Beside the things which are from without — Which I suffer on the account of others; namely, the care of all the churches — A more modest expression than if he had said, the care of the whole church. All — Even those I have not seen in the flesh. St. Peter himself could not have said this in so strong a sense.
Verse 28. _BESIDE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT_] Independently of all these outward things, I have innumerable troubles and mental oppressions. _WHICH COMETH UPON ME_] Ἡ επισυατασις· _This continua...
BESIDES THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT - In addition to these external trials, these trials pertaining to the body, I have mental trials and anxieties resulting from the necessary care of all the churc...
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)...
BESIDE. Apart from. THOSE... ARE. the things. WITHOUT. Greek _parektos._ Compare Acts 26:29. THAT WHICH... ME. Literally my crowd. Greek. _epieustasis_. Only here and Acts 24:12. DAILY. Greek. _kat...
_Besides those things that are without_ The six principal English versions interpret this expression (1) of _external_trials, of which the Apostle has hitherto been speaking "the thynges which out war...
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...
ἘΠΊΣΤΑΣΙΣ (אBDFG) rather than ἐπισύστασις (KLMP); and μοι rather than μου (א3DKLMP). 28. ΧΩΡῚΣ ΤΩ͂Ν ΠΑΡΕΚΤΌΣ. _Beside those things that are without: Praeter illa, quae extrinsecus sunt_. But can τὰ πα...
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;...
24–28. We have, in rough order, three groups; 1. the details of being ἐν θανάτοις πολλάκις (2 Corinthians 11:24-25); 2. the details of being ὁδοιπορίαις πολλάκις (2 Corinthians 11:26); 3. a variety of...
_ 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...
ΧΩΡΊΣ (G5565) помимо, кроме, ΠΑΡΕΚΤΌΣ (G3924) внешний; то есть внешние страдания, или же может иметь значение: "помимо этого еще вещи, которые я не упомянул" (Hughes), ΈΠΊΣΤΑΣΙΣ (G1989) давление, ст...
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...
BESIDE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT,— _Beside foreign affairs, the care of all the churches is rushing in upon me every day._ Doddridge. Others would read, _besides what is exclusive of these things,...
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...
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. WITHOUT. 'Beside' trials externally, there is "that which cometh upon me [literally, the impetuo...
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...
11:28 burden (e-16) 'Burden' here means any solicitude or anxiety, but 'care' misleads, because it conveys the idea of taking care of, which is not the sense. Same word as 'anxious care,' Matthew 13:2...
_(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...
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...
BESIDE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT] i.e. besides these exceptional troubles, there is the daily anxiety for the Churches. Or, as others suggest, 'besides all the rest which I do not mention.'...
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...
THAT WHICH COMETH UPON ME DAILY... — The word so translated primarily signifies a “rush” or “tumult,” and is so used in Acts 24:12. Here that meaning is excluded by the fact that perils of that nature...
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...
χωρὶς τῶν παρ. κ. τ. λ.: _besides the things which I omit_ (see reff., and _cf._ Hebrews 11:32; the A.V. “those things that are without” = vulg. _quae sunt extrinsecus_, is wrong), _there is that whic...
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 28 Not only did he suffer physically, he also worried about the churches and wrongs he was called upon to right within them....
(9) Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. (9) He further adds this in conclusion, that the Corinthians should be ashamed to despise him...
_My daily instance. The labours that come in, and press upon me every day. (Challoner)_...
(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,...
28._Besides those things that are without _“_Besides those things, _” says he, “which come upon me from all sides, and are as it were extraordinary, what estimate must be formed of that ordinary burde...
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...
BESIDES THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT,.... Or are omitted, which he had passed by, and had not mentioned in the account and enumeration of things he had given; for otherwise the things he had taken no...
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Ver. 28. _That which cometh, &c._] _Quasi agmine facto, et repetitis vicibus, _ His care came upon...
_Besides those things that are without_ These external troubles which I have mentioned; _that which cometh upon me daily_ Greek, η επισυστασις μου η καθ ' ημεραν, _that which rusheth upon me daily_, o...
BESIDES THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT; or, besides other things, some of which he proceeds to name....
The apostle's commendation of himself:...
BESIDE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT, THAT WHICH COMETH UPON ME DAILY, THE CARE OF ALL THE CHURCHES. Powerful irony and forceful reproach are contained in the first words of this section; for he truly...
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...
By the _things that are without, _ the apostle meaneth either those evils which happened to him from persons that had nto relation to the Christian church, but were persons _without, _ (as the phrase...
Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches. [Besides the things which I have already mentioned--trials which come from external cir...
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‘Besides those things that are without (or ‘that I have left out'), there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the churches.' And there were other difficulties too, but he could not incl...
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...
2 Corinthians 11:28. BESIDES THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT over and above all such external things, THERE IS THAT WHICH COMETH UPON ME DAILY, ANXIETY FOR ALL THE CHURCHES of which see note at close of...
BESIDES THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITHOUT (χωρις των παρεκτος). Probably, "apart from those things beside these just mentioned." Surely no man ever found glory in such a peck of troubles as Paul has he...
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...
MY CONCERN. As an apostle, Paul had a great concern for _all_ the churches, not just Corinth. Compare 2 Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Corinthians 7:5....
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:28 ANXIETY FOR ALL THE CHURCHES. See 2 Corinthians 2:12....
_Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily._ The weight of business that daily presses upon me. The Greek word here used denotes, says Budæus, to collect a band, to call to...
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,...
2 Corinthians 11:23; Acts 15:36; Acts 15:40; Acts 15:41; Acts 18:23
Those things that are without [τ ω ν π α ρ ε κ τ ο ς]. Some explain, external calamities; others, the things which are left out in the enumeration, as Matthew 5:32; Acts 26:29. Better, the latter, so...
The apostle's burden of outward troubles was discovered before: His burden of inward care is declared now. Besides, those things which were afflicting to him from without, the care and business of all...