 Cor. 12:13free of charge? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages fromthem to minister to you. 9 And when I was present with you, and in need, *Acts 20:33I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked *Phil. 4:10the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. 10 *Rom. 1:9; 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:23; (Gal. 2:20)As the truth of Christ is in me, *1 Cor. 9:15no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11 Why? *2 Cor. 6:11; 12:15Because I do not love you? God knows!

12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, *1 Cor. 9:12that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. 13 For such *Acts 15:24; Rom. 16:18; Gal. 1:7; Phil. 1:15; 2 Pet. 2:1; Rev. 2:2are false apostles, *Phil. 3:2; Titus 1:10deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into *Gal. 1:8an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, *(Phil. 3:19)whose end will be according to their works.

Reluctant Boasting

16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. 17 What I speak, *1 Cor. 7:6I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 19 For you put up with fools gladly, *1 Cor. 4:10since you yourselves are wise! 20 For you put up with it *2 Cor. 1:24; (Gal. 2:4; 4:3, 9; 5:1)if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes fromyou, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face. 21 To our shame *2 Cor. 10:10I say that we were too weak for that! But *Phil. 3:4in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.

Suffering for Christ

22 Are they *Acts 22:3; Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:4–6Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: *1 Cor. 15:10in labors more abundant, *Acts 9:16in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, *1 Cor. 15:30in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received *Deut. 25:3forty *2 Cor. 6:5stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was *Acts 16:22, 23; 21:32beaten with rods; *Acts 14:5, 19once I was stoned; three times I *Acts 27:1–44was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, *Acts 9:23, 24; 13:45, 50; 17:5, 13; 1 Thess. 2:15in perils of myown countrymen, *Acts 14:5, 19; 19:23; 27:42in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in weariness and toil, *Acts 20:31in sleeplessness often, *1 Cor. 4:11; Phil. 4:12in hunger and thirst, in *Acts 9:9; 13:2, 3; 14:23fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: *Acts 20:18; (Rom. 1:14); 2 Cor. 7:12; 12:20; Gal. 4:11; 1 Thess. 3:10my deep concern for all the churches. 29 *(1 Cor. 8:9, 13; 9:22)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn withindignation?

30 If I must boast, *(2 Cor. 12:5, 9, 10)I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity. 31 *Rom. 1:9; Gal. 1:20; 1 Thess. 2:5The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, *Rom. 9:5who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. 32 *Acts 9:19–25In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.