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


In Context

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

15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

16 I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

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

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

19 For you bear with the foolish gladly, being 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 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.