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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.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
τολμάω
tolmao
verb · 16×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀσθενέω
astheneo
verb · 34×
ἀτιμία
atimia
noun · 7×
ἀφροσύνη
aphrosune
noun · 4×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἠσθενήκαμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἠσθενήκαμεν | RP: ἠσθενήσαμεν
  • ἠσθενήκαμενSBLGNT
  • ἠσθενήκαμενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἠσθενήσαμενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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?