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Verse 14. _AND NO MARVEL_] καιουθαυμαστον. And no
wonder; it need not surprise you what the _disciples_ do, when you
consider the character of the _master_.
_SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANG...
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AND NO MARVEL - And it is not wonderful, 2 Corinthians 11:15. Since
Satan himself is capable of appearing to be an angel of light, it is
not to be deemed strange that those who are in his service also...
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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...
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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...
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THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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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...
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NO. Greek. no, as 2 Corinthians 11:4.
LIGHT. Greek. _phos._ App-130. See 2 Corinthians 2:11.Revelation 2:24....
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_And no marvel No wondre_, Wiclif, where we may remark that the older
English expression has held its ground against the French equivalent.
_Satan himself is transformed_ Cf. ch. 2 Corinthians 2:11. N...
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ΘΑΥ͂ΜΑ (אBDFGPR) rather than θαυμαστόν (D2D3KLM).
14. ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓ ΘΑΥ͂ΜΑ. See critical note. Comp. ΠΛ.
πολλοῦ γὰρ αὐτοὺς οὐχ ἑώρακά πω
χρόνου. ΧΡ. καὶ θαῦμά γʼ οὐδέν· οὐδʼ
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὁ βλέπων (Aristoph. _Pl...
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THE APOSTLE’S GLORYING ABOUT WORKING GRATUITOUSLY
With this passage 1 Corinthians 9, especially 2 Corinthians 11:12; 2
Corinthians 11:15;...
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_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...
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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...
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light.
IS TRANSFORMED - rather, 'transforms himself' (cf. ); habitually: the
first occasion was in tempting Eve. So in tempting Jesu...
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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...
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_(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...
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PARAPHRASE. 'I assure you, by the truth of Christ within me, that I
shall permit no one to interfere with the grounds of this boast in the
district of Achaia. (11) And that, too, not because I despise...
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SATAN HIMSELF.. INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT] tempting men by making evil
seem good, 'making the worse appear the better reason.'
_(C) 11:16-12:18. THE EVIDENCES OF HIS APOSTLESHIP IN SUFFERING AND
SERVICE...
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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...
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FOR SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. — The
present tense of the original excludes the thought that reference is
made to any special incident (such as the appearance of Satan among...
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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...
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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...
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καὶ οὐ θαῦμα κ. τ. λ.: _and no marvel; for even Satan
fashioneth himself into an angel of light_. Light is the symbol of God
(1 John 1:5; 1 Timothy 6:16) and His messengers (Matthew 28:3;...
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CONSTRAINED TO SILENCE BOASTERS
2 Corinthians 11:10
In vivid language, which proves how greatly he had been moved, the
Apostle contrasts the false teachers who were injuring his converts
with himself...
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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...
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VERSE 14 Satan often presents himself to man as one seeking man's
good, as he did with Eve in the garden of Eden. It should come as no
surprise that his ministers would likewise portray themselves as...
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of (k)
light.
(k) By light is meant the heavenly glory, of which the angels are
partakers....
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(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...
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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,...
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14._And no marvel _It is an argument from the greater to the less.
“If Satan, who is the basest of all beings, nay, the head and chief
of all wicked persons, transforms himself, what will his minister...
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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...
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AND NO MARVEL,.... This need not be wondered at, nor is it any new or
strange thing; nor should it be thought to be incredible that there
are such persons in being:
FOR SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED I...
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light.
Ver. 14. _Satan himself is, &c._] Satan, saith one, doth not always
appear in one and the same fashion, but hath as many differ...
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_For such are false apostles_ Whatever they may pretend to the
contrary, being destitute of that divine mission which all the true
apostles have; _deceitful workers_ Pretending to great
disinterestedn...
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AN ANGEL OF LIGHT; tries to seem like one....
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AND NO MARVEL; FOR SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANGEL OF
LIGHT....
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Paul insists upon observing this course on account of the false
teachers:...
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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...
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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...
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It is not at all to be wondered, that the emissaries of Satan
dissemble, and pretend themselves to be what they are not, for even
Satan himself, who is the prince of darkness, in order to the
deceivin...
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And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of
light....
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
Further, let those who say that philosophy took its rise from the
devil know this, that the Scripture says that "the devil is
transformed into an angel of light...
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2 Corinthians 11:14 And G2532 no G3756 wonder G2298 For G1063 Satan
G4567 himself G846 transforms G3345 (G
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‘For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning
themselves into apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for even Satan
fashions himself into an angel of light. It is no great thing
therefor...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 11:14. AND NO MARVEL; FOR SATAN FASHIONETH HIMSELF INTO
AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. His own element is darkness (2 Peter 2:4; Jude
1:6), and all his power over men lies in his power to keep them...
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AN ANGEL OF LIGHT
(αγγελον φωτος). The prince of darkness puts on the garb
of light and sets the fashion for his followers in the masquerade to
deceive the saints. "Like master like man." Cf. 2 Cori...
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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...
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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...
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EVEN SATAN! A Jewish legend said that Satan once took the form of an
_angel of light_ and joined other angels in singing praises to God;
and that Eve in the garden saw him as he "bent over the wall....
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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...
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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...
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_For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light._ He says _of
light_, because good angels, being blessed, are wont, when they show
themselves to men, to appear full of light and glory. Second...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 11:12. OCCASION.—General drift clear, particular
application difficult, from our ignorance of facts. Hard to reconcile
some of the presumed cavils and accusations; which...
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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 ...
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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,...
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2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 2:11; Galatians 1:8; Genesis 3:1;...
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Satan. See on Luke 10:18. The rabbinical writings represent the devil
rather as the enemy of man than of God or of good. They use none of
the New - Testament names for the Evil One except Satan, and c...
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Satan himself is transformed — Uses to transform himself; to put on
the fairest appearances....