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2 Corinthians 11:17
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“God does not approve of boasting, so this mode of speaking does not come from him. But the content of what he is saying is still true.”
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17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
— 2 Corinthians 11:17 —
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.