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Let no man think me foolish (mē tis me doxēi aphrona einai). Usual construction in a negative prohibition with mē and the aorist subjunctive doxēi (Robertson, Grammar, p. 933).
But if ye do (ei de mē ge). Literally, “But if not at least (or otherwise),” that is, If you do think me foolish.
Yet as foolish (kan hōs aphrona). “Even if as foolish.” Paul feels compelled to boast of his career and work as an apostle of Christ after the terrible picture just drawn of the Judaizers. He feels greatly embarrassed in doing it. Some men can do it with complete composure (sang froid).