1 WYC I wolde that ye wolden suffre a litil thing of myn vnwisdom, but also supporte ye me. BSB BSB: I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
3 WYC But Y drede, lest as the serpent disseyuede Eue with his sutil fraude, so youre wittis ben corrupt, and fallen doun fro the symplenesse that is in Crist. BSB BSB: I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
4 WYC For if he that cometh, prechith anothir Crist, whom we precheden not, or if ye taken another spirit, whom ye token not, or another gospel, which ye resseyueden not, riytli ye schulden suffre. BSB BSB: For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.
5 WYC For Y wene that Y haue don no thing lesse than the grete apostlis. BSB BSB: I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
6 WYC For thouy Y be vnlerud in word, but not in kunnyng. For in alle thingis Y am open to you. BSB BSB: Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
7 WYC Or whether Y haue don synne, mekynge my silf, that ye be enhaunsid, for freli Y prechide to you the gospel of God? BSB BSB: Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
8 WYC Y made nakid othere chirchis, and Y took sowde to youre seruyce. BSB BSB: I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
9 WYC And whanne Y was among you, and hadde nede, Y was chargeouse to no man; for britheren that camen fro Macedonye, fulfilliden that that failide to me. And in alle thingis Y haue kept, and schal kepe me with outen charge to you. BSB BSB: And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
10 WYC The treuthe of Crist is in me; for this glorie schal not be brokun in me in the cuntreis of Acaie. BSB BSB: As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
11 WYC Whi? for Y loue not you? BSB BSB: Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
12 WYC God woot. For that that Y do, and that Y schal do, is that Y kitte awei the occasioun of hem that wolen occasioun, that in the thing, in which thei glorien, thei be foundun as we. BSB BSB: But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
13 WYC For siche false apostlis ben trecherouse werk men, and transfiguren hem in to apostlis of Crist. BSB BSB: For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
14 WYC And no wondur, for Sathanas hym silf transfigurith hym in to an aungel of light. BSB BSB: And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15 WYC Therfor it is not greet, if hise mynystris ben transfigurid as the mynystris of riytwisnesse, whos ende schal be aftir her werkis. BSB BSB: It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
16 WYC Eft Y seie, lest ony man gesse me to be vnwise; ellis take ye me as vnwise, that also Y haue glorie a litil what. BSB BSB: I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
17 WYC That that Y speke, Y speke not aftir God, but as in vnwisdom, in this substaunce of glorie. BSB BSB: In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
18 WYC For many men glorien aftir the fleisch, and Y schal glorie. BSB BSB: Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
19 WYC For ye suffren gladli vnwise men, whanne ye silf ben wise. BSB BSB: For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.
20 WYC For ye susteynen, if ony man dryueth you in to seruage, if ony man deuourith, if ony man takith, if ony man is enhaunsid, if ony man smytith you on the face. BSB BSB: In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
21 WYC Bi vnnoblei Y seie, as if we weren sike in this parti. In what thing ony man dar, in vnwisdom Y seie, and Y dar. BSB BSB: To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
22 WYC Thei ben Ebrewis, and Y; thei ben Israelitis, and Y; thei ben the seed of Abraham, and Y; BSB BSB: Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 WYC thei ben the mynystris of Crist, and Y. As lesse wise Y seie, Y more; in ful many trauelis, in prisouns more plenteuousli, in woundis aboue maner, in deethis ofte tymes. BSB BSB: Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
24 WYC Y resseyuede of the Jewis fyue sithis fourti strokis oon lesse; BSB BSB: Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
25 WYC thries Y was betun with yerdis, onys Y was stonyd, thries Y was at shipbreche, a nyyt and a dai Y was in the depnesse of the see; BSB BSB: Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
26 WYC in weies ofte, in perelis of floodis, in perelis of theues, in perelis of kyn, in perelis of hethene men, in perelis in citee, in perelis in desert, in perelis in the see, in perelis among false britheren, in trauel and nedynesse, BSB BSB: In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
27 WYC in many wakyngis, in hungur, in thirst, in many fastyngis, in coold and nakidnesse. BSB BSB: in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
28 WYC Withouten tho thingis that ben withoutforth, myn ech daies trauelyng is the bisynesse of alle chirchis. BSB BSB: Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29 WYC Who is sijk, and Y am not sijk? who is sclaundrid, and Y am not brent? BSB BSB: Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
30 WYC If it bihoueth to glorie, Y schal glorie in tho thingis that ben of myn infirmyte. BSB BSB: If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31 WYC God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is blessid in to worldis, woot that Y lie not. BSB BSB: The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
32 WYC The preuost of Damask, of the kyng of the folk Arethe, kepte the citee of Damascenes to take me; BSB BSB: In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
33 WYC and bi a wyndow in a leep Y was latun doun bi the wal, and so Y ascapide hise hondis. BSB BSB: But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.