For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Corinthians 11:20 in context
2 Corinthians 11:17–23
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That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
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Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
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For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
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For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.
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To my shame, I speak as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
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Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.
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Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.
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