2 Corinthians 11:12

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 ¹  in the things they boast about.

2 Corinthians 11:16-17

Paul’s Sufferings for Christ

11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ²  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 11:17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence ³  I do not say the way the Lord would. ⁴  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

[11:12]  ¹ tn Grk “an opportunity, so that they may be found just like us.”

[11:16]  ² tn Or “am foolish.”

[11:17]  ³ 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).

[11:17]  ⁴ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”