2 Corinthians 11:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

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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  • 2 Cor 11:1 : 1 Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.
  • 2 Cor 12:6 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.
  • 2 Cor 11:19 : 19 For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.
  • 2 Cor 11:21-23 : 21 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. 22 They are Hebrues, so am I: they are Israelites, so am I: they are the seede of Abraham, so am I: 23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: 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 Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

    18Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.

    19For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.

    20For 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.

    21I 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.

    22They are Hebrues, so am I: they are Israelites, so am I: they are the seede of Abraham, so am I:

    23They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.

    6For 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.

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
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    78%

    18Let no man deceiue himselfe: If any man among you seeme to be wise in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wise.

    19For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
    77%

    1Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.

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

  • 2 Cor 11:5-7
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    5Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

    6And though I be rude in speaking, yet I am not so in knowledge, but among you wee haue beene made manifest to the vttermost, in all things.

    7Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely?

  • 2 Cor 11:30
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    30If I must needes reioyce, I will reioyce of mine infirmities.

  • 2 Cor 10:7-9
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    7Looke yee on things after the appearance? If any man trust in himselfe that hee is Christes, let him consider this againe of himself, that as he is Christes, euen so are we Christes.

    8For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.

    9This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We 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.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

  • 2 Cor 9:3-4
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    3Nowe haue I sent the brethren, lest our reioycing ouer you shoulde bee in vaine in this behalfe, that yee (as I haue sayde) be readie:

    4Lest 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    73%

    12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.

  • 2 Cor 11:15
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    15Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers transforme themselues, as though they were the ministers of righteousnes, whose end shall be according to their workes.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1It is not expedient for me no doubt to reioyce: for I will come to visions and reuelations of the Lorde.

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
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    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

    17But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11Wherefore, whether it were I, or they, so we preach, and so haue ye beleeued.

  • Gal 6:3
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    3For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.

  • Rom 15:17
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    17I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.

  • 2 Cor 10:11-12
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    11Let such one thinke this, that such as wee are in woorde by letters, when we are absent, such wil we be also in deede, when we are present.

    12For wee dare not make our selues of the nomber, or to compare our selues to them, which praise themselues: but they vnderstand not that they measure themselues with themselues, and compare themselues with themselues.

  • 2 Cor 12:16
    72%

    16But bee it that I charged you not: yet for as much as I was craftie, I tooke you with guile.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vaine.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1Be yee followers of mee, euen as I am of Christ.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
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    3As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if that I haue boasted any thing to him of you, I haue not bene ashamed: but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth, euen so our boasting vnto Titus was true.

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

  • 1 Cor 1:25
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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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    10For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.

    11Now I certifie you, brethren, that ye Gospel which was preached of me, was not after man.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is it, wherein yee were inferiours vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slouthfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doutlesse I am vnto you: for ye are the seale of mine Apostleship in the Lord.