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Verse 2 Corinthians 11:9. _AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU_] The
particle και which we translate _and_, should be rendered _for_ in
this place: _For_ _when I was with you, and was in want, I was
char...
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AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU - When I was laboring in order to
build up the church in Corinth.
I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN - I was burdensome to no one; or more liter
ally,” I did not lie as a dead...
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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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WITH. Greek. _pros,_ as above.
WANTED. was in need, Greek. _hustereo,_ as in 2 Corinthians 11:5.
WAS CHARGEABLE. _distressed._ Greek. _katanarkao._ Only here and 2
Corinthians 12:13;...
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_and wanted_ Rather, WAS IN WANT. The same word is used in 2
Corinthians 11:5. See note on 1 Corinthians 1:6.
_I was chargeable to no man Greuous_, Tyndale. Our translation is
Cranmer's (though Wiclif...
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ΚΑῚ ΠΑΡῺΝ ΠΡῸΣ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΚΑῚ
ὙΣΤΕΡΗΘΕΊΣ. _And when I was with you and_ WAS REDUCED TO
WANT (Luke 15:14). He brought Macedonian supplies with him and they
were exhausted before fresh contributions from Mac...
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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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I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN:— Beza would render it, _I was not idle
at another man's expence._ The word ναρκη, (whence the original
κατεναρκησα,) implies a _benumbed inactive state,_ to which
no man se...
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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 when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no
man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from
Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from be...
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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. 'Is it a fault in your eyes that I took nothing from you
while labouring for your spiritual benefit, but gave you the gospel
gratuitously? (8) I took more than their due from others to pro...
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WANTED] RV 'was in want.' His supplies gave out. THE BRETHREN] perhaps
Silas and Timothy (Acts 18:1; Acts 18:5)....
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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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I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN. — There is no doubt that this gives
substantially the meaning of the Greek word, but the word is a very
peculiar one, and has a history which, as throwing light on the
sour...
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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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τὸ γὰρ ὑστέρημά μου κ. τ. λ. _for the brethren,
when they came from Macedonia_ (very likely Silas and Timothy; see
Acts 18:5; Philippians 4:15), _supplied the measure of my want; and in
everything I k...
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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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“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 9 He did without necessities rather than lose his influence by
accepting wages from the Corinthians. He waited until brethren came
from Macedonia, saw his need, and cared for him....
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And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no
man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from
Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from b...
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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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Observe, however, that he says that he _had been in want, _for he
would never have been a burden to them, had he not been constrained by
necessity. He, nevertheless, in the mean time, _labored with hi...
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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 WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU, AND WANTED,.... Whilst he was among
them, preaching the Gospel to them, he wanted the common necessaries
of life: and yet, says he,
I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO MAN, or "be...
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And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no
man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from
Macedonia supplied: and in all _things_ I have kept myself from b...
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_Have I committed an offence_ Will any turn this into an objection;
_in abasing myself_ Stooping to work at my trade; _that ye might be
exalted_ To the dignity of being the children of God; _because I...
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FROM BEING BURDENSOME; by receiving support from you. Although it is
the duty of a people to support their minister, and he is as justly
entitled to his living as any workman is to his wages, yet ther...
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Paul is not inferior to the "great apostles":...
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AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU AND WANTED, I WAS CHARGEABLE TO NO
MAN; FOR THAT WHICH WAS LACKING TO ME THE BRETHREN WHICH CAME FROM
MACEDONIA SUPPLIED; AND IN ALL THINGS I HAVE KEPT MYSELF FROM BEIN...
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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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The word which we translate CHARGEABLE, signifies to benumb; I
benumbed no man: or, (as others), I was not myself more benumbed in
any thing. If we take it in the first mentioned sense, it lets us see...
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and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on
any man; for the brethren [i. e., Silas and Timothy, Acts 18:5], _when
they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want;...
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2 Corinthians 11:9 And G2532 present G3918 (G5752) with G4314 you
G5209 and G2532 need G5302 (G5685) was
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‘And when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden
on any man, for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied
the measure of my want, and in everything I kept myself from...
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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 11:9. AND WHEN I WAS PRESENT WITH YOU, AND WAS IN WANT,
I WAS NOT A BURDEN ON ANY MAN, BUT THE BRETHREN FROM MACEDONIA
SUPPLIED THE MEASURE OF MY WANT. From the Macedonian brethren of
Ph...
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I WAS NOT A BURDEN TO ANY MAN
(ου κατεναρκησα ουθενος). First aorist active
indicative of καταναρκαω. Jerome calls this word one of
Paul's _cilicisms_ which he brought from Cilicia. But the word occ...
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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 DID NOT BOTHER YOU FOR HELP. Paul has already mentioned the
generosity of the Macedonian churches (2 Corinthians 8:1-2). Paul must
have been in desperate need during his initial work at Corinth, and...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:8 I ROBBED OTHER CHURCHES is
an example of hyperbole. Paul received financial help from Macedonia
to preach the gospel in Corinth....
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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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_I was chargeable to no man._ TheGreek word for chargeable is derived
from a word denoting torpor and inactivity, which are apt to be
burdensome to others. The ray-fish called torpedo derived its Gree...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 11:7. OR.—Turning to another topic. OFFENCE.—Lit.
“_Sin_.” FREELY.—_I.e. “without charge_.” Cf. Philippians
4:12.
2 Corinthians 11:8
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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 2:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 11:8; 2
Corinthians 12:13;...
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I was chargeable [κ α τ ε ν α ρ κ η σ α]. Only in this
epistle. From narkh numbnees, deadness; also a torpedo or gymnotus,
which benumbs whatever touches it. Compare Homer : "His hand grew
stiff at th...
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For — I choose to receive help from the poor Macedonians, rather
than the rich Corinthians! Were the poor in all ages more generous
than the rich?...