2Cor 11:21-23, 12:6, 11 | ESV | STEP | To my shame , I must say , we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast of —I am speaking as a fool

2 Corinthians 11:21-23

21 To my shame, I must say, ^awe were too weak for that!

But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that. 22 Are they Hebrews? ^bSo am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they ^cservants of Christ? ^dI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^efar more imprisonments, ^fwith countless beatings, and ^goften near death.

2 Corinthians 12:6

6 though if I should wish to boast, ^hI would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.

2 Corinthians 12:11

Concern for the Corinthian Church

11 ⁱI have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ^jnot at all inferior to these super-apostles, ^keven though I am nothing.