2 Corinthians 11:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I say agayne, let no man thynke that I am foolyshe: or els euen nowe take ye me as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

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  • 2 Cor 11:1 : 1 Would to God ye coulde haue suffred me a litle in my foolishnesse: and in dede ye do forbeare me.
  • 2 Cor 12:6 : 6 For though I woulde desire to glorie, I shall not be a foole, for I wyll say the trueth: but I nowe refrayne, lest any man shoulde thynke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or yt he heareth of me.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng,
  • 2 Cor 11:19 : 19 For ye suffer fooles gladly, seyng ye your selues are wyse.
  • 2 Cor 11:21-23 : 21 I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also. 22 They are Ebrues, euen so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I. 23 They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft.

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  • 2 Cor 11:17-23
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    89%

    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng.

    18Seyng that many glorie after ye fleshe, I wyll glorie also.

    19For ye suffer fooles gladly, seyng ye your selues are wyse.

    20For ye suffer, yf a man bryng you into bondage, yf a man deuoure, yf a man take, yf a man exalt hym selfe, yf a man smite you on the face.

    21I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also.

    22They are Ebrues, euen so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I.

    23They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5Of such a man wyll I glorie, yet of my selfe wyll I not glorie, but in myne infirmities.

    6For though I woulde desire to glorie, I shall not be a foole, for I wyll say the trueth: but I nowe refrayne, lest any man shoulde thynke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or yt he heareth of me.

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng,

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
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    18Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse.

    19For the wisedome of this worlde, is foolishnesse with God. For it is writte: He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1Would to God ye coulde haue suffred me a litle in my foolishnesse: and in dede ye do forbeare me.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 11:5-7
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    5Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.

    6But though I be rude in speakyng, yet not in knowledge, but in all thynges among you, we haue ben well knowen to the vtmost.

    7Dyd I sinne because I submitted my selfe, that ye myght be exalted, & because I preached to you the Gospell of God freely?

  • 2 Cor 11:30
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    30If I must needes glory, I wyll glory of the thynges that concerne myne infirmities.

  • 2 Cor 10:7-9
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    7Loke ye on thynges after the vtter appearaunce? If any man trust in hym selfe that he is Christes, let hym consider this agayne of hym selfe, that as he is of Christe, euen so are we of Christe.

    8For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame:

    9Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christe. We are weake, but ye are stronge. Ye are honorable, but we are despised.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6And these thynges brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto my selfe, and to Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man conceaue in mynde aboue that whiche is written, that one swell not agaynst another for any mans cause.

  • 2 Cor 9:3-4
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    3Yet haue I sent the brethren, lest our boastyng which I make of you, should be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye (as I haue sayde) may prepare your selues.

    4Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyll not say you) shoulde be ashamed in this matter of boastyng.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I do, that wyll I do, to cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they myght be founde lyke vnto vs, in yt wherin they gloried.

  • 2 Cor 11:15
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    15Therfore it is no great thyng though his ministers be transfourmed as the ministers of righteousnesse, whose ende shalbe accordyng to their workes.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1It is not expedient doubtles, for me to glorie, I wyl come to visions & reuelations of the Lorde.

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
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    16And that I shall preache the Gospell, in those regions which are beyonde you: and not to glorie of those thynges, which by another mans measure are prepared alredy.

    17But let hym that glorieth, glorie in the Lorde.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Therfore, whether it were I or they, so we preache, and so haue ye beleued.

  • Gal 6:3
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    3For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat, when he is nothyng, the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie.

  • Rom 15:17
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    17I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God.

  • 2 Cor 10:11-12
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    11Let hym that is such, thynke on this wise: that as we are in worde by letters, when we are absent, such are we in deede when we are present.

    12For we dare not make our selues of the number of them, or to compare our selues to them which praise themselues. Neuerthelesse, whyle they measure them selues, with them selues, and compare them selues with them selues, they vnderstande not.

  • 2 Cor 12:16
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    16But be it, that I was not chargeable vnto you: Neuerthelesse, when I was craftie, I caught you with guile.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1Be ye the folowers of me, euen as I am of Christe.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12Brethren, I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are. Ye haue not iniured me at all.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
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    3With me it is but a very small thyng that I shoulde be iudged of you, either of mans iudgement: No, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

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    14I am therefore not nowe ashamed, though I boasted my selfe to hym of you. For as all thinges which we spake vnto you are true: euen so our boastyng that I made vnto Titus is made true.

  • Phil 3:4
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    4Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe. If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe, more I:

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    25For the foolishnesse of God, is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God, is stronger then men.

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe.

    11I certifie you brethren, that the Gospell which was preached of me, was not after man.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doubtlesse am I vnto you: For the seale of myne Apostleship are ye in the Lorde.