2 Corinthians 11:11-13

11:11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! ¹  11:12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals ²  in the things they boast about. 11:13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful ³  workers, disguising themselves ⁴  as apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:17

11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ⁵  I do not say the way the Lord would. ⁶  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

¹ tn Grk “God knows!” The words “I do” are supplied for clarity. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

² tn Grk “an opportunity, so that they may be found just like us.”

³ tn Or “dishonest.”

⁴ tn Or “workers, masquerading.”

⁴ tn 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).

⁵ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”