George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Corinthians 11:23
They are ministers of Christ: I am more. To wit, an apostle chosen and sent by Jesus Christ, appointed in a special manner to be the apostle of the Gentiles, your apostle. (Witham)
They are ministers of Christ: I am more. To wit, an apostle chosen and sent by Jesus Christ, appointed in a special manner to be the apostle of the Gentiles, your apostle. (Witham)
Verse 23. _ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST_] So we find that these were professors of Christianity; and that they were genuine _Jews_, and such as endeavoured to incorporate _both_ systems, and, no doubt...
ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? - Though Jews by birth yet they claimed to be the ministers of the Messiah. I SPEAK AS A FOOL - As if he had said, “Bear in mind, in what I am now about to say, that he w...
2. ANSWERING HIS ADVERSARIES. HIS BOASTINGS. CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Danger Through False Teachers. (2 Corinthians 11:1)_ 2. Answering His Adversaries. (2 Corinthians 11:7) 3. His Boastings of Labors a...
COMPARISON BETWEEN PAUL AND HIS OPPONENTS (_cf._ 2 Corinthians 11:6). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination and self-imposed resolve of silence, to let his charac...
Again I say, let no one think me a fool. But, even if you do, bear with me, even if it is as a fool that you do bear with me, so that I too may boast a little. I am not saying what I am saying as if t...
THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
AS. FOOL. being beside myself. Greek. _paraphroneo._ Compare 2 Peter 2:15 (madness). MORE. Greek. _huper_ (App-104., here used adverbially). The Ellipsis of any object adds emphasis. LABOURS. Greek...
St Paul permits himself to enumerate his labours for the Gospel's sake 18. _after the flesh_ See note on _after the Lord_, and Philippians 3:4. Also note on ch. 2 Corinthians 10:3. St Paul means afte...
_Are they ministers of Christ_?] St Paul here cannot be content with the simple -so am I." These men (see ch. 2 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 1:10) claimed to be in some special sense Christ's minis...
GLORYING ABOUT HIS SERVICES AND SUFFERINGS...
22–33. Now follows the actual glorying. Several times he had begun this assertion of himself (2 Corinthians 10:7-8; 2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:7;...
ΛΑΛΩ͂ (אBKLMP) rather than λέγω (DFG, Latt. _dico_, as in 2 Corinthians 11:16; 2 Corinthians 11:21, not _loquor_, as in 2 Corinthians 11:17); and ἐν φυλακαῖς περισσοτέρως, ἐν πληγαῖ
_ QUALITIES OF THE TRUE APOSTLESHIP -- 2 CORINTHIANS 11:22-33:_ None of Paul's critics could boast of any advantage over him in a physical sense. He said, "Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Jews? So...
ΔΙΆΚΟΝΟΙ Χριστού служители Христа. _Gen._ является объектным: те, кто служит Христу, ΠΑΡΑΦΡΌΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΈΩ (G3912) быть вне себя, страдать от умственного расстройства. "Я говор...
DISCOURSE: 2041 ST. PAUL’S ZEAL ILLUSTRATED AND IMPROVED 2 Corinthians 11:23. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prison...
I AM MORE:— Or, _I am more so. In stripes above measure,_ should rather be read, _in stripes far exceeding;_ for these words, as the other particulars of this verse, should be taken comparatively, wit...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Unaccredited, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 16 I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17(What I am say...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's Labors and Sufferings Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 11:21-33. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Is...
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. (I SPEAK AS A FOOL) [ parafronoon (G3912)]...
20 Paul's patient and forbearing behavior among them was in striking contrast to the course of his detractors. They treated the Corinthians like slaves, while Paul served them like a slave. They devou...
11:23 ministers (a-3) _ Diakonos_ . see Note. 1 Corinthians 4:1 . [so]; (b-15) The word here translated 'above measure' is so used constantly by the apostle, though not indeed separated from the word...
I _am_ MORE] i.e. in a higher degree, as I can easily prove. IN DEATHS] in danger of death: cp. Acts 14:19....
PARAPHRASE. 'I confess to my shame I was far too weak, as they call it, to act in that way. But if there is to be boasting, I am a fool and can boast too. (22) Are they of the chosen race claiming Abr...
_(B) 11:1-15. DEFENCE OF HIS GOSPEL AND OF HIS INDEPENDENCE_ St. Paul says that he also will now boast a little, for he is as much an Apostle as those whom they prefer. If he refuses monetary support...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 V1 I will now write some words about myself, like those fools who recommend themselves. Be patient, and you will under...
ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? — It is obvious that this title was claimed by the rival teachers in some special sense. They were “ministers of Christ” in a nearer and a higher sense than others. This...
CHAPTER 25 FOOLISH BOASTING. 2 Corinthians 11:7 (R.V) THE connection of 2 Corinthians 11:7 with what precedes is not at once clear. The Apostle has expressed his conviction that he is in nothing inf...
διάκονοι Χρ. κ. τ. λ.: _are they Christ's ministers?_ (as they specially claimed to be; _cf._ 2 Corinthians 10:7) _I speak as one beside himself_ (_sc._, as if he would say “this is mad boasting indee...
HIS APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS....
PRE-EMINENT IN LABOR AND SUFFERING 2 Corinthians 11:22 It has been truly said that this enumeration represents a life which up to that hour had been without precedent in the history of the world. Sel...
Having thus stated the true grounds of glorying, and being about to make his boast (such action having been made necessary by the opposition), the apostle has so little love for it that he commences w...
VERSE 23 In Christianity, he was their superior. They might claim he was mad for making such a statement and he admits it. While they lived off of another man's labors (2 Corinthians 10:15-16), he exc...
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] (n) more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in (o) deaths oft. (n) Paul being honourable indeed, d...
(16) I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. (17) That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly...
illing them to overflowing, though surely not to cease in the ages to come. "Unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,...
_PAUL’S SUFFERINGS_ ‘In labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.’ 2 Corinthians 11:23 The world now knows for what principles the great Apostle of t...
23._Are they ministers of Christ? _Now when he is treating of matters truly praiseworthy, he is no longer satisfied with being on an equality with them, but exalts himself above them. For their carnal...
In Chapter 11, jealous with regard to his beloved Corinthians with a godly jealousy, he carries yet further his arguments relating to false teachers. He asks the faithful in Corinth to bear with him a...
ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST?.... The apostle could have answered to this question that they were not, being neither sent by Christ, nor preachers of him, and who sought their own things and not his,...
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I _am_ more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Ver. 23. _In labours more abundant_] Chryso...
_Are they ministers of Christ?_ “St. Paul does not compare himself with the false teachers as an apostle, but as a minister of Christ simply. And to show how much he exceeded them in that inferior cha...
ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? (I SPEAK AS A FOOL) I AM MORE; IN LABORS MORE ABUNDANT, IN STRIPES ABOVE MEASURE, IN PRISONS MORE FREQUENT, IN DEATHS OFT....
The apostle's commendation of himself:...
If it seems strange that Paul asks the Corinthians to bear with a little folly in him, yet let us still remember that it is God who inspires him to write as he does. Paul considered it folly to speak...
22-33 The apostle gives an account of his labours and sufferings; not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ; and shows...
Will they glory in this, that they are MINISTERS OF CHRIST, employed as the servants of Christ in preaching the gospel? I should not boast about this, (in that I may seem to SPEAK AS A FOOL), but I am...
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly [1 Corinthians 15:10], _in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft_. [1 Corinth...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV Wherefore also Paul rejoices for Christ's sake that he was "in labours, more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft."[193] Tertullian Scorpiace O...
2 Corinthians 11:23 they G1526 (G5748) ministers G1249 Christ G5547 speak G2980 (G5719) fool G3912 I G147
PAUL DEFENDS HIS APOSTLESHIP AND COMPARES HIMSELF WITH HIS OPPONENTS (2 CORINTHIANS 11:1). An exact determination of who the visiting preachers were who constituted the new grave threat to Paul's mini...
‘Are they servants (ministers - diakonoi) - of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labours more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.' Do th...
2 Corinthians 11:23 _._ ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? (I SPEAK AS ONE BESIDE HIMSELF) I MORE. Be it so that his opponents _are_ ministers of Christ, but at least he himself will claim to be one, and a...
AS ONE BESIDE HIMSELF (παραφρονων). Present active participle of παραφρονεω. Old verb from παραφρων (παρα, φρην), beside one's wits. Only here in N.T. Such open boasting is out of accord with Paul'...
CONTENTS: Paul's godly jealousy for Christ's cause. Warning against false teachers. Paul's enforced boasting. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan, Eve, Abraham, Aretas, governor of Damascus. CONCLUS...
2 Corinthians 11:1. _Bear with me a little in my folly;_ for I must glory a little when the advocate of self-applause. I know it is folly for a man to applaud himself; and I doubt not but you will bea...
CHRIST'S SERVANTS? They called themselves both _apostles of Christ_ and _servants of Christ_ (2 Corinthians 11:13). LIKE A MADMAN. This implies that while they think they are wise, all they really und...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:21 HEBREWS 1:1 refers to Jewish ethnicity; ISRAELITES refers to being God’s cho
CHAPTER 11 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. After declaring his love for the Corinthians, he proceeds (ver. 4) to defend his apostleship against the false apostles, pointing out that they had bestowed no...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 11:16. AGAIN.—After 2 Corinthians 11:1. “You can very well let a foolish fellow like me be in the fashion, and do a bit of boasting.” 2 Corinthians 1
AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING. EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (2 Corinthians 11:1). He is not afraid of comparisons ...
Let's turn to II Corinthians, chapter eleven. Paul's authority as an apostle has been challenged in the Corinthian church by certain Jewish teachers who had come in behind Paul, as they so often did,...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:30; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 4:1;...
Ministers of Christ Referring to his opponents' claim to have a closer connection with Christ than he had. See the note on 1 Corinthians 1:12. As a fool [π α ρ α φ ρ ο ν ω ν]. Only here in the New Tes...
I am more so than they. In deaths often — Surrounding me in the most dreadful forms....