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2 Corinthians 11:17

NETBible	What I am saying with this boastful confidence¹ I do not say the way the Lord would.² Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.
NIV © biblegateway 2Co 11:17	In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
NASB © biblegateway 2Co 11:17	What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
NLT © biblegateway 2Co 11:17	Such bragging is not something the Lord wants, but I am acting like a fool.
MSG © biblegateway 2Co 11:17	I didn't learn this kind of talk from Christ.
BBE © SABDAweb 2Co 11:17	What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Co 11:17	What I am saying in regard to this boastful confidence, I am saying not with the Lord’s authority, but as a fool;
NKJV © biblegateway 2Co 11:17	What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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KJV	That which <3739> I speak <2980> (5719)_, I speak <2980> (5719) [it] not <3756> after <2596> the Lord <2962>_, but <235> as <5613> it were foolishly <1722> <877>_, in <1722> this <5026> confidence <5287> of boasting <2746>_.
NASB © biblegateway 2Co 11:17	What <3739> I am saying <2980> , I am not saying <2980> as the Lord <2962> would, but as in foolishness <877> , in this <3778> confidence <5287> of boasting <2746> .
NET [draft] ITL	What <3739> I am saying <2980> with <1722> this <3778> boastful <2746> confidence <5287> I do <2980> not <3756> say <2980> the way the Lord <2962> would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness <877> .
GREEK	o <3739> R-ASN lalw <2980> (5719) V-PAI-1S ou <3756> PRT-N kata <2596> PREP kurion <2962> N-ASM lalw <2980> (5719) V-PAI-1S all <235> CONJ wv <5613> ADV en <1722> PREP afrosunh <877> N-DSF en <1722> PREP tauth <3778> D-DSF th <3588> T-DSF upostasei <5287> N-DSF thv <3588> T-GSF kauchsewv <2746> N-GSF

NETBible

What I am saying with this boastful confidence¹ I do not say the way the Lord would.² Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “with this confidence of boasting.” The genitive καυχήσεως (kauchsew") has been translated as an attributed genitive (the noun in the genitive gives an attribute of the noun modified).

²tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”