G0877–ἀφροσύνη–aphrosunē

covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:

ἀφροσύνη· aphrosunē “foolishness;”

I wish you could have borne with a little foolish boasting on my part. Nay, do bear with me.

ἀφροσύνης· aphrosunēs “of foolishness;”

What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless boasting.

ἀφροσύνῃ, aphrosunē “foolishness,”

I use the language of self-disparagement, as though I were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever reason any one is `courageous' --I speak in mere folly--I also am courageous.

ἀφροσύνῃ aphrosunē “foolishness”