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Verse 2 Corinthians 11:6. _BUT THOUGH_ I BE _RUDE IN SPEECH_]
ιδιωτης τω λογω Though I speak like a _common unlettered
man_, in plain unadorned phrase, studying none of the graces of
eloquence; yet I...
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BUT THOUGH I BE RUDE IN SPEECH - see the note, 2 Corinthians 10:10.
The word rendered “rude” here (ἰδιώτης idiōtēs)
means properly a private citizen, in opposition to one in a public
station; then...
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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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THOUGH. even if. App-118.
RUDE. Greek. idiotes. See Acts 4:13.
SPEECH. Greek. _logos._ App-121.
KNOWLEDGE. Greek. _gnosis._ App-132.
THROUGHLY. in (Greek. _en)_ every way.
MADE MANIFEST. Greek. _...
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_But though I be rude in speech_ The word (see note on 1 Corinthians
14:16, and cf. Acts 4:13; 1Co 1:17; 1 Corinthians 2:1; 1Co 2:4;...
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ΦΑΝΕΡΏΣΑΝΤΕΣ (אBFG 17) rather than
φανερώσαντες ἑαυτούς (M 108, Goth.), or
φανερωθέντες (א3D3KLP), or φανερωθείς (D, d f
am.).
6. ΕἸ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ἸΔΙΏΤΗΣ ΤΩ͂Ι ΛΌΓΩΙ. Comp. 2
Corinthians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 4...
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5, 6. These verses lead up to the περιαυτολογία and
καύχησις which is coming. The γάρ connects them with what
precedes: ‘Of course this is not acting καλῶς, _for_ &c.’...
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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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_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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ΕΊ ΔΕ ΚΑΊ но даже если,
ΙΔΙΏΤΗΣ (G2399) частное лицо, в отличие от
занимающего должность или
обладающего какими-л. навыками и
знаниями, непрофессионал (TDNT; Barrett; RWP;
TLNT). Это слово сопровожда...
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RUDE IN SPEECH,— The word ιδιωτης, rendered _rude,_
frequently signifies _a private man;_ one who can speak no better than
the generality of his neighbours, being unformed by the rules of
eloquence. B...
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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 though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
RUDE, [ idiootees (G2399)] - 'a common man:' 'a laic;' not
rhetorically train...
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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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11:6 simple (f-6) As 'uninstructed,' Acts 4:13 . you. (g-25) Or
'before you.'...
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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. 'And my fear is not without reason, for you are certainly
very favourably inclined towards those who bring quite a different
gospel from that which I preached. (5) But if you tolerate them...
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RUDE IN SPEECH] Evidently a stock charge of his enemies: cp. 2
Corinthians 10:10....
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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 THOUGH I BE RUDE IN SPEECH. — The word for “rude” is the
same as that translated as “unlearned” in 1 Corinthians 14:23.
This, then, had also been said of him by some at Corinth. It might
seem at f...
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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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εἰ δὲ καὶ ἰδιώτης τῷ λόγῳ κ. τ. λ.: _but
even if I be rude in speech_ (see on 2 Corinthians 10:10;
ἰδιώτης is a “layman,” who is without professional
training), _yet am I not in knowledge, sc._, of di...
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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 6 Paul admits he was not a great orator, but he was great in
knowledge and made it plain and understandable in his speaking....
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(3) But though [I be] (f) rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we
have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
(3) He refutes the slanders of those boastful and proud men. I grant,...
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Though I be rude in speech, (as St. Jerome also thought) in my
expressions in the Greek tongue, yet not in knowledge, the chief or
only thing to be regarded. Nay, St. Paul's adversaries acknowledged
t...
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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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6._But though I am rude _There was one thing (814) in which he might
appear, at first view, to be inferior — that he was devoid of
eloquence. This judgment, (815) therefore, he anticipates and
correct...
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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 THOUGH I BE RUDE IN SPEECH,.... Which might be objected to him,
setting himself upon a level with men so famous for their diction, and
elegance of style; and to this he answers, not by owning he w...
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But though _I be_ rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have
been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
Ver. 6. _But though I be rude in speech_] Gr. an idiot, a plain,
downright, h...
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_For if he that cometh_ After me, with such extraordinary pretences;
_preach another Jesus_ Can point out to you another Saviour; _whom we
have not preached_ Who shall better or equally deserve your a...
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BUT THOUGH I BE RUDE IN SPEECH; as my enemies object to me, chap 2
Corinthians 10:10.
THOROUGHLY MADE MANIFEST; he had given them abundant evidence of his
character as an apostle....
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Paul is not inferior to the "great apostles":...
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BUT THOUGH I BE RUDE IN SPEECH, YET NOT IN KNOWLEDGE; BUT WE HAVE BEEN
THOROUGHLY MADE MANIFEST AMONG YOU IN ALL THINGS....
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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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BUT THOUGH I BE RUDE IN SPEECH; admit (saith the apostle) that I be no
orator, speaking to you in high language, or in a neat style and
phrase; either having no faculty that way, or, if I have, yet ch...
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But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in
every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things. [Paul
admits that one criticism of him was true. He did indeed pay littl...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
Wherefore also he proceeds to add, "And if I am rude in speech, yet I
am not in knowledge."[311]
Origen Commentary on John Book IV
The Apostles are not unawar...
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2 Corinthians 11:6 Even G1161 though G1499 untrained G2399 speech
G3056 yet G235 not G3756 knowledge G1108 But...
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‘But if it be that I am rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge;
no, in every way have we made this openly clear to you in all things.'
His opponents are accusing him of not preaching like a trained...
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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 11:6. BUT THOUGH. _BE _ RUDE IN SPEECH. Probably his
detractors, pandering to that tinsel rhetoric which he disclaimed,
talked of his want of polish, and no doubt those profound truths w...
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RUDE
A simple person in speech....
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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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AN AMATEUR IN SPEAKING. Paul was not a gifted orator, as these men
must have been. Yet he has _true knowledge,_ and is in no way inferior
to anyone! He has made this clear by his teaching and, by the...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:5 SUPER-APOSTLES. This is
probably a sarcastic description of the false apostles troubling the
Corinthian church (see vv....
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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 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1
Corinthians 2:1;...
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Rude [ι δ ι ω τ η ς]. See on 1 Corinthians 14:16.
Have been made manifest [φ α ν ε ρ ω θ ε ν τ ε ς]. The
correct reading is fanerwsantev, active voice, we have made it
manifest....
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If I am unskilful in speech — If I speak in a plain, unadorned way,
like an unlearned person. So the Greek word properly signifies....