2 Corinthians 11:29. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is made to stumble, and I burn not? Who is there who, ‘weak in the faith,' is troubled with scruples of conscience, does not draw out my sympathy and find me ‘burning' with indignation against abusers of their Christian liberty, and thereby endangering the souls of those for whom Christ died? (see 1 Corinthians 8:7-13).
Verse 29. _WHO IS WEAK_] What Church is there under persecution, with which I do not immediately sympathize? or who, from his _weakness_ in the _faith_, and _scrupulousness_ of conscience, is likely t...
WHO IS WEAK ... - I sympathize with all. I feel where others feel, and their sorrows excite deep sympathetic emotions in my bosom. Like a tender and compassionate friend I am affected when I see other...
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...
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...
THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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...
OFFENDED. Greek. _skandalizo._ See 1 Corinthians 8:13. BURN. Greek. _puroomai_. See 1 Corinthians 7:9. Here it means, with zeal or indignation....
_Who is weak, and I am not weak_?] St Paul goes on to explain in what that care consisted. It consisted in taking upon himself the anxieties of every individual member of the flock. We may see how tru...
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...
29. Two illustrations of his all-embracing μέριμνα, each exhibiting the Apostle’s intense sympathy. Among new converts there would be many who would be weak in faith, or in judgment, or in conduct; an...
22–33. Now follows the actual glorying. Several times he had begun this assertion of himself (2 Corinthians 10:7-8; 2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:7;...
GLORYING ABOUT HIS SERVICES AND SUFFERINGS...
_ QUALITIES OF THE TRUE APOSTLESHIP -- 2 CORINTHIANS 11:22-33:_ None of Paul's critics could boast of any advantage over him in a physical sense. He said, "Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Jews? So...
ΆΣΘΕΝΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G770) быть слабым, ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΩ (G4624) сбивать с пути. Скорее всего, это значит завлекать в смертельную ловушку; _pass._ б...
DISCOURSE: 2042 CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY 2 Corinthians 11:29. _Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I burn not?_ TRULY, the testimony of a good conscience is a source of unbounded joy. Ther...
DISCOURSE: 2041 ST. PAUL’S ZEAL ILLUSTRATED AND IMPROVED 2 Corinthians 11:23. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prison...
WHO IS OFFENDED,— "So as to be led into sin by the rashness or uncharitableness of others; _and I am not fired_ — with grief and indignation, to see such dishonour brought upon religion, and with zeal...
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...
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...
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? I AM NOT WEAK - in condescending sympathy with the weak (1 Corinthians 9:22). 'Care generates sympathy, which causes the minister p...
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...
_(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...
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...
AND I AM NOT WEAK] The Apostle shares the sufferings of others by sympathy. OFFENDED] RV 'made to stumble,' i.e. led into sin. BURN] i.e. with anger....
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...
WHO IS WEAK AND I AM NOT WEAK...? — The words obviously spring from a recollection of all that was involved in that “rush” of which he had just spoken. Did any come to him with his tale of body-sickne...
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...
τίς ἀσθενεῖ κ. τ. λ.: _who is weak, sc._, in prejudice (as at Romans 14:1; 1 Corinthians 8:11), _and I am not weak, i.e._, in Christian sympathy (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:22 ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν ἀσθεν...
HIS APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS....
PRE-EMINENT IN LABOR AND SUFFERING 2 Corinthians 11:22 It has been truly said that this enumeration represents a life which up to that hour had been without precedent in the history of the world. Sel...
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 29 Paul worried about every Christian that faced hard times. He felt their weaknesses and blushed when they blushed because of falling short....
(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...
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,...
29._Who is weak. _How many there are that allow all offenses to pass by unheeded — who either despise the infirmities of brethren, or trample them under foot! This, however, arises from their having n...
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...
WHO IS WEAK, AND I AM NOT WEAK?.... What church is so? or what particular believer is so? for he had not only the care of all the churches, but of all believers upon him; whoever was weak in the faith...
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? Ver. 29. _Who is weak_] By passion. _ And I am not weak_] By compassion. _ And I burn not_] πυρουμαι, _i.e._ am exceedingly grieved....
_Besides those things that are without_ These external troubles which I have mentioned; _that which cometh upon me daily_ Greek, η επισυστασις μου η καθ ' ημεραν, _that which rusheth upon me daily_, o...
IS WEAK; needing assistance. AND I; do not sympathize with him. OFFENDED; tempted, or led into sin. I BURN NOT; with grief and indignation....
WHO IS WEAK, AND I AM NOT WEAK? WHO IS OFFENDED, AND I BURN NOT?...
A further recital of hardships and difficulties:...
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...
22-33 The apostle gives an account of his labours and sufferings; not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ; and shows...
OLBGrk; WHO, may be either, what church? Or, what particular Christian in any church? IS WEAK, asyenei, through outward afflictions, or in respect of inward spiritual troubles, AND I AM NOT WEAK, and...
Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not? [In this verse Paul shows what the care of the churches meant to him. It was an excessive drain upon his sympathies. If any we...
Cyprian Epistle XI That you bewail and grieve over the downfall of our brethren I know from myself, beloved brethren, who also bewail with you and grieve for each one, and suffer and feel what the bl...
2 Corinthians 11:29 Who G5101 weak G770 (G5719) and G2532 am G770 not G3756 weak G770 (G5719) Who...
‘Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?' For as a true servant of Christ he takes the burden of the weak Christians on himself (1 Corinthians 9:22), as he well can b...
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...
I BURN (πυρουμα). Present passive indicative of πυροω, old verb to inflame (from πυρ, fire). When a brother stumbles, Paul is set on fire with grief....
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...
WHEN SOMEONE. By this Paul shows how close he feels to each Christian!...
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 11:16. 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
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 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Corinthians 12:26; 1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Corinthians 15:36;...
Burn. With sorrow over the stumbling or with indignation over the cause. This and 1 Corinthians 7:9 are the only instances in which the word is used figuratively....
Who — So he had not only the care of the churches, but of every person therein. Is weak, and I am not weak — By sympathy, as well as by condescension. Who is offended — Hindered in, or turned out of,...
That is, "What particular church, or what particular Christian in any of the churches of Christ, is weak in faith, or wavering in their profession: Where is the person that is assaulted with inward te...