2 Corinthians 11:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.”
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“In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.”
King James Version · Public Domain“That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 11:17 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 7:6I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- 1 Corinthians 7:12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
- 2 Corinthians 9:4Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
- 2 Corinthians 11:18Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
- Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
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