2 Corinthians 11:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    I speak concerning reproach, as though we were weak. But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I speak{G3004} by way{G2596} of disparagement,{G819} as{G5613} though{G3754} we{G2249} had been weak.{G770} Yet{G1161} {G1722} whereinsoever{G3739} {G302} any{G5100} is bold{G5111} (I speak{G3004} in{G1722} foolishness),{G877} I{G2504} am bold{G5111} also.{G2504}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I speak{G3004}{(G5719)} as concerning{G2596} reproach{G819}, as{G5613} though{G3754} we{G2249} had been weak{G770}{(G5656)}. Howbeit{G1161} whereinsoever{G1722}{G3739}{G302} any{G5100} is bold{G5111}{(G5725)},(I speak{G3004}{(G5719)} foolishly{G1722}{G877},) I am bold{G5111}{(G5719)} also{G2504}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I speake as concernynge rebuke as though we had bene weake. How be it wherin soever eny man dare be bolde (I speake folisshly) I dare be bolde als

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I speake concernynge rebuke, as though we were weake.Wherin so euer now eny man darre be bolde (I speake folishly) therin darre I be bolde also.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I speake as concerning the reproche: as though that we had bene weake: but wherein any ma is bold (I speake foolishly) I am bold also.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold -- in foolishness I say `it' -- I also am bold.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.
  • 2 Cor 11:22-27 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who is humble when present among you but bold when absent. 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.
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not tearing you down.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 11:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:16-20
    5 verses
    82%

    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.

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

    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.

  • 2 Cor 12:10-11
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    10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

    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 11:5-7
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    77%

    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?

  • 1 Cor 4:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

    11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless.

  • 2 Cor 10:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Now I, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who is humble when present among you but bold when absent.

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

    30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

  • 2 Cor 10:7-12
    6 verses
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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.

    9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters.

    10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'

    11 Let such people realize that what we are in our letters while absent, we will be in our actions when present.

    12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they lack understanding.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Indeed, you are bearing with me.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8 For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    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.

  • Phil 3:4
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    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:

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2 Despite suffering and being mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to proclaim to you the gospel of God while facing intense opposition.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11 Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • Phil 1:14
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    14 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more boldly and fearlessly.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
    72%

    14 For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting about you to Titus has been found to be true as well.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
    72%

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

  • Eph 6:20
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    20 For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • Gal 4:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 I fear for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been in vain.

    12 I beg you, brothers: Become like me, for I also became like you. You have done me no wrong.

  • 2 Cor 13:3
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    3 Since you are looking for proof that Christ is speaking through me, who is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    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.

  • Phil 1:20
    70%

    20 My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

  • 1 Cor 9:22
    69%

    22 To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.

  • 1 Cor 10:15
    69%

    15 I speak to wise people; judge for yourselves what I say.

  • Rom 15:15
    69%

    15 Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
    69%

    13 For in what way were you less favored than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

  • Rom 11:13
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    13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry.

  • 2 Cor 5:12-13
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    12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

    13 If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

  • 1 Cor 1:25
    69%

    25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

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