Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Corinthians 11:9
For — I choose to receive help from the poor Macedonians, rather than the rich Corinthians! Were the poor in all ages more generous than the rich?
For — I choose to receive help from the poor Macedonians, rather than the rich Corinthians! Were the poor in all ages more generous than the rich?
Verse 2 Corinthians 11:9. _AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU_] The particle και which we translate _and_, should be rendered _for_ in this place: _For_ _when I was with you, and was in want, I was char...
AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU - When I was laboring in order to build up the church in Corinth. I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN - I was burdensome to no one; or more liter ally,” I did not lie as a dead...
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...
A TENDER APPEAL TO THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE. This appeal may sound like foolish sentiment. Let them bear with him. _Indeed_ he is sure that they do. What has happened under Paul's guidance and inspiratio...
THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you should be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you for nothing? I plundered other Churches and took pay from them in order to render se...
WITH. Greek. _pros,_ as above. WANTED. was in need, Greek. _hustereo,_ as in 2 Corinthians 11:5. WAS CHARGEABLE. _distressed._ Greek. _katanarkao._ Only here and 2 Corinthians 12:13;...
_and wanted_ Rather, WAS IN WANT. The same word is used in 2 Corinthians 11:5. See note on 1 Corinthians 1:6. _I was chargeable to no man Greuous_, Tyndale. Our translation is Cranmer's (though Wiclif...
ΚΑῚ ΠΑΡῺΝ ΠΡῸΣ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΚΑῚ ὙΣΤΕΡΗΘΕΊΣ. _And when I was with you and_ WAS REDUCED TO WANT (Luke 15:14). He brought Macedonian supplies with him and they were exhausted before fresh contributions from Mac...
THE APOSTLE’S GLORYING ABOUT WORKING GRATUITOUSLY With this passage 1 Corinthians 9, especially 2 Corinthians 11:12; 2 Corinthians 11:15;...
_FALSE APOSTLES AND DECEITFUL WORKERS -- 2 CORINTHIANS 11:5-15:_ There was no way in which Paul was inferior to these false apostles. In fact he was not a whit behind the chiefest apostles. His speech...
ΠΑΡΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΕΊΜΙ (G3918) присутствовать. Temp. _part._ выражает одновременность, ΎΣΤΕΡΗΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part._ (G5302) недоставать, ΚΑΤΕΝΆΡΚΗΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΡΚΆΩ (G2...
I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN:— Beza would render it, _I was not idle at another man's expence._ The word ναρκη, (whence the original κατεναρκησα,) implies a _benumbed inactive state,_ to which no man se...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Unassertative (2 Corinthians 11:7-15) 7 Did I commit a sin in abasing myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God's gospel without cost to you? 8I robbe...
And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from be...
11 Even forbearance and gentleness have their limits. The apostle makes it clear that. when he came to them again he would act quite as severely as he wrote in dealing with those who still opposed him...
_(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. 'Is it a fault in your eyes that I took nothing from you while labouring for your spiritual benefit, but gave you the gospel gratuitously? (8) I took more than their due from others to pro...
WANTED] RV 'was in want.' His supplies gave out. THE BRETHREN] perhaps Silas and Timothy (Acts 18:1; Acts 18:5)....
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...
I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN. — There is no doubt that this gives substantially the meaning of the Greek word, but the word is a very peculiar one, and has a history which, as throwing light on the sour...
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...
τὸ γὰρ ὑστέρημά μου κ. τ. λ. _for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia_ (very likely Silas and Timothy; see Acts 18:5; Philippians 4:15), _supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I k...
HE IS NOT INFERIOR TO HIS ADVERSARIES ALTHOUGH (_a_) HE IS NOT A TRAINED ORATOR (2 Corinthians 11:6), AND ALTHOUGH (_b_) HE DID NOT CLAIM MAINTENANCE FROM THE CHURCH (2 Corinthians 11:7). THIS WAS NOT...
“A GODLY JEALOUSY” 2 Corinthians 11:1 As the Bridegroom's friend, Paul was eager to bring the Corinthian church to the Bridegroom of souls. But false teachers disturbed the purity and simplicity of t...
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 9 He did without necessities rather than lose his influence by accepting wages from the Corinthians. He waited until brethren came from Macedonia, saw his need, and cared for him....
And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from b...
(11) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well...
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,...
Observe, however, that he says that he _had been in want, _for he would never have been a burden to them, had he not been constrained by necessity. He, nevertheless, in the mean time, _labored with hi...
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...
AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU, AND WANTED,.... Whilst he was among them, preaching the Gospel to them, he wanted the common necessaries of life: and yet, says he, I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN, or "be...
And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all _things_ I have kept myself from b...
_Have I committed an offence_ Will any turn this into an objection; _in abasing myself_ Stooping to work at my trade; _that ye might be exalted_ To the dignity of being the children of God; _because I...
FROM BEING BURDENSOME; by receiving support from you. Although it is the duty of a people to support their minister, and he is as justly entitled to his living as any workman is to his wages, yet ther...
Paul is not inferior to the "great apostles":...
AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU AND WANTED, I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN; FOR THAT WHICH WAS LACKING TO ME THE BRETHREN WHICH CAME FROM MACEDONIA SUPPLIED; AND IN ALL THINGS I HAVE KEPT MYSELF FROM BEIN...
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...
5-15 It is far better to be plain in speech, yet walking openly and consistently with the gospel, than to be admired by thousands, and be lifted up in pride, so as to disgrace the gospel by evil temp...
The word which we translate CHARGEABLE, signifies to benumb; I benumbed no man: or, (as others), I was not myself more benumbed in any thing. If we take it in the first mentioned sense, it lets us see...
and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren [i. e., Silas and Timothy, Acts 18:5], _when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want;...
2 Corinthians 11:9 And G2532 present G3918 (G5752) with G4314 you G5209 and G2532 need G5302 (G5685) was
‘And when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man, for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want, and in everything I kept myself from...
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 11:9. AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU, AND WAS IN WANT, I WAS NOT A BURDEN ON ANY MAN, BUT THE BRETHREN FROM MACEDONIA SUPPLIED THE MEASURE OF MY WANT. From the Macedonian brethren of Ph...
I WAS NOT A BURDEN TO ANY MAN (ου κατεναρκησα ουθενος). First aorist active indicative of καταναρκαω. Jerome calls this word one of Paul's _cilicisms_ which he brought from Cilicia. But the word occ...
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...
I DID NOT BOTHER YOU FOR HELP. Paul has already mentioned the generosity of the Macedonian churches (2 Corinthians 8:1-2). Paul must have been in desperate need during his initial work at Corinth, and...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:8 I ROBBED OTHER CHURCHES is an example of hyperbole. Paul received financial help from Macedonia to preach the gospel in Corinth....
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:9 Paul refused to accept money from the Corinthians because he had to distinguish his ministry from that of the false apostles. They labored in Corinth out of gr...
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...
_I was chargeable to no man._ TheGreek word for chargeable is derived from a word denoting torpor and inactivity, which are apt to be burdensome to others. The ray-fish called torpedo derived its Gree...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 11:7. OR.—Turning to another topic. OFFENCE.—Lit. “_Sin_.” FREELY.—_I.e. “without charge_.” Cf. Philippians 4:12. 2 Corinthians 11:8
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 Thessalonians 2:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 11:8; 2 Corinthians 12:13;...
I was chargeable [κ α τ ε ν α ρ κ η σ α]. Only in this epistle. From narkh numbnees, deadness; also a torpedo or gymnotus, which benumbs whatever touches it. Compare Homer : "His hand grew stiff at th...