2 Corinthians 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.
KJV
κατὰ ἀτιμίαν λέγω, ὡς ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠσθενήκαμεν· ἐν ᾧ δ’ ἄν τις τολμᾷ, ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ λέγω, τολμῶ κἀγώ.
Greek NT
Secundum ignobilitatem dico, quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in hac parte. In quo quis audet (in insipientia dico) audeo et ego :
Vulgate
I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
ASV
I seek according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἠσθενήκαμεν — SBLGNT
- ἠσθενήκαμεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἠσθενήσαμεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 10:1 — Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
- 2Cor 10:10 — For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
- 2Cor 11:1 — Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
- 2Cor 11:17 — That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
- Gal 2:11 — But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
- Job 12:3 — But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?