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


In Context

14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

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

18 Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast.

19 You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise!

2nd 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 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;

The American 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.