2 Corinthians 11:16-18

Paul’s Sufferings for Christ

11:16 I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹  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 ²  I do not say the way the Lord would. ³  Instead it is, as it were, foolishness. 11:18 Since many ⁴  are boasting according to human standards, ⁵  I too will boast.

[11:16]  ¹ tn Or “am foolish.”

[11:17]  ² 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]  ³ tn Or “say with the Lord’s authority.”

[11:18]  ⁴ sn Many is a reference to Paul’s opponents.

[11:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “according to the flesh.”