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2 CORINTHIANS 11:3 avpo. th/j a`plo,thtoj @kai. th/j a`gno,thtoj# {C}
In this set of variant readings the external evidence and the
transcriptional probabilities are susceptible of quite diverse
inte...
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Verse 2 Corinthians 11:3. _AS THE SERPENT BEGUILED EVE THROUGH HIS
SUBTILTY_] This is a strong reflection on the false apostle and his
teaching: he was _subtle_, πανουργος and by his subtlety
(πανουρ...
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BUT I FEAR - Paul had just compared the church to a virgin, soon to be
presented as a bride to the Redeemer. The mention of this seems to
have suggested to him the fact that the first woman was deceiv...
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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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Would that you would bear with me in a little foolishness--but I know
that you do bear with me. I am jealous for you with the jealousy of
God, for I betrothed you to one husband, I wished to present a...
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THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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LEST BY ANY MEANS. Greek. _me pos._
BEGUILED. deceived. Greek. _exapatao._ See Romans 7:11.
THROUGH. in. Greek. _en._ App-104.
SUBTILTY. craftiness. Greek. _panourgia._ See Luke 20:23
MINDS. Greek....
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_as the serpent beguiled Eve_ The Church, as a second Eve, is espoused
to Christ, the new Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45). She must beware lest,
like Eve, she listen to the voice of the same tempter, who e...
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ΦΘΑΡΗ͂Ι (אBDFGP, d g r Copt. Arm. Goth.) rather than οὔτω
φθαρῇ (D2D3KLM, f Vulg. Syrr. Aeth.): the variant φθαρει
(KLP) may be ignored. It is not easy to decide as to the genuineness
of καὶ τῆς ἁγνότ...
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1–6. These verses are introductory, apologizing for the folly of
glorying, to which a godly zeal on their behalf impels him. At the
beginning, middle, and end of this section he calls attention to the...
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_PAUL CONTINUED HIS SELF-DEFENSE -- 2 CORINTHIANS 11:1-4:_ Paul's
concern for the Corinthians was tremendous. Therefore, he desired that
they would bear with him as he explained and defended his apost...
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DISCOURSE: 2040
GODLY JEALOUSY THE DUTY OF MINISTERS
2 Corinthians 11:2. _I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I
have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste
virgin...
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LEST BY ANY MEANS, &C.— Or, _Lest by some means or other,_ &c. As
the success of the serpent against Eve lay in false pretences and
insinuations, so the success of the false apostles was owing to
dece...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Unarticulative (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with
me! 2I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to...
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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through
his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity
that is in Christ.
I FEAR (2 Corinthians 12:20) - not inconsi...
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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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11:3 simplicity (e-23) 'Simplicity' here refers, not to a personal
trait, but to the doctrine as to Christ; what a faithful heart
retained in simplicity, as taught in the truth. To say 'which [is] in...
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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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THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST] i.e. the pure gospel that salvation
is by faith in Christ alone....
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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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BUT I FEAR, LEST BY ANY MEANS, AS THE SERPENT... — An allusive
reference to the history of Genesis 3, which meets us again in 1
Timothy 3:13. St. Paul either takes for granted that the disciples at
Co...
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CHAPTER 24
GODLY JEALOUSY.
2 Corinthians 11:1 (R.V)
ALL through the tenth chapter there is a conflict in the Apostle's
mind. He is repeatedly, as it were, on the verge of doing something,
from which...
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φοβοῦμαι δὲ μή πως κ. τ. λ.: _but I fear lest by
any means, as “the serpent beguiled” Eve in his craftiness_ (in
Genesis 3:1 the serpent is called φρονιμώτατος, but St.
Paul changes the word to indica...
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HE BEGS THEM TO BEAR WITH HIM IF HE STATES HIS CLAIMS AT LENGTH; IT IS
NECESSARY TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THEIR READINESS TO ACCEPT NOVEL
TEACHING....
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“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...
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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 3 The apostle to the Gentiles was also worried that they would
be drawn away from the truth by false teachers promising attractive
rewards, as Satan had drawn away Eve. They had the pure truth a...
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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be (c) corrupted from the simplicity
that is in (d) Christ.
(c) This passage is to be noted again...
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_So your minds shall be corrupted by those false teachers, from the
simplicity in Christ, from the sincerity and purity of the gospel
doctrine. (Witham)_...
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(1) Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and
indeed bear with me. (2) For I am jealous over you with godly
jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present
you...
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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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_CHRISTIAN SIMPLICITY_
‘The simplicity that is in Christ.’
2 Corinthians 11:3
I propose to consider the text under four heads. Simplicity in
doctrine, leading to simplicity in motive, followed by s...
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3._But I fear _He begins to explain, what is the nature of that
_virginity _of which he has made mention — our cleaving to Christ
alone, sincerely, with our whole heart. God, indeed, everywhere
requir...
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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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BUT I FEAR LEST BY ANY MEANS,.... Jealousy is always attended with
fear, care, and solicitude, whether in things natural or spiritual.
The apostle, as things were in this church, could not but express...
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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that
is in Christ.
Ver. 3. _But I fear_] Jealousy is made up of...
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_But I fear_ Love is full of these fears; _lest by any means_ By some
means or other; _as the serpent_ A most apposite comparison; _deceived
Eve_ Simple, ignorant of ill; _by his subtlety_ Which is in...
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HIS SUBTLETY; GENESIS 3:1-5.
YOUR MINDS SHOULD BE CORRUPTED; by false teachers.
FROM THE SIMPLICITY; so as to depart from the simplicity. The
simplicity that is in Christ is their simple-hearted dev...
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THE TRUE APOSTLE AND THE FALSE TEACHERS. 2 Corinthians 11:1
Paul censures the spirit which gives ear to false teaching:...
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BUT I FEAR LEST BY ANY MEANS, AS THE SERPENT BEGUILED EVE THROUGH HIS
SUBTLETY, SO YOUR MINDS SHOULD BE CORRUPTED FROM THE SIMPLICITY THAT
IS IN CHRIST....
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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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1-4 The apostle desired to preserve the Corinthians from being
corrupted by the false apostles. There is but one Jesus, one Spirit,
and one gospel, to be preached to them, and received by them; and wh...
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In all jealousy there is a mixture of love and fear: the apostle's
love to this church, together with his earnest desire to present them
in the day of judgment unto Christ pure and uncorrupted, caused...
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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his
craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the
purity that is toward Christ....
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
sponsa et Ecclesia; quam castam esse oportet, et ab iis quae strut
intus, cogitationibus, quae sunt contrariae veritati; et ab iis, qui
tentant extrinsecus, ho...
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2 Corinthians 11:3 But G1161 fear G5399 (G5736) lest G3381 somehow
G4458 as G5613 serpent G3789 deceived G18
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‘But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his
craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the
purity that is toward Christ.'
But he admits that he is afraid...
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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 11:3. BUT I FEAR, LEST BY ANY MEANS, AS THE SERPENT
BEGUILED EVE IN HIS CRAFTINESS, YOUR MINDS SHOULD BE CORRUPTED FROM
THE SIMPLICITY (the single-mindedness) THAT IS TOWARD CHRIST. The...
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THE SERPENT BEGUILED EVE
(ο οφις εξηπατησεν Hευαν). Paul's only mention of
the serpent in Eden. The compound εξαπαταω means to deceive
completely.LEST BY ANY MEANS
(μη πως). Common conjunction af...
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2 Corinthians 11:3
I. There is simplicity in Christ, as the Lord our righteousness, as
the Servant of the Father, as the Substitute, Surety, and Saviour of
the guilty.
II. As in His own finished work...
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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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I AM AFRAID. "I am afraid, that as the snake deceived Eve and led her
into sin (_Gen. ch 3),_ so your minds will be corrupted by false
arguments and you will abandon your full and pure devotion to Chr...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:3 See Genesis 3:1.
⇐...
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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 11:1.—Small change of rendering, “_a bit of
foolishness_,” because of small variation of reading. “For, on my
own principle (2 Corinthians 10:18), _it is_ foolishness.”...
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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 John 2:18; 1 John 4:1; 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 2:14; 1 Timothy 4:1;
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The serpent. Paul's only allusion to the story of the serpent in Eden.
Eve. In accordance with the representation of the Church as the bride.
Simplicity that is in Christ. Rev. adds, and the purity, f...
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But I fear — Love is full of these fears. Lest as the serpent — A
most apposite comparison. Deceived Eve — Simple, ignorant of evil.
By his subtilty — Which is in the highest degree dangerous to such...
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Our apostle having in the foregoing verses, with. rhetorical
insinuation, begged their pardon and their patience, whilst by. just
and necessary commendation of himself, he vindicated his person and
of...