Catholic Public Domain Version
"For you freely accept the foolish, though you yourselves claim to be wise. "
— 2 Corinthians 11:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.”
“For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves. ”
“For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.”
“For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.”
“For you gladly suffer the foolish: whereas yourselves are wise.”
“For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.”
“For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.”
I say again. And let no one consider me to be foolish. Or, at least, accept me as if I were foolish, so that I also may glory a small amount.
What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.
Since so many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.
For you freely accept the foolish, though you yourselves claim to be wise.
For you permit it when someone guides you into servitude, even if he devours you, even if he takes from you, even if he is extolled, even if he strikes you repeatedly on the face.
I speak according to disgrace, as if we had been weak in this regard. In this matter, (I speak in foolishness) if anyone dares, I dare also.
They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.