II Corinthians 11

utinam sustineretis modicum quid insipientiae meae sed et subportate me

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

aemulor enim vos Dei aemulatione despondi enim vos uni viro virginem castam exhibere Christo

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

timeo autem ne sicut serpens Evam seduxit astutia sua ita corrumpantur sensus vestri et excidant a simplicitate quae est in Christo

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

nam si is qui venit alium Christum praedicat quem non praedicavimus aut alium spiritum accipitis quem non accepistis aut aliud evangelium quod non recepistis recte pateremini

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

existimo enim nihil me minus fecisse magnis apostolis

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

et si inperitus sermone sed non scientia in omnibus autem manifestatus sum vobis

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

aut numquid peccatum feci me ipsum humilians ut vos exaltemini quoniam gratis evangelium Dei evangelizavi vobis

Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

alias ecclesias expoliavi accipiens stipendium ad ministerium vestrum

I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

et cum essem apud vos et egerem nulli onerosus fui nam quod mihi deerat suppleverunt fratres qui venerunt a Macedonia et in omnibus sine onere me vobis servavi et servabo

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

est veritas Christi in me quoniam haec gloria non infringetur in me in regionibus Achaiae

As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

quare quia non diligo vos Deus scit

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

quod autem facio et faciam ut amputem occasionem eorum qui volunt occasionem ut in quo gloriantur inveniantur sicut et nos

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

nam eiusmodi pseudoapostoli operarii subdoli transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

et non mirum ipse enim Satanas transfigurat se in angelum lucis

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

non est ergo magnum si ministri eius transfigurentur velut ministri iustitiae quorum finis erit secundum opera ipsorum

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

iterum dico ne quis me putet insipientem alioquin velut insipientem accipite me ut et ego modicum quid glorier

I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

quod loquor non loquor secundum Dominum sed quasi in insipientia in hac substantia gloriae

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

quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem et ego gloriabor

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

libenter enim suffertis insipientes cum sitis ipsi sapientes

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

sustinetis enim si quis vos in servitutem redigit si quis devorat si quis accipit si quis extollitur si quis in faciem vos caedit

For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

secundum ignobilitatem dico quasi nos infirmi fuerimus in quo quis audet in insipientia dico audeo et ego

I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

Hebraei sunt et ego Israhelitae sunt et ego semen Abrahae sunt et ego

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

ministri Christi sunt minus sapiens dico plus ego in laboribus plurimis in carceribus abundantius in plagis supra modum in mortibus frequenter

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

a Iudaeis quinquies quadragenas una minus accepi

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

ter virgis caesus sum semel lapidatus sum ter naufragium feci nocte et die in profundo maris fui

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

in itineribus saepe periculis fluminum periculis latronum periculis ex genere periculis ex gentibus periculis in civitate periculis in solitudine periculis in mari periculis in falsis fratribus

In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

in labore et aerumna in vigiliis multis in fame et siti in ieiuniis multis in frigore et nuditate

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

praeter illa quae extrinsecus sunt instantia mea cotidiana sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum

Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

quis infirmatur et non infirmor quis scandalizatur et ego non uror

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

si gloriari oportet quae infirmitatis meae sunt gloriabor

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

Deus et Pater Domini Iesu scit qui est benedictus in saecula quod non mentior

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

Damasci praepositus gentis Aretae regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me conprehenderet

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

et per fenestram in sporta dimissus sum per murum et effugi manus eius

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.