2Cor 11:17, 23 | ESV | STEP | What I am saying with this boastful confidence , I say not as the Lord would but as a fool .

2 Corinthians 11:17

17 What I am saying ^awith this boastful confidence, ^bI say not as the Lord would ^{▼▼Greek not according to the Lord} but as a fool.

2 Corinthians 11:23

23 Are they ^dservants of Christ? ^eI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^ffar more imprisonments, ^gwith countless beatings, and ^hoften near death.