2 Corinthians 11:12

I will do. Will continue to do; refuse to receive pay.

Cut off [ε κ κ ο ψ ω]. Lit., cut out. See on Luke 13:7, and compare Romans 11:24.

Occasion [τ η ν α φ ο ρ μ η ν]. The force of the article must be carefully noted; the particular occasion of fault - finding which concerned his pecuniary relations with the Corinthians. His refusal to receive pay cut out from among other causes of complaint this one.

They may be found even as we. I can find no satisfactory explanation of this clause, and will not attempt to add to the hopeless muddle of the commentators. It is evident that the false teachers had sought occasion for glorifying themselves in comparison with Paul; that they consequently caught eagerly at every pretext for disparaging him; and that this disparagement was in some way connected with Paul's refusal to receive compensation from the Corinthians. Further, that Paul's way of counteracting their attempts was by persisting in this refusal. The intimation in the last clause is apparently to the effect that by this course he will not only remove the occasion for attack, but that the result will show both his opponents and himself in their true light. Compare find and be found, ch. 12 20.