17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.


In Context

14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

19 For you suffer fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise.

2 Corinthians 11:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17That which I speak, I speak [it] not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:17In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:17That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17What I speak I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17That which I speak, I speak it not according to the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;