2 Corinthians 11:17

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What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.

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  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
  • 2 Cor 9:4 : 4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we would be ashamed—not to mention you—in this confidence of boasting.
  • 2 Cor 11:18-27 : 18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 19 For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise. 20 In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face. 21 To my shame, I must admit that we were too weak for that! Yet whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool—I also dare to boast. 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
  • Phil 3:3-6 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh. 4 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, is trustworthy.
  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

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    16 I repeat, let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me as you would a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

  • 2 Cor 11:18-19
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    18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

    19 For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
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    21 To my shame, I must admit that we were too weak for that! Yet whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool—I also dare to boast.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5 On behalf of this man I will boast, but concerning myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

    6 For if I desire to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone think more of me than what they see in me or hear from me.

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    11 I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 10:15-17
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    15 Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand,

    16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

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    7 Do you look only at outward appearances? If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

    8 Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

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    17 Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

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    10 As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

    11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

    12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing, so that I can cut off the opportunity of those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

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    2 I beg you that when I am present, I will not have to be bold with the confidence I consider using against some, who think we live according to the flesh.

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    5 I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

    6 Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this clear to you in every way and in all things.

    7 Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

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    31 Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

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    3 But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter might not be empty, so that you may be ready, just as I said.

    4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we would be ashamed—not to mention you—in this confidence of boasting.

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    18 Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

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