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2 CORINTHIANS 11:21 hvsqenh,kamen {B}
The Committee considered the witnesses that support the perfect tense
to be of greater weight than those that support the aorist tense.
After hvsqenh,samen, a fe...
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Verse 21. _I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH_] Dr. Whitby thus
paraphrases this verse: "That which I said of _smiting you upon the_
_face, I speak as concerning_ the _reproach_ they cast upon you as
pro...
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I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH - I speak of disgrace. That is, says
Rosenmuller, “I speak of your disgrace, or, as others prefer it, of
the disgrace of the false apostles.” Doddridge regards it as a
q...
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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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THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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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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AS CONCERNING. according to, or by way of. Greek. _kata_, as in
verses: 2 Corinthians 11:15; 2 Corinthians 11:17.
REPROACH. shame. Greek. _atimia_. See Romans 1:26.
THOUGH
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_I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak_
Literally, AFTER reproach (or dishonour, see ch. 2 Corinthians 6:8,
and see note on 2 Corinthians 11:17), "to my reproach" (Stanley), or
pe...
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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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ἨΣΘΕΝΉΚΑΜΕΝ (אB 80) rather than ἠσθενήσαμεν
(DFGKLMP).
21. ΚΑΤᾺ�, ὩΣ ὍΤΙ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ἨΣΘΕΝΉΚΑΜΕΝ.
See critical note. _By way of_ DISHONOUR (2 Corinthians 6:8) _I speak,
as though we_ HAVE _been weak_. This...
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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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ΚΑΤΆ άτιμίαν (G2596; G819) к стыду. Здесь
Павел говорит с иронией (RWP). ώς ΌΤ
подобно этому; то есть "подобно тому,
что говорили эти люди" (Hughes),
ΉΣΘΕΝΉΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G19)
бы...
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I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH,— _Do I speak this by way of
dishonour, as if we ourselves were weak? Surely, in whatsoever any one
else may be confident,_ (_I speak it in folly_) _I also am confident....
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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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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Paul's Labors and Sufferings
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 11:21-33. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in
foolishness), I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they
Is...
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I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
AS CONCERNING REPROACH - rather, 'by way of self-disparagement.'...
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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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AS CONCERNING REPROACH] RV 'by way of disparagement.' 'I admit to my
own shame that I was incapable of acting as such an one.' The words
are, of course, ironical....
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PARAPHRASE. 'I confess to my shame I was far too weak, as they call
it, to act in that way. But if there is to be boasting, I am a fool
and can boast too. (22) Are they of the chosen race claiming Abr...
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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 SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH, AS THOUGH WE HAD BEEN WEAK. —
Better, _I speak it as a matter of reproach to myself, as though we
were weak._ The irony becomes more intense than ever. He has named
the...
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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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κατὰ ἀτιμίαν λέγω κ. τ. λ.: _by way of
disparagement, sc._, humbly of myself, _I say that we, i.e._, I
myself, ἡμεῖς being ironically emphasised, _have been weak,
i.e._, I have not attempted to enforc...
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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 21 Paul had spoken to them in meekness while in Corinth which
had been misunderstood to be weakness. Now, Paul will show the
boasters his superiority; but it will all be wasted since he was
call...
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I speak as concerning (l) reproach, as though we had been (m) weak.
Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly), I am bold
also.
(l) As if he said, "In respect of that reproach which they...
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I speak according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part.
The interpreters are divided on this verse; the sense seems to be, I
speak what others took upon as dishonourable in us, that we ha...
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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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21._Nay, in whatsoever. _Paul had asked, why the Corinthians showed
more respect to others than to him, while he had not been by any means
weak, that is, contemptible. He now confirms this, because, i...
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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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I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH,.... These words may be considered
either as explanative of the latter part of the former verse, "if a
man smite you on the face"; that is not to be understood strictly...
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I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
Ver. 21. _As though we had been weak_] _i.e._ Worthless and
spiritl...
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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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I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH; or, I speak by way of dishonor, as if
admitting the truth of the reproaches cast upon me by my enemies.
This, however, he does not admit, as he proceeds to show.
ANY I...
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The apostle's commendation of himself:...
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I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH, AS THOUGH WE HAD BEEN WEAK. HOWBEIT,
WHEREINSOEVER ANY IS BOLD, (I SPEAK FOOLISHLY,) I AM BOLD ALSO....
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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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I speak as to those reproaches they cast on me, who am by them
represented to you as though I were weak and contemptible; as indeed I
am, as to my person, but not as to my doctrine, and the miracles I...
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I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet
whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
[You encourage me to talk foolishly, for it pleaseth you to indulge...
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2 Corinthians 11:21 shame G2596 G819 say G3004 (G5719) that G5613
G3754 we G2249 weak G770 ...
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‘I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet in
whatever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.'
By saying this he is disparaging them for bearing with fools who ar...
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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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BY WAY OF DISPARAGEMENT
(κατα ατιμιαν). Intense irony. Cf. 2 Corinthians 6:8.AS
THOUGH
(ως οτ). Presented as the charge of another. "They more than
tolerate those who trample on them while they cr...
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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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WE WERE TOO TIMID! "What a shame! I was too timid to treat you like
that!" JUST AS DARING. He now boasts on their own level....
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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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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:21 HEBREWS 1:1 refers to
Jewish ethnicity; ISRAELITES refers to being God’s cho
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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 speak as concerning reproach._ This belongs to the preceding. The
"smiting on the face" spoken of is here explained to be mental, not
physical consisting in the ignominy and revilings cast, as it w...
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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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2 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 10:2; 2
Corinthians 11:17;...
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As concerning reproach [κ α τ α α τ ι μ ι α ν]. Better,
Rev., by way of disparagement. Intensely ironical. Yes, you have borne
with these enslavers and devourers and smiters. I could never ask you
to...
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I speak with regard to reproach, as though we had been weak — I say,
"Bear with me," even on supposition that the weakness be real which
they reproach me with....