κατά (G2596) с асс. согласно, согласно стандартам. Павел не имеет в виду, что его писания не богодухновенны; это выражение значит: "в соответствии с характером или примером Христа" (Hughes),
ύπόστασις (G671) основание, упование (см. Hebrews 11:1), с последующим описательным или атрибутивным gen. τής καυχήσεως (G2746) gen. sing. хвастливое упование (Barrett).
2 CORINTHIANS 11:17 ku,rion {A} In place of ku,rion (which at this place refers to Jesus), several inattentive scribes substituted qeo,n or a;nqrwpon....
Verse 17. _I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD_] Were it not for the _necessity_ under which I am laid to vindicate my apostleship, my present glorying would be inconsistent with my Christian profession of...
THAT WHICH I SPEAK - In praise of myself. I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD - see the note on 1 Corinthians 7:12. The phrase here may mean either, I do not speak this by inspiration or claiming to be insp...
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...
SPEAK. Greek. _laleo._ App-121. AFTER. according to. Greek. _kata_, as in 2 Corinthians 11:15. LORD. App-98. FOOLISHLY. in (Greek. _en)_ folly (2 Corinthians 11:1). CONFIDENCE. See...
_not after the Lord_ i.e. (1) according to the example of the Lord; see for similar forms of expression 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1Co 15:32; 2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 10:3 (in the Greek); or (2) not...
GLORYING ABOUT HIS SERVICES AND SUFFERINGS...
ΟΥ̓ ΚΑΤᾺ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ ΛΑΛΩ͂. He does this on his own responsibility and claims no inspiration for it. The expression seems to mean ‘in accordance with the character of the Lord.’ Comp. οὐ κατὰ Χριστόν (Colo...
16–21. Like 2 Corinthians 11:1-6, these six verses are ‘again’ introductory to the glorying which follows, apologizing for the folly of it....
_ BOASTING DONE WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE -- 2 CORINTHIANS 11:16-21:_ Paul did not want these brethren to think he was a fool. But even if they did accept him as a fool he needed to boast a little. Paul u...
THAT WHICH I SPEAK, &C.— "I do not speak according to any express command, which Christ delivered in his personal ministry (see 1 Corinthians 7:10.): no; I own that he condemned seeking honour one of...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 11:16-21 a. I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if ye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little. 17 That which I speak, I...
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...
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. NOT AFTER THE LORD. By inspired guidance he excepts this 'glorying' from the inspired au...
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...
NOT AFTER THE LORD] entirely on his own responsibility. He is very jealous of Christ's honour....
_(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...
I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD, BUT AS IT WERE FOOLISHLY. — Better, _in foolishness;_ as keeping up the emphatic repetition of the same word in the English as in the Greek. From one point of view the d...
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...
HIS APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS....
ὃ λαλῶ κ. τ. λ.: _what I speak, I speak not after the Lord, i.e._, Christ (he refuses to claim Divine inspiration for his self-glorying; _cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:25), _but as in fooli...
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...
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 17 Delivering the message of Christ does not require boasting. However, he will do it to show he had more to glory in than the false teachers and can beat them on their own ground....
(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,...
17._What I speak, I speak not after the Lord _His disposition, it is true, had an eye to God, but the outward appearance (838) might seem unsuitable to a servant of the Lord. At the same time, the thi...
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...
THAT WHICH I SPEAK,.... Meaning in vindication and commendation of himself, on this subject of glorying; or, as here expressed, IN THIS CONFIDENCE OF BOASTING; for which he thought he had good ground...
That which I speak, I speak _it_ not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Ver. 17. _I speak it not afterthe Lord_] Neither by his command nor example, but permiss...
_I say again_ He premises a new apology to this new commendation of himself; _let no man think me a fool_ In boasting thus of myself; let no one think I take any pleasure in doing it, or that I do it...
NOT AFTER THE LORD; not in accordance with his usual inspired instructions. AS IT WERE FOOLISHLY; as may appear foolish, and would be, were it not for the peculiarities which now call for it....
THAT WHICH I SPEAK; I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD, BUT, AS IT WERE, FOOLISHLY, IN THIS CONFIDENCE OF BOASTING....
PAUL'S BOAST OF HIS APOSTOLIC CALLING. Paul deprecates the necessity of boasting:...
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...
16-21 It is the duty and practice of Christians to humble themselves, in obedience to the command and example of the Lord; yet prudence must direct in what it is needful to do things which we may do...
THAT WHICH I SPEAK, I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD; I do not pretend to have any special command of God, to speak what I shall now say in my own commendation; God hath left that to our liberty, which w...
That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying. [Let no man think that I am foolish enough to boast wittingly of my own accord, but if any one do...
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‘That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.' He wants them understand the nature of his boasting, to recognise that he is not speakin...
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 11:16-18 . I SAY AGAIN, LET NO MAN THINK ME FOOLISH; BUT IF YE DO SO, YET AS FOOLISH RECEIVE ME, THAT I ALSO MAY GLORY A LITTLE, etc. He feels the conflict between what may be called leg...
NOT AFTER THE LORD (ου κατα Κυριον). Not after the example of the Lord. He had appealed to the example of Christ in 2 Corinthians 10:1 (the meekness and gentleness of Christ). Paul's conduct here,...
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...
NOT WHAT THE LORD. Paul is not now disobeying the Lord!!! What he is doing is to argue from a human point of view as the false apostles have done. In doing this, he _is_ talking like a fool (which the...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:16 In his arrogance the FOOL boasts in himself, not in the Lord (see 2 Corinthians 10:17). He is
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 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 11:18; 2 Corinthians 9:4;...
Confidence [υ π ο σ τ α σ ε ι]. See on ch. 2 Corinthians 9:4....
I speak not after the Lord — Not by an express command from him; though still under the direction of his Spirit. But as it were foolishly — In such a manner as many may think foolish....