English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Corinthians Book, chapter 11, verse All in Ncv Version

2 Corinthians 11 : 1 (NCV)

I wish you would be patient with me even when I am a little foolish, but you are already doing that.

2 Corinthians 11 : 2 (NCV)

I am jealous over you with a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ, as your only husband. I want to give you as his pure bride.

2 Corinthians 11 : 3 (NCV)

But I am afraid that your minds will be led away from your true and pure following of Christ just as Eve was tricked by the snake with his evil ways.

2 Corinthians 11 : 4 (NCV)

You are very patient with anyone who comes to you and preaches a different Jesus from the one we preached. You are very willing to accept a spirit or gospel that is different from the Spirit and Good News you received from us.

2 Corinthians 11 : 5 (NCV)

I do not think that those "great apostles" are any better than I am.

2 Corinthians 11 : 6 (NCV)

I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have shown this to you clearly in every way.

2 Corinthians 11 : 7 (NCV)

I preached God's Good News to you without pay. I made myself unimportant to make you important. Do you think that was wrong?

2 Corinthians 11 : 8 (NCV)

I accepted pay from other churches, taking their money so I could serve you.

2 Corinthians 11 : 9 (NCV)

If I needed something when I was with you, I did not trouble any of you. The brothers who came from Macedonia gave me all that I needed. I did not allow myself to depend on you in any way, and I will never depend on you.

2 Corinthians 11 : 10 (NCV)

No one in Southern Greece will stop me from bragging about that. I say this with the truth of Christ in me.

2 Corinthians 11 : 11 (NCV)

And why do I not depend on you? Do you think it is because I do not love you? God knows that I love you.

2 Corinthians 11 : 12 (NCV)

And I will continue doing what I am doing now, because I want to stop those people from having a reason to brag. They would like to say that the work they brag about is the same as ours.

2 Corinthians 11 : 13 (NCV)

Such men are not true apostles but are workers who lie. They change themselves to look like apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11 : 14 (NCV)

This does not surprise us. Even Satan changes himself to look like an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11 : 15 (NCV)

So it does not surprise us if Satan's servants also make themselves look like servants who work for what is right. But in the end they will be punished for what they do.

2 Corinthians 11 : 16 (NCV)

I tell you again: No one should think I am a fool. But if you think so, accept me as you would accept a fool. Then I can brag a little, too.

2 Corinthians 11 : 17 (NCV)

When I brag because I feel sure of myself, I am not talking as the Lord would talk but as a fool.

2 Corinthians 11 : 18 (NCV)

Many people are bragging about their lives in the world. So I will brag too.

2 Corinthians 11 : 19 (NCV)

You are wise, so you will gladly be patient with fools!

2 Corinthians 11 : 20 (NCV)

You are even patient with those who order you around, or use you, or trick you, or think they are better than you, or hit you in the face.

2 Corinthians 11 : 21 (NCV)

It is shameful to me to say this, but we were too "weak" to do those things to you! But if anyone else is brave enough to brag, then I also will be brave and brag. (I am talking as a fool.)

2 Corinthians 11 : 22 (NCV)

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they from Abraham's family? So am I.

2 Corinthians 11 : 23 (NCV)

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him more. (I am crazy to talk like this.) I have worked much harder than they. I have been in prison more often. I have been hurt more in beatings. I have been near death many times.

2 Corinthians 11 : 24 (NCV)

Five times the Jews have given me their punishment of thirty-nine lashes with a whip.

2 Corinthians 11 : 25 (NCV)

Three different times I was beaten with rods. One time I was almost stoned to death. Three times I was in ships that wrecked, and one of those times I spent a night and a day in the sea.

2 Corinthians 11 : 26 (NCV)

I have gone on many travels and have been in danger from rivers, thieves, my own people, the Jews, and those who are not Jews. I have been in danger in cities, in places where no one lives, and on the sea. And I have been in danger with false Christians.

2 Corinthians 11 : 27 (NCV)

I have done hard and tiring work, and many times I did not sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty, and many times I have been without food. I have been cold and without clothes.

2 Corinthians 11 : 28 (NCV)

Besides all this, there is on me every day the load of my concern for all the churches.

2 Corinthians 11 : 29 (NCV)

I feel weak every time someone is weak, and I feel upset every time someone is led into sin.

2 Corinthians 11 : 30 (NCV)

If I must brag, I will brag about the things that show I am weak.

2 Corinthians 11 : 31 (NCV)

God knows I am not lying. He is the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he is to be praised forever.

2 Corinthians 11 : 32 (NCV)

When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas wanted to arrest me, so he put guards around the city.

2 Corinthians 11 : 33 (NCV)

But my friends lowered me in a basket through a hole in the city wall. So I escaped from the governor.