1I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.stylus1 Corinthians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 11:4, 1 Corinthians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 11:4, 2 Corinthians 11:212I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.stylusHosea 2:19, Hosea 2:20, Hosea 2:19, Hosea 2:20, Ephesians 5:263I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.stylusColossians 2:8, Colossians 2:8, Galatians 1:6, Galatians 1:6, Ephesians 4:144For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.stylusGalatians 1:6, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 1:6, Galatians 1:8, Ephesians 4:45I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”stylus2 Corinthians 12:11, 2 Corinthians 12:12, 2 Corinthians 12:11, 2 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 15:106Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.stylusEphesians 3:4, Ephesians 3:4, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 1:177Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?stylus2 Corinthians 12:13, 2 Corinthians 12:13, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 4:128I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.stylusPhilippians 4:18, Philippians 4:14, Philippians 4:16, 2 Corinthians 11:9, Philippians 4:189And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.stylus1 Thessalonians 2:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:610As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.stylusRomans 9:1, Romans 9:1, Acts 18:12, Romans 1:9, Acts 18:1211Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!stylus2 Corinthians 12:15, 2 Corinthians 12:15, 2 Corinthians 7:3, 2 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 6:1212But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.stylus1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 2 Corinthians 11:18, 2 Corinthians 10:17, Job 23:1313For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.stylusRevelation 2:2, Galatians 1:7, Revelation 2:2, Galatians 1:7, Philippians 3:214And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.stylusGalatians 1:8, Galatians 1:8, 2 Corinthians 2:11, 2 Corinthians 2:11, 2 Corinthians 11:315It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.stylusPhilippians 3:19, Philippians 3:19, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 9:11, 2 Corinthians 3:916I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.stylus2 Corinthians 11:1, 2 Corinthians 11:1, 2 Corinthians 12:6, 2 Corinthians 12:6, 2 Corinthians 11:1917In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.stylus1 Corinthians 7:12, 1 Corinthians 7:12, Philippians 3:3, Philippians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 9:418Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.stylusJeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, 1 Peter 1:24, 2 Corinthians 12:5, 2 Corinthians 12:619For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.stylus1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 10:15, 1 Corinthians 8:120In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.stylusGalatians 2:4, Galatians 2:4, Galatians 5:1, Galatians 4:9, Galatians 4:321To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.stylus2 Corinthians 10:10, 2 Corinthians 10:10, 2 Corinthians 11:17, 2 Corinthians 10:1, 2 Corinthians 10:222Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.stylusPhilippians 3:5, Philippians 3:5, Romans 11:1, Romans 11:1, Romans 9:423Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.stylus2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 6:5, 2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 6:5, 2 Corinthians 3:624Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.stylusMark 13:9, Mark 13:9, Deuteronomy 25:2, Deuteronomy 25:3, Deuteronomy 25:225Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.stylusActs 14:19, Acts 14:19, Acts 16:22, Acts 16:23, Acts 16:3326In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,stylusActs 14:5, Acts 14:5, Acts 25:3, Acts 13:50, Acts 20:1927in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.stylusPhilippians 4:12, 2 Corinthians 6:5, Philippians 4:12, 2 Corinthians 6:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:928Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.stylusRomans 15:16, 1 Corinthians 7:17, Romans 15:16, 1 Corinthians 7:17, Acts 20:1829Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?stylus1 Corinthians 9:22, 1 Corinthians 8:13, 1 Corinthians 9:22, 1 Corinthians 8:13, Galatians 4:830If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.stylus2 Corinthians 12:5, 2 Corinthians 12:11, 1 Corinthians 2:3, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:2431The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.stylusRomans 9:5, Ephesians 1:3, Romans 9:5, Ephesians 1:3, Colossians 1:332In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.stylus2 Corinthians 11:26, Acts 9:24, Acts 9:25, 2 Corinthians 11:26, Acts 9:2433But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.stylusActs 9:25, Acts 9:25, 1 Samuel 19:12, Joshua 2:18, 1 Samuel 19:12