2nd Corinthians Chapter 11 verse 16 Holy Bible
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.
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I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.
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Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little.
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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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I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
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Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 16-33. - Apology by contrast. Verse 16. - I say again. St. Paul evidently feels an almost invincible repugnance to begin to speak of his own works. He has twice swerved away from the task (2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 11:1, 6) to speak of collateral topics. Now at last he begins, but only (to our grievous loss) to break off abruptly in ver. 33, before the story of his past sufferings has been much more than begun. A fool... boast. Here, again, we have the two haunting words of this section (see note on ver. 1; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 1 Corinthians 13:3). "Boast" occurs sixteen times in these three chapters alone. That I; rather, that I also.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) I say again, Let no man think me a fool . . .--The stinging word is repeated from 2Corinthians 11:1. He protests against the justice of the taunt. He pleads that, even if they think him "insane" (this, rather than mere foolishness, is probably the meaning of the word), they will give him the attention which, even in that case, most men would give--which they, at least, were giving to men to whom that term might far more justly be applied.