What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

我说的话不是奉主命说的，乃是像愚妄人放胆自夸；

我说的话不是奉主的权柄说的，而是像愚蠢人具有自信地放胆夸口。

我说的话不是奉主的权柄说的，而是像愚蠢人具有自信地放胆夸口。

我这样说，并不是主的意思，而是像一个傻瓜一样夸口。

我这样满有自信地夸口，不是照着主所吩咐的，而是好像愚昧人在说话。

我现在所说的，不是按照主说的，而是像一个愚妄人那样自信夸耀。

我說的話不是奉主命說的，乃是像愚妄人放膽自誇；

我說的話不是奉主的權柄說的，而是像愚蠢人具有自信地放膽誇口。

我說的話不是奉主的權柄說的，而是像愚蠢人具有自信地放膽誇口。

我這樣說，並不是主的意思，而是像一個傻瓜一樣誇口。

我這樣滿有自信地誇口，不是照著主所吩咐的，而是好像愚昧人在說話。

我所說的，不是依主的權柄而說的；我是好像有愚氣、憑着這種誇口的自信來說的。

我現在所說的，不是按照主說的，而是像一個愚妄人那樣自信誇耀。

此言、非主命也、乃若愚者自信而誇、

余今所言、非主命也、乃若狂而大詡、

今我所言、非按主命而言、乃似狂者、大膽自誇、

惟須預為聲明者、吾今之所言、非依主之道、乃一發心中之狂愚、故姑妄言之耳。

In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

When I brag about myself like this, I’m not talking the way the Lord would. I’m talking like a fool.

What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.

Such boasting is not from the Lord, but I am acting like a fool.

What I am saying in this matter of boasting, I don’t speak as the Lord would, but as it were, foolishly.

What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

What I say in this matter of boasting, I don’t speak as the Lord would, but foolishly.

That which I speak, I speak[ it] not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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

To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated( not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.

With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.( To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about( I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.Are they servants of Christ?( I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.