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 after verbs of fearing.Corrupted
(φθαρη). Second aorist passive subjunctive with μη πως of φθειρω, to corrupt.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
ΦΟΒΟΎΜΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΦΟΒΈΟΜΑΙ (G5399) бояться, страшиться, ΜΉ (G3361) с последующим _conj._, "чтобы никаким образом не" (RWP). ΌΦΙΣ (G3789) змея, ΈΞΗΠΆΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΞΑ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_(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...
THE SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST] i.e. the pure gospel that salvation is by faith in Christ alone....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
“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...
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 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...
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...
_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)_...
(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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE TRUE APOSTLE AND THE FALSE TEACHERS. 2 Corinthians 11:1 Paul censures the spirit which gives ear to false teaching:...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
2 Corinthians 11:3 But G1161 fear G5399 (G5736) lest G3381 somehow G4458 as G5613 serpent G3789 deceived G18
‘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...
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 11:3. 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...
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...
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...
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...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:3 See Genesis 3:1. ⇐...
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 11:1.—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.”...
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 John 2:18; 1 John 4:1; 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 2:14; 1 Timothy 4:1;
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...
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...
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...