Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V
, the head] is, then, a sign of most princely rule; and otherwise we have heard it said, "The Head of Christ is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."[89]
Verse 31. _THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD_] Here is a very solemn _asseveration_; an _appeal_ to the _ever blessed God_ for the truth of what he asserts. It is something similar to his _asseveration_...
THE GOD AND FATHER ... - Paul was accustomed to make solemn appeals to God for the truth of what he said, especially when it was likely to be called in question; see 2 Corinthians 11:10; compare Roman...
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...
THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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...
FATHER. App-98. LORD. App-98. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. but the texts omit "Christ". BLESSED. Greek. _eulogetos_. See 2 Corinthians 1:3. FOR EVERMORE. App-161....
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...
_The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_ St Paul is now about to give a remarkable proof of the truth of what he has just said, and one which he confirms by a solemn asseveration (cf. ch. 2 Corin...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ (אBFGKL, g am. Pesh. Goth.) rather than τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν (DMP, d f Vulg. Copt. Arm. Aeth.); and ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ (אBFG 17, 31, 37, 118, g am. Pesh. Arm. Goth.) rather than Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (DKLMP, d f V...
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;...
GLORYING ABOUT HIS SERVICES AND SUFFERINGS...
_ 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...
ΟΊΔΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ ών _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть. Subst. part. подчеркивает длительность, ΕΎΛΟΓΗΤΌΣ (G2128) благословенный (_см....
THE GOD AND FATHER, &C.— _God, even the Father,_ &c. There should only be a colon at the end of the verse; this solemn asseveration being introduced to give credit, not to what precedes, but to what f...
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...
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. This solemn reseveration refers to what precedes, and also what follows, including the revelation...
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'If, however, I must boast in self-defence, I shall boast about my weakness and helplessness; for I shall thus make it plain what Christ has done by means of such a feeble servant. (31) An...
_(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...
THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. — The solemn attestation was, we may believe, a natural introduction to what was possibly intended, as the words passed from his lips, to be the beginning...
CHAPTER 26 STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS. 2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 12:1 (R.V) THE difficulties of exposition in this passage are partly connected with its form, partly with its substance: it will...
ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ κ. τ. λ.: _the God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed for evermore_ (see on 2 Corinthians 1:3, and for ὁ ὤν as applied to God, “the self-existent one,” _cf._ Exodus 3:14, Wi...
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 31 Any doubt concerning the truthfulness of Paul's statements about his weakness should now be laid aside by this great call of God as his witness....
(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,...
31._The God and Father _As he was about to relate a singular feat, (870) which, at the same time, was not well known, he confirms it by making use of an oath. Observe, however, what is the form of a p...
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...
THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,.... These words are in the form of an oath, and are a solemn appeal to God, that knows all things, for the truth of the whole that he had declared in the f...
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. Ver. 31. _Which is blessed for ever_] And therefore to be blessed, as he that is the Father of our...
_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...
The labors, sacrifices, and trials of faithful ministers are all known to God; and it is a great consolation when they are able in sincerity to appeal to him for the truth of their declarations, the b...
THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHICH IS BLESSED FOREVERMORE, KNOWETH THAT I LIE NOT....
A further recital of hardships and difficulties:...
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...
Whether this phrase be the form of an oath, or a mere assertion of God's knowledge of the heart, is a point not worth the arguing. If we look upon it in the former notion, it is no profane oath, becau...
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not. [This solemn asseveration is not to be restricted to the statements contained in the next two verses, but a...
2 Corinthians 11:31 God G2316 and G2532 Father G3962 our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 who G3
‘The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore, knows that I lie not.' And in order to ensure that they recognise his genuineness he calls on God to be his witness. The One Who...
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 11:31. THE GOD AND FATHER OF THE LORD JESUS [1] KNOWETH THAT I LIE NOT. [1] Such is the true reading....
I AM NOT LYING (ου ψευδομα). The list seems so absurd and foolish that Paul takes solemn oath about it (cf. 2 Corinthians 1:23). For the doxology see Romans 1:25; Romans 9:5....
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...
THE GOD AND FATHER. Paul affirms the truth of all these things he has just said, and says God knows he is speaking the truth!!!...
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 11:31.—Grammar makes certain that the ejaculated benediction belongs to the Father. HE WHO IS.—The emphatic Greek recalls the Greek equivalent for JEHOVAH. Look at the _...
_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 Peter 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Timothy 1:17;...
Blessed, etc. See on Romans 9:5, and compare Romans 1:25....
Observe here, How the apostle, in. most awful and solemn manner, appeals to the all-knowing and heart-searching God, that the foregoing account of his sufferings for Christ and his gospel was the exac...