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1I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me!

1I wish you would tolerate a little of my foolishness. Yes, please tolerate me!

2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.

2I am jealous of you with God's own jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah.

3But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

3However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to the Messiah.

4For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

4For if someone comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or should you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you are all too willing to listen.

5I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles."

5I do not think I'm inferior in any way to those "super-apostles."

6I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.

6Even though I may be untrained as an orator, I am not so in the field of knowledge. We have made this clear to all of you in every possible way.

7Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?

7Did I commit a sin when I humbled myself by proclaiming to you the gospel of God free of charge, so that you could be exalted?

8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.

8I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.

9And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

9When I was with you and needed something, I did not bother any of you, because our brothers who came from Macedonia supplied everything I needed. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.

10As surely as the truth of the Messiah is in me, my boasting will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do!

12And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.

12But I will go on doing what I'm doing in order to deny an opportunity to those people who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in the work they are boasting about.

13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

13Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.

14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

14And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

15It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

15So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their doom will match their deeds!

16I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

16I will say it again: No one should think that I am a fool. But if you do, then treat me like a fool so that I can also boast a little.

17In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

17When I talk as a confident boaster, I am not talking with the Lord's authority but like a fool.

18Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast.

18Since many people boast in a fleshly way, I will do it, too.

19You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise!

19You are wise, so you will gladly be tolerant of fools.

20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face.

20You tolerate anyone who makes you his slaves, devours what you have, takes what is yours, orders you around, or slaps your face!

21To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that! Whatever anyone else dares to boast about--I am speaking as a fool--I also dare to boast about.

21I am ashamed to admit it, but we have been too weak for that. Whatever anyone else dares to claim—I am talking like a fool—I can claim it, too.

22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.

22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelis? So am I. Are they among Abraham's descendants? So am I.

23Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.

23Are they the Messiah's servants? I am insane to talk like this, but I am a far better one! I have been involved in far greater efforts, far more imprisonments, countless beatings, and have faced death more than once.

24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

24Five times I received from the Jews 40 lashes minus one.

25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,

25Three times I was beaten with a stick, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, and I drifted on the sea for a day and a night.

26I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.

26I have traveled extensively and have been endangered from rivers, robbers, my own people, and gentiles. I've also been in danger in the city, in the open country, at sea, from false brothers,

27I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

27in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger, thirst, many periods of fasting, coldness, and nakedness.

28Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

28Besides everything else, I have a daily burden because of my anxiety about all the churches.

29Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

29Who is weak without me being weak, too? Who is caused to stumble without me becoming indignant?

30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

30If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show how weak I am.

31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.

31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.

32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me,

33But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.

33but I was let down in a basket through an opening in the wall and escaped from him.

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