2 Corinthians 11:21

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

"I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, ( I speak foolishly,) I am bold also." - 2 Corinthians 11:21
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What does 2 Corinthians 11:21 mean?

2 Corinthians 11:21 (KJV) states: "I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also." This verse is a part of a larger passage in which the apostle Paul addresses the Corinthian church concerning…

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Boldness in Weakness: The Strength of Our Testimony

In 2 Corinthians 11:21, the Apostle Paul writes, "I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also." At first glance, this verse appears to carry a note of sarcasm or irony, reflecting Paul's…

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A Prayer for Boldness amid Reproach

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the profound wisdom contained in Your Word, as stated in 2 Corinthians 11:21: "I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.” Lord…

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2 Corinthians 11:21 - "I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also."
2 Corinthians 11:11 - "Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth."
1 Corinthians 11:21 - "For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken."
2 Corinthians 6:11 - "O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged."
2 Corinthians 2:11 - "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."
2 Corinthians 8:21 - "Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men."
2 Corinthians 11:14 - "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
2 Corinthians 11:5 - "For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles."
2 Corinthians 11:13 - "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."
2 Corinthians 1:21 - "Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;"
2 Corinthians 11:19 - "For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise."
2 Corinthians 11:29 - "Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?"
2 Corinthians 3:11 - "For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious."
2 Corinthians 11:24 - "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one."
2 Corinthians 11:27 - "In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness."
2 Corinthians 11:33 - "And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands."
2 Corinthians 11:8 - "I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service."
2 Corinthians 11:10 - "As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia."
2 Corinthians 11:17 - "That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting."
"Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth." - 2 Corinthians 11:11
2 Corinthians 11:30 - "If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities."
2 Corinthians 11:1 - "Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me."
2 Corinthians 11:32 - "In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:"
2 Corinthians 5:21 - "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
2 Corinthians 11:28 - "Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches."
2 Corinthians 11:31 - "The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not."
2 Corinthians 9:11 - "Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God."
2 Corinthians 8:11 - "Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have."
2 Corinthians 11:22 - "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I."