A Plea to Bear with a Little Foolish Boasting

Paul provides three reasons why the Corinthians should put up with his foolish boasting: 1. He has presented them to Christ and is afraid that they may be deceived, 2. they are already putting up with foolishness of others and 3. he is no way inferior to those they are paying attention to now.

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2 Corinthians 11:1-6

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I wish that you would a bear with me in a little b foolishness;

Möchtet ihr mir doch ein wenig Torheit zugute halten!

but 1 indeed you are bearing with me.

Doch ihr haltet sie mir schon zugute!

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For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy;

Denn ich eifere um euch mit göttlichem Eifer;

for I a betrothed you to one husband,

denn ich habe euch einem Manne verlobt,

so that to Christ I might b present you as a pure virgin.

um euch als eine reine Jungfrau Christus zuzuführen.

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But I am afraid that, as the a serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness,

Ich fürchte aber, es könnten, wie die Schlange mit ihrer List Eva verführte,

your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

so auch eure Sinne verdorben und von der Einfalt gegen Christus abgelenkt werden.

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For if 1 one comes and preaches a another Jesus whom we have not preached,

Denn wenn der, welcher zu euch kommt, einen andern Jesus predigt, den wir nicht gepredigt haben,

or you receive a b different spirit which you have not received,

oder wenn ihr einen andern Geist empfanget, den ihr nicht empfangen habt,

or a c different gospel which you have not accepted,

oder ein anderes Evangelium, das ihr nicht angenommen habt,

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you d bear this e beautifully.

so ertraget ihr es wohl.

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For I consider myself a not in the least inferior to the 1 most eminent apostles.

Denn ich denke jenen «bedeutenden Aposteln» in nichts nachzustehen.

But even if I am a unskilled in speech,

Bin ich aber auch der Rede unkundig,

yet I am not so in b knowledge;

so doch nicht der Erkenntnis;

in fact, in every way we have c made this evident to you in all things.

sondern wir haben sie stets in allem bewiesen euch gegenüber!

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First class conditional assumed to be true from the author's perspective.

First reason they should put up with his foolishness is that he has presented them to Christ and is afraid that they may become deceive.

Second reason is that they should put up with his foolishness is that they are putting up with the foolishness of others teaching false doctrine.

The third reason that they should put up with his foolishness is that he is in now way inferior to those they are paying attention to now.

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