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Verse 20. _FOR YE SUFFER_] As you are so _meek_ and _gentle_ as to
submit to be brought into _bondage_, to have your property _devoured_,
your goods _taken_ away, yourselves laid in the dust, so that...
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FOR YE SUFFER ... - You bear patiently with people who impose on you
in every way, and who are constantly defrauding you, though you
profess to be so wise, and you may bear with me a little, though I...
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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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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...
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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...
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THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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BRING. INTO BONDAGE. enslave. Greek. _katadouloo._ Only here and
Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:4. Compare App-190.
DEVOUR. Greek. _katesthio._ Elsewhere, Matthew 23:14.
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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...
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_For ye suffer (susteynen_, Wiclif). "This may be understood in three
ways. (1) He may be understood as reproving the Corinthians
ironically, because of their inability to bear with anything, or (2)
a...
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ἈΝΈΧΕΣΘΕ ΓΆΡ. ‘Am I not right in saying that in your
sublime wisdom you can be serenely tolerant of folly? _For_ you put up
with what is a great deal more intolerable than folly. You put up with
tyran...
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GLORYING ABOUT HIS SERVICES AND SUFFERINGS...
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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....
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_ 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...
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IF A MAN BRING YOU INTO BONDAGE, &C.— This is spoken ironically, to
express their bearing with the insolence and covetousness of their
false apostle. The _bondage_ here meant was subjection to the wil...
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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...
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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...
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For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you,
if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on
the face.
FOR - ye may well "bear with" fools; for ye even...
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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...
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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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IF A MAN] i.e. any of his Jewish opponents. BRING YOU INTO BONDAGE] to
the Ceremonial Law: cp. Galatians 2:4. DEVOUR] make money out of you:
cp. Mark 12:40; Luke 22:47.
TAKE _of you_] RV 'taketh you c...
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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 YE SUFFER, IF A MAN BRING YOU INTO BONDAGE. — Every word in the
sentence clearly points to something that Titus had told him of the
action of these rival teachers. They reproduced, in their worst...
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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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ἀνέχεσθε γὰρ κ. τ. λ.: _for ye bear with a man if he_
(we cannot press τις so as to point to any special individual;
_cf._ 2 Corinthians 10:7) _enslave you_ (in contrast to any such
tyranny, St. Paul...
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HIS APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS....
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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 20 They had been patient with the false teachers while they
placed themselves in bondage to false authority and doctrine. They had
paid the high wage demands. They had even stooped to the positi...
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(8) For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour
[you], if a man take [of you], if a man exalt himself, if a man smite
you on the face.
(8) Before he comes to the matter, he talks...
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St. Paul still continues to speak ironically, that they will permit
him to praise himself in his own justification, since they have
permitted these false teachers to reduce them to bondage under the
l...
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(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...
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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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20._For ye bear with it, if any one. _There are _three _ways in which
this may be understood. He may be understood as reproving the
Corinthians in _irony, _because they could not endure any thing, as...
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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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FOR YE SUFFER IF A MAN BRING YOU INTO BONDAGE,.... They not only
suffered and tolerated the foolish boasting of these men with
pleasure, but patiently and stupidly bore their oppressions, injuries,
an...
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For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour _you_,
if a man take _of you_, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on
the face.
Ver. 20. _For ye suffer, if, &c._] As the Popish...
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_Seeing that many glory after the flesh_ In circumcision, Jewish
extraction, and other outward privileges and qualifications; _I will
glory also_ In the same manner; nor can my seeming folly offend yo...
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FOR YE SUFFER; that is, ye endure patiently. He now adduces the proof
that they suffer fools gladly.
BRING YOU INTO BONDAGE; by usurping dominion over you.
DEVOUR YOU; devour your property.
TAKE OF...
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PAUL'S BOAST OF HIS APOSTOLIC CALLING.
Paul deprecates the necessity of boasting:...
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FOR YE SUFFER, IF A MAN BRING YOU INTO BONDAGE, IF A MAN DEVOUR YOU,
IF A MAN TAKE OF YOU, IF A MAN EXALT HIMSELF, IF A MAN SMITE YOU ON
THE FACE.
The apostle has now sufficiently characterized the na...
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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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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...
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If any domineer over you, as if you were their slaves, or if any bring
you into subjection to the rites of the ceremonial law; if they DEVOUR
and make a prey of you, take wages of you, and do nothing...
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For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he
devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he
smiteth you on the face....
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Tertullian On Modesty
Is he not even then "smiting some one's face,"[145]...
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2 Corinthians 11:20 For G1063 with G430 (G5736) one G1536 brings G2615
you G5209 bondage G2615 (G5719)
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‘For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves. For
you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you,
if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he smites you...
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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 11:20. FOR YE BEAR WITH A MAN IF, etc. The five things
here said to be borne with are clearly just the things which the
Corinthians had suffered those deceitful workers to do against
him...
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FOR YE BEAR WITH A MAN
(ανεχεσθε γαρ). " You tolerate tyranny, extortion,
craftiness, arrogance, violence, and insult" (Plummer). Sarcasm that
cut to the bone. Note the verb with each of the five c...
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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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YOU TOLERATE ANYONE. "You certainly have great patience! You tolerate
these false apostles when they take your money to support themselves
in luxury, and you tolerate them when they give you a _hard t...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:20 STRIKES YOU IN THE FACE. A
reference to the Jewish opponents insulting the Gentile Corinthians,
probably by literally striking them (see...
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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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_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
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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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1 Thessalonians 2:5; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Galatians 2:4; Galatians
4:25;...
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Bringeth you into bondage [κ α τ α δ ο υ λ ο ι]. Only here
and Galatians 2:4, where it is used of the efforts of the Jewish party
to bring the christian Church under the ceremonial law. Compare
Galati...
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For ye suffer — Not only the folly, but the gross abuses, of those
false apostles. If a man enslave you — Lord it over you in the most
arbitrary manner. If he devour you — By his exorbitant demands; n...