11:17a In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would,

(Good News Translation) Of course what I am saying now is not what the Lord would have me say; in this matter of boasting

In this matter of boasting, I talk not as the Lord would talk,
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Regarding the things that I will boast about ⌊myself⌋, I do not follow the manner in which the Lord ⌊Jesus⌋ talked.

11:17b but as a fool.

(Good News Translation) I am really talking like a fool.

but like a fool.
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But instead, I will speak as a fool ⌊speaks⌋.

11:17a–b (reordered)

In this topic/issue of boasting, I am speaking as a fool, not as the Lord ⌊Jesus⌋ would speak.
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Regarding this discussion about boasting, I speak as a fool, and not as the Lord ⌊Jesus⌋ would speak.

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