2 Corinthians 12:11 Well, now I’ve done it! I’ve made a complete fool of myself by going on like this. But it’s not all my fault; you put me up to it. You should have been doing...

12:11 MSG

Parallel Verses

The Message - Well, now I’ve done it! I’ve made a complete fool of myself by going on like this. But it’s not all my fault; you put me up to it. You should have been doing this for me, sticking up for me and commending me instead of making me do it for myself. You know from personal experience that even if I’m a nobody, a nothing, I wasn’t second-rate compared to those big-shot apostles you’re so taken with. All the signs that mark a true apostle were in evidence while I was with you through both good times and bad: signs of portent, signs of wonder, signs of power. Did you get less of me or of God than any of the other churches? The only thing you got less of was less responsibility for my upkeep. Well, I’m sorry. Forgive me for depriving you.
新标点和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你们强逼的。我本该被你们称许才是。我虽算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你们逼出来的，因为我本该被你们赞许才是。虽然我算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些超级使徒以下。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你们逼出来的，因为我本该被你们赞许才是。虽然我算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些超级使徒以下。
当代译本 - 我成了“傻瓜”，是被你们逼的！你们本该称许我才对。我虽然算不了什么，却没有一点比不上那些“超级使徒”。
圣经新译本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你们逼成的。其实你们应该称赞我，因为我虽然算不得什么，却没有一点比不上那些“超等使徒”。
中文标准译本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你们逼我的。其实我应该受到你们的推荐，因为即使我一无所是，我也没有一点赶不上那些“超级使徒”。
现代标点和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你们强逼的。我本该被你们称许才是。我虽算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
和合本（拼音版） - 我成了愚妄人，是被你们强逼的，我本该被你们称许才是。我虽算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
New International Version - I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
New International Reader's Version - I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the “super-apostles.”
English Standard Version - I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
New Living Translation - You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.
Christian Standard Bible - I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
New American Standard Bible - I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, since I was in no respect inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.
New King James Version - I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.
Amplified Bible - Now I have become foolish; you have forced me [by questioning my apostleship]. Actually I should have been commended by you [instead of being treated disdainfully], for I was not inferior to those super-apostles, even if I am nobody.
American Standard Version - I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
King James Version - I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
New English Translation - I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
World English Bible - I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
新標點和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你們強逼的。我本該被你們稱許才是。我雖算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你們逼出來的，因為我本該被你們讚許才是。雖然我算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件事在那些超級使徒以下。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你們逼出來的，因為我本該被你們讚許才是。雖然我算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件事在那些超級使徒以下。
當代譯本 - 我成了「傻瓜」，是被你們逼的！你們本該稱許我才對。我雖然算不了什麼，卻沒有一點比不上那些「超級使徒」。
聖經新譯本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你們逼成的。其實你們應該稱讚我，因為我雖然算不得甚麼，卻沒有一點比不上那些“超等使徒”。
呂振中譯本 - 我成了糊塗人，是你們強逼我的。我本該受你們稱許才是呢。我雖算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件趕不上那些超等的「使徒」啊。
中文標準譯本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你們逼我的。其實我應該受到你們的推薦，因為即使我一無所是，我也沒有一點趕不上那些「超級使徒」。
現代標點和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你們強逼的。我本該被你們稱許才是。我雖算不了什麼，卻沒有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
文理和合譯本 - 我為愚矣、緣爾逼我、蓋我當為爾所舉、我雖不足數、而不亞於至大使徒、
文理委辦譯本 - 吾誇誠狂、緣爾不得已、爾當許我、我雖無才、不亞於至大使徒、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我自誇而為狂、乃爾使我不得已、蓋爾原當稱譽我、我雖如無有、凡事不亞於至大之使徒、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾之狂誕、爾使之也。吾早應受爾等之保舉矣。吾固不足道也、然較諸聲望最隆之宗徒、亦何所欠缺乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Me he portado como un insensato, pero ustedes me han obligado a ello. Ustedes debían haberme elogiado, pues de ningún modo soy inferior a los «superapóstoles», aunque yo no soy nada.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 자랑함으로 어리석은 사람이 되었으나 이것은 여러분이 그렇게 하도록 만든 것입니다. 나는 당연히 여러분에게 칭찬을 받았어야 했습니다. 내가 비록 보잘것없는 사람이라 하더라도 저 위대하다는 사도들보다 조금도 못하지 않습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, я дошел до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхапостолов», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
Восточный перевод - Итак, я дошёл до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхпосланников Масиха», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Итак, я дошёл до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхпосланников аль-Масиха», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Итак, я дошёл до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхпосланников Масеха», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voilà que je parle en insensé, mais vous m’y avez forcé. C’est vous qui auriez dû me recommander, car bien que je ne sois rien, je ne suis en rien inférieur à ces « super-apôtres ».
リビングバイブル - あなたがたは結局、私を、自慢ばかりする愚か者にしてしまいました。ほんとうは、こんなに私に書かせるべきではなく、あなたがたが私のことを書くべきなのです。たとえ私が全く価値のない者であるとしても、あの「大使徒たち」と比べて劣る点はありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - Γέγονα ἄφρων, ὑμεῖς με ἠναγκάσατε. ἐγὼ γὰρ ὤφειλον ὑφ’ ὑμῶν συνίστασθαι· οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑστέρησα τῶν ὑπερλίαν ἀποστόλων εἰ καὶ οὐδέν εἰμι.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γέγονα ἄφρων; ὑμεῖς με ἠναγκάσατε. ἐγὼ γὰρ ὤφειλον ὑφ’ ὑμῶν συνίστασθαι. οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑστέρησα τῶν ὑπέρλίαν ἀποστόλων, εἰ καὶ οὐδέν εἰμι.
Nova Versão Internacional - Fui insensato, mas vocês me obrigaram a isso. Eu devia ser recomendado por vocês, pois em nada sou inferior aos “superapóstolos”, embora eu nada seja.
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr habt mich gezwungen, mich wie ein Narr aufzuführen. Denn nicht ich sollte mich loben, sondern ihr solltet es tun. Obwohl ich ein »Nichts« bin, kann ich es mit euren ach so großartigen Aposteln in jeder Hinsicht aufnehmen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Anh chị em ép buộc, tôi phải khoe khoang như người dại dột. Đáng lý anh chị em khen ngợi tôi còn hơn bắt tôi phải kể công. Dù không xứng đáng gì, tôi chẳng thua kém các “sứ đồ thượng hạng” kia chút nào.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าได้ทำตนเองให้เป็นคนโง่ไปแล้วสิ แต่พวกท่านก็เป็นผู้ผลักดันให้ข้าพเจ้าเป็นอย่างนี้ ท่านทั้งหลายน่าจะชมเชยข้าพเจ้า เพราะถึงแม้ว่าข้าพเจ้าจะไม่มีอะไรดีเด่น แต่ข้าพเจ้าก็ไม่ได้ด้อยไปกว่า “ยอดอัครทูต” เหล่านั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้ากลายเป็นคนโง่เขลา แต่ที่เป็นไปดังนั้นก็เพราะท่าน พวกท่านต่างหากที่ควรยกย่องข้าพเจ้าเอง เพราะข้าพเจ้าก็ไม่ใช่คนที่ด้อยกว่า “อัครทูตชั้นเยี่ยม” เหล่านั้น แม้ว่าข้าพเจ้าจะไม่ใช่คนวิเศษอะไรเลย

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Galatians 2:6 - As for those who were considered important in the church, their reputation doesn’t concern me. God isn’t impressed with mere appearances, and neither am I. And of course these leaders were able to add nothing to the message I had been preaching. It was soon evident that God had entrusted me with the same message to the non-Jews as Peter had been preaching to the Jews. Recognizing that my calling had been given by God, James, Peter, and John—the pillars of the church—shook hands with me and Barnabas, assigning us to a ministry to the non-Jews, while they continued to be responsible for reaching out to the Jews. The only additional thing they asked was that we remember the poor, and I was already eager to do that.
Galatians 2:11 - Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. Here’s the situation. Earlier, before certain persons had come from James, Peter regularly ate with the non-Jews. But when that conservative group came from Jerusalem, he cautiously pulled back and put as much distance as he could manage between himself and his non-Jewish friends. That’s how fearful he was of the conservative Jewish clique that’s been pushing the old system of circumcision. Unfortunately, the rest of the Jews in the Antioch church joined in that hypocrisy so that even Barnabas was swept along in the charade.
Galatians 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not maintaining a steady, straight course according to the Message, I spoke up to Peter in front of them all: “If you, a Jew, live like a non-Jew when you’re not being observed by the watchdogs from Jerusalem, what right do you have to require non-Jews to conform to Jewish customs just to make a favorable impression on your old Jerusalem buddies?”
Ephesians 3:8 - And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!
2 Corinthians 1:6 - When we suffer for Jesus, it works out for your healing and salvation. If we are treated well, given a helping hand and encouraging word, that also works to your benefit, spurring you on, face forward, unflinching. Your hard times are also our hard times. When we see that you’re just as willing to endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you’re going to make it, no doubt about it.
2 Corinthians 11:16 - Let me come back to where I started—and don’t hold it against me if I continue to sound a little foolish. Or if you’d rather, just accept that I am a fool and let me rant on a little. I didn’t learn this kind of talk from Christ. Oh, no, it’s a bad habit I picked up from the three-ring preachers that are so popular these days. Since you sit there in the judgment seat observing all these shenanigans, you can afford to humor an occasional fool who happens along. You have such admirable tolerance for impostors who rob your freedom, rip you off, steal you blind, put you down—even slap your face! I shouldn’t admit it to you, but our stomachs aren’t strong enough to tolerate that kind of stuff.
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God’s field in which we are working.
2 Corinthians 12:6 - If I had a mind to brag a little, I could probably do it without looking ridiculous, and I’d still be speaking plain truth all the way. But I’ll spare you. I don’t want anyone imagining me as anything other than the fool you’d encounter if you saw me on the street or heard me talk.
1 Corinthians 15:10 - But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I’m not about to let his grace go to waste. Haven’t I worked hard trying to do more than any of the others? Even then, my work didn’t amount to all that much. It was God giving me the work to do, God giving me the energy to do it. So whether you heard it from me or from those others, it’s all the same: We spoke God’s truth and you entrusted your lives.
2 Corinthians 11:1 - Will you put up with a little foolish aside from me? Please, just for a moment. The thing that has me so upset is that I care about you so much—this is the passion of God burning inside me! I promised your hand in marriage to Christ, presented you as a pure virgin to her husband. And now I’m afraid that exactly as the Snake seduced Eve with his smooth tongue, you are being lured away from the simple purity of your love for Christ.

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The Message - Well, now I’ve done it! I’ve made a complete fool of myself by going on like this. But it’s not all my fault; you put me up to it. You should have been doing this for me, sticking up for me and commending me instead of making me do it for myself. You know from personal experience that even if I’m a nobody, a nothing, I wasn’t second-rate compared to those big-shot apostles you’re so taken with. All the signs that mark a true apostle were in evidence while I was with you through both good times and bad: signs of portent, signs of wonder, signs of power. Did you get less of me or of God than any of the other churches? The only thing you got less of was less responsibility for my upkeep. Well, I’m sorry. Forgive me for depriving you.
新标点和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你们强逼的。我本该被你们称许才是。我虽算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你们逼出来的，因为我本该被你们赞许才是。虽然我算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些超级使徒以下。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你们逼出来的，因为我本该被你们赞许才是。虽然我算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些超级使徒以下。
当代译本 - 我成了“傻瓜”，是被你们逼的！你们本该称许我才对。我虽然算不了什么，却没有一点比不上那些“超级使徒”。
圣经新译本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你们逼成的。其实你们应该称赞我，因为我虽然算不得什么，却没有一点比不上那些“超等使徒”。
中文标准译本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你们逼我的。其实我应该受到你们的推荐，因为即使我一无所是，我也没有一点赶不上那些“超级使徒”。
现代标点和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你们强逼的。我本该被你们称许才是。我虽算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
和合本（拼音版） - 我成了愚妄人，是被你们强逼的，我本该被你们称许才是。我虽算不了什么，却没有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
New International Version - I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
New International Reader's Version - I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the “super-apostles.”
English Standard Version - I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
New Living Translation - You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.
Christian Standard Bible - I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
New American Standard Bible - I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, since I was in no respect inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.
New King James Version - I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.
Amplified Bible - Now I have become foolish; you have forced me [by questioning my apostleship]. Actually I should have been commended by you [instead of being treated disdainfully], for I was not inferior to those super-apostles, even if I am nobody.
American Standard Version - I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
King James Version - I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
New English Translation - I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
World English Bible - I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
新標點和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你們強逼的。我本該被你們稱許才是。我雖算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你們逼出來的，因為我本該被你們讚許才是。雖然我算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件事在那些超級使徒以下。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我成了愚蠢人，是被你們逼出來的，因為我本該被你們讚許才是。雖然我算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件事在那些超級使徒以下。
當代譯本 - 我成了「傻瓜」，是被你們逼的！你們本該稱許我才對。我雖然算不了什麼，卻沒有一點比不上那些「超級使徒」。
聖經新譯本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你們逼成的。其實你們應該稱讚我，因為我雖然算不得甚麼，卻沒有一點比不上那些“超等使徒”。
呂振中譯本 - 我成了糊塗人，是你們強逼我的。我本該受你們稱許才是呢。我雖算不了甚麼，卻沒有一件趕不上那些超等的「使徒」啊。
中文標準譯本 - 我成了愚妄的人，是你們逼我的。其實我應該受到你們的推薦，因為即使我一無所是，我也沒有一點趕不上那些「超級使徒」。
現代標點和合本 - 我成了愚妄人，是被你們強逼的。我本該被你們稱許才是。我雖算不了什麼，卻沒有一件事在那些最大的使徒以下。
文理和合譯本 - 我為愚矣、緣爾逼我、蓋我當為爾所舉、我雖不足數、而不亞於至大使徒、
文理委辦譯本 - 吾誇誠狂、緣爾不得已、爾當許我、我雖無才、不亞於至大使徒、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我自誇而為狂、乃爾使我不得已、蓋爾原當稱譽我、我雖如無有、凡事不亞於至大之使徒、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾之狂誕、爾使之也。吾早應受爾等之保舉矣。吾固不足道也、然較諸聲望最隆之宗徒、亦何所欠缺乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - Me he portado como un insensato, pero ustedes me han obligado a ello. Ustedes debían haberme elogiado, pues de ningún modo soy inferior a los «superapóstoles», aunque yo no soy nada.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 자랑함으로 어리석은 사람이 되었으나 이것은 여러분이 그렇게 하도록 만든 것입니다. 나는 당연히 여러분에게 칭찬을 받았어야 했습니다. 내가 비록 보잘것없는 사람이라 하더라도 저 위대하다는 사도들보다 조금도 못하지 않습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, я дошел до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхапостолов», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
Восточный перевод - Итак, я дошёл до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхпосланников Масиха», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Итак, я дошёл до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхпосланников аль-Масиха», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Итак, я дошёл до глупости, но вы сами меня к этому принудили. Вам следовало бы самим похвалить меня, ведь я ничем не хуже «сверхпосланников Масеха», хотя на самом-то деле я ничто.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Voilà que je parle en insensé, mais vous m’y avez forcé. C’est vous qui auriez dû me recommander, car bien que je ne sois rien, je ne suis en rien inférieur à ces « super-apôtres ».
リビングバイブル - あなたがたは結局、私を、自慢ばかりする愚か者にしてしまいました。ほんとうは、こんなに私に書かせるべきではなく、あなたがたが私のことを書くべきなのです。たとえ私が全く価値のない者であるとしても、あの「大使徒たち」と比べて劣る点はありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - Γέγονα ἄφρων, ὑμεῖς με ἠναγκάσατε. ἐγὼ γὰρ ὤφειλον ὑφ’ ὑμῶν συνίστασθαι· οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑστέρησα τῶν ὑπερλίαν ἀποστόλων εἰ καὶ οὐδέν εἰμι.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γέγονα ἄφρων; ὑμεῖς με ἠναγκάσατε. ἐγὼ γὰρ ὤφειλον ὑφ’ ὑμῶν συνίστασθαι. οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑστέρησα τῶν ὑπέρλίαν ἀποστόλων, εἰ καὶ οὐδέν εἰμι.
Nova Versão Internacional - Fui insensato, mas vocês me obrigaram a isso. Eu devia ser recomendado por vocês, pois em nada sou inferior aos “superapóstolos”, embora eu nada seja.
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr habt mich gezwungen, mich wie ein Narr aufzuführen. Denn nicht ich sollte mich loben, sondern ihr solltet es tun. Obwohl ich ein »Nichts« bin, kann ich es mit euren ach so großartigen Aposteln in jeder Hinsicht aufnehmen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Anh chị em ép buộc, tôi phải khoe khoang như người dại dột. Đáng lý anh chị em khen ngợi tôi còn hơn bắt tôi phải kể công. Dù không xứng đáng gì, tôi chẳng thua kém các “sứ đồ thượng hạng” kia chút nào.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าได้ทำตนเองให้เป็นคนโง่ไปแล้วสิ แต่พวกท่านก็เป็นผู้ผลักดันให้ข้าพเจ้าเป็นอย่างนี้ ท่านทั้งหลายน่าจะชมเชยข้าพเจ้า เพราะถึงแม้ว่าข้าพเจ้าจะไม่มีอะไรดีเด่น แต่ข้าพเจ้าก็ไม่ได้ด้อยไปกว่า “ยอดอัครทูต” เหล่านั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้ากลายเป็นคนโง่เขลา แต่ที่เป็นไปดังนั้นก็เพราะท่าน พวกท่านต่างหากที่ควรยกย่องข้าพเจ้าเอง เพราะข้าพเจ้าก็ไม่ใช่คนที่ด้อยกว่า “อัครทูตชั้นเยี่ยม” เหล่านั้น แม้ว่าข้าพเจ้าจะไม่ใช่คนวิเศษอะไรเลย

Galatians 2:6 - As for those who were considered important in the church, their reputation doesn’t concern me. God isn’t impressed with mere appearances, and neither am I. And of course these leaders were able to add nothing to the message I had been preaching. It was soon evident that God had entrusted me with the same message to the non-Jews as Peter had been preaching to the Jews. Recognizing that my calling had been given by God, James, Peter, and John—the pillars of the church—shook hands with me and Barnabas, assigning us to a ministry to the non-Jews, while they continued to be responsible for reaching out to the Jews. The only additional thing they asked was that we remember the poor, and I was already eager to do that.
Galatians 2:11 - Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. Here’s the situation. Earlier, before certain persons had come from James, Peter regularly ate with the non-Jews. But when that conservative group came from Jerusalem, he cautiously pulled back and put as much distance as he could manage between himself and his non-Jewish friends. That’s how fearful he was of the conservative Jewish clique that’s been pushing the old system of circumcision. Unfortunately, the rest of the Jews in the Antioch church joined in that hypocrisy so that even Barnabas was swept along in the charade.
Galatians 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not maintaining a steady, straight course according to the Message, I spoke up to Peter in front of them all: “If you, a Jew, live like a non-Jew when you’re not being observed by the watchdogs from Jerusalem, what right do you have to require non-Jews to conform to Jewish customs just to make a favorable impression on your old Jerusalem buddies?”
Ephesians 3:8 - And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!
2 Corinthians 1:6 - When we suffer for Jesus, it works out for your healing and salvation. If we are treated well, given a helping hand and encouraging word, that also works to your benefit, spurring you on, face forward, unflinching. Your hard times are also our hard times. When we see that you’re just as willing to endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you’re going to make it, no doubt about it.
2 Corinthians 11:16 - Let me come back to where I started—and don’t hold it against me if I continue to sound a little foolish. Or if you’d rather, just accept that I am a fool and let me rant on a little. I didn’t learn this kind of talk from Christ. Oh, no, it’s a bad habit I picked up from the three-ring preachers that are so popular these days. Since you sit there in the judgment seat observing all these shenanigans, you can afford to humor an occasional fool who happens along. You have such admirable tolerance for impostors who rob your freedom, rip you off, steal you blind, put you down—even slap your face! I shouldn’t admit it to you, but our stomachs aren’t strong enough to tolerate that kind of stuff.
1 Corinthians 3:5 - Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God’s field in which we are working.
2 Corinthians 12:6 - If I had a mind to brag a little, I could probably do it without looking ridiculous, and I’d still be speaking plain truth all the way. But I’ll spare you. I don’t want anyone imagining me as anything other than the fool you’d encounter if you saw me on the street or heard me talk.
1 Corinthians 15:10 - But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I’m not about to let his grace go to waste. Haven’t I worked hard trying to do more than any of the others? Even then, my work didn’t amount to all that much. It was God giving me the work to do, God giving me the energy to do it. So whether you heard it from me or from those others, it’s all the same: We spoke God’s truth and you entrusted your lives.
2 Corinthians 11:1 - Will you put up with a little foolish aside from me? Please, just for a moment. The thing that has me so upset is that I care about you so much—this is the passion of God burning inside me! I promised your hand in marriage to Christ, presented you as a pure virgin to her husband. And now I’m afraid that exactly as the Snake seduced Eve with his smooth tongue, you are being lured away from the simple purity of your love for Christ.