2 Corinthians 11:17
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
KJV
ὃ λαλῶ οὐ κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ, ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ὑποστάσει τῆς καυχήσεως.
Greek NT
quod loquor, non loquor secundum Deum, sed quasi in insipientia, in hac substantia gloriæ.
Vulgate
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
ASV
That which I speak, I speak not according to God: but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
καύχησις
kauchesis
noun · 11×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀφροσύνη
aphrosune
noun · 4×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπόστασις
upostasis
noun · 5×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ | WH/Treg/NIV: κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ | RP: λαλῶ κατὰ κύριον
- κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ — SBLGNT
- κατὰ κύριον λαλῶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λαλῶ κατὰ κύριον — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:12 — But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
- 1Cor 7:12 — But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
- 2Cor 9:4 — Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
- 2Cor 11:21 — I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
- Gal 2:4 — And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
- Heb 11:1 — Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
- Phil 3:3 — For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.