16. I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
17. What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.
18. Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.
19. For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.