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Bear With Me

11 I wish that you would be patient with me in regard to a little foolishness—but you are already being patient with me. You see, I am jealous about you, with a godly jealousy, because I promised to present you as a pure virgin to one husband, Christ. But I am afraid that somehow, just as the serpent deceived Eve with his cunning, so also your minds might be led astray from a sincere[a] and pure devotion to Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:3 Or single-minded

Paul and the False Apostles

11 I hope you will put up with(A) me in a little foolishness.(B) Yes, please put up with me! I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband,(C) to Christ, so that I might present you(D) as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning,(E) your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

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