2 Corinthians 11:16 BSB

2 Corinthians 11:16

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

BSB

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ASV

I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if ye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

KJV

I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let no man think me a fool - See the note on 2Co 11:1. As the apostle was now going to enter into a particular detail of his qualifications, natural, acquired, and spiritual; and particularly of his labors and sufferings; he thinks it necessary to introduce the discourse once more as he did 2Co 11:1.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Greek denotes one who does not rightly use his mental powers; not having the idea of blame necessarily attached to it; one deceived by foolish vanities, yet boasting himself [TITTMANN], (2Co 11:17, 19). that I--The oldest manuscripts read, "that I, too," namely, as well as they, may boast myself.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πάλιν	Palin	Again	G3825 →
λέγω,	legō	I say,	G3004 →
μή	mē	no	G3361 →
τίς	tis	one	G5100 →
με	me	me	G3165 →
δόξῃ	doxē	may think	G1380 →
ἄφρονα	aphrona	a fool	G878 →
εἶναι·	einai	to be;	G1511 →
εἰ	ei	lest	G1487 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
μή	mē	except	G3361 →
γε,	ge	indeed	G1065 →
κἂν	kan	even	G2532 →G1437 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἄφρονα	aphrona	a fool	G878 →
δέξασθέ	dexasthe	do receive	G1209 →
με,	me	me,	G3165 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	I myself also	G1473 →G2532 →
μικρόν	mikron	little	G3398 →
τι	ti	a	G5100 →
καυχήσωμαι.	kauchēsōmai	may boast.	G2744 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 11:19
For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 4:10
  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.
Through
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:5
  I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:1
  I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
- 1 Corinthians 15:8–10
  And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
Through
2 Corinthians 11:1
I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:4
  For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you…
- 1 Corinthians 1:21
  For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
- 2 Corinthians 11:21
  To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
- 2 Corinthians 5:13
  If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 2 Corinthians