"For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye {yourselves} are wise." — 2 Corinthians 11:19

2 Corinthians 11:19 · KJV

“For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye {yourselves} are wise.”

— 2 Corinthians 11:19

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

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.

2 Corinthians 11 — Context

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

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

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

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.

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

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:10

We {are} fools for Christ's sake, but ye {are} wise in Christ; we {are} weak, but ye {are} strong; ye {are} honourable, but we {are} despised.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Revelation 3:17

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: