16. I tell you again: No one should think that I am a fool. But if you think I am a fool, then accept me as you would accept a fool. Then I can boast a little too.
17. But I am not talking the way the Lord would talk. I am boasting like a fool.
18. Others are boasting about their lives in the world. So I will boast too.
19. You are wise, so you will gladly be patient with fools!