A moment in scripture
2 Corinthians 11:17
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That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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The surrounding passage
- 2 Corinthians 11:15
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
- 2 Corinthians 11:16
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.
- 2 Corinthians 11:18
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
- 2 Corinthians 11:19
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.