Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. WOULD TO GOD - Greek, 'I would that.' BEAR WITH ME - I may not unreasonably ask to be borne with: not so the false apostles. (2 Corinthians 11:4; 2 Corinthians 11:20). MY. So 'Aleph (') G f g, Vulgate. B Delta... [ Continue Reading ]
For 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 to Christ. FOR I AM JEALOUS. The justification of his self-commendations, his zealous care lest they fall from Christ, to whom he, as "the friend of the bridegroom" (J... [ Continue Reading ]
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 inconsistent with love. He feared their yielding character. SUBTILTY - the foe of the "simplicity" which... [ Continue Reading ]
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 bear with him. IF ... - if it were possible, ye might then bear with them (see note, 2 Corinthians 1... [ Continue Reading ]
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. FOR - my elaim is superior to that of the false teachers. "For," etc. So 'Aleph (') Delta G f g, Vulgate. But B reads 'But.' I SUPPOSE - I reckon [ logizomai (G3049)]. I WAS NOT - Greek, 'that I have not been, and am not.' TH... [ Continue Reading ]
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 trained. 1 Corinthians 2:1; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 10:10, shows his words were not without wei... [ Continue Reading ]
Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? HAVE I - literally, 'OR have I?' 'Or will you make it an objection that I have preached to you gratuitously?' He leaves their good feeling to answer, that this, so far... [ Continue Reading ]
I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. I ROBBED - i:e., took from them, in order to spare you the cost of my maintenance while preaching to you, e.g., the Philippian church (Philippians 4:15). WAGES `subsidy ' WAGES - `subsidy.' TO DO YOU SERVICE - Greek, 'with a v... [ Continue Reading ]
And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. AND WANTED - `though in want.' CHARGEABLE,... [ Continue Reading ]
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. Greek, 'There is (the) truth of Christ in me that,' etc. (Romans 9:1). NO MAN SHALL STOP ME OF, [ ou (G3756) frageesetai (G5420)] - 'this boasting shall not be shut (have its mouth stopped) as regar... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. Love is often offended at its favours not being accepted, as though the other party wished to be under no obligation to the offerer.... [ Continue Reading ]
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. I WILL DO - I will continue to decline help. OCCASION, [ teen (G3588) aformeen (G874)] - 'the handle,' namely, of misrepresenting my motives, which... [ Continue Reading ]
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. FOR. Reason why he needs to cut off "occasion" from his detractors. FALSE APOSTLES. Those 'overmuch apostles' (note, ) are no apostles at all. DECEITFUL WORKERS - pretending to be 'workmen' f... [ Continue Reading ]
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. IS TRANSFORMED - rather, 'transforms himself' (cf. ); habitually: the first occasion was in tempting Eve. So in tempting Jesus. "Himself" is emphatic: If their master himself, the 'prince of darkness,' the most alien to ligh... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. NO GREAT THING - no difficult matter. RIGHTEOUSNESS - answering to "light" (); the manifestation wherewith God reveals Himself in Christ (; ). E... [ Continue Reading ]
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. I SAY AGAIN - again, taken up from 2 Corinthians 11:1, the apology for his boasting. IF OTHERWISE - but if ye will think me a fool. YET AS A FOOL - `yet even as a feel receive me... [ Continue Reading ]
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. NOT AFTER THE LORD. By inspired guidance he excepts this 'glorying' from the inspired authoritativeness which belongs to all else that he wrote: even this boasting, though undesirable in... [ Continue Reading ]
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. MANY - including the 'false teachers.' AFTER THE FLESH - as fleshly men boast; namely, of external advantages, their birth, doings, etc. (cf. ), contrasted with "after the Lord" (). I WILL GLORY ALSO - i:e., I also will boast of fles... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. GLADLY - willingly. Irony. It is a mark of the wise to bear with fools. A plea why they should "bear with" (the same Greek, ) him in his folly - i:e., boasting: ye are, in sooth,... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. FOR - ye may well "bear with" fools; for ye even "bear with" oppressors. 'Ye bear with them.' IF A MAN - as the false apostles do. BRING YOU INTO... [ Continue Reading ]
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.' I speak as though the allegation were true, that [ legoo (G3004) hoos (G5613) hoti (G3754)] WE 'were... [ Continue Reading ]
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. HEBREWS ... ISRAELITES ... THE SEED OF ABRAHAM. A climax, - "Hebrews" referring to the language and nationality; "Israelites," to the theocracy and descent from Israel, the 'prince who prevailed with G... [ Continue Reading ]
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. (I SPEAK AS A FOOL) [ parafronoon (G3912)] - 'I speak as if beside myself:' mad, not merely "as a fool." I AM MORE - namely, in respect to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. ordained that not more than forty stripes should be inflicted. To avoid exceeding this number, they gave one short of it-thirteen strokes with a treble lash. This is one of those minute agreements with Jewish usage which a forger would ha... [ Continue Reading ]
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; The beating by Roman magistrates at Philippi () is the only one recorded in Acts, which does not give a complete biography, but only a sketch of his life in connection with th... [ Continue Reading ]
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; IN - rather 'By:' connected with 2 Corinthians 11:23, but now not... [ Continue Reading ]
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. FASTINGS - voluntary, to kindle devotions (Acts 13:2; Acts 14:23; 1 Corinthians 9:27); for they are distinguished from "hunger and thirst" which were involuntary. See, however, note,... [ Continue Reading ]
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. WITHOUT. 'Beside' trials externally, there is "that which cometh upon me [literally, the impetuous concourse to me of business; episustasis: so f g, Vulgate, a crowd rising up against one again a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 personally to enter into the feelings of all his people, as if he stood in their position' (Calvin).... [ Continue Reading ]
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. GLORY OF ... INFIRMITIES. A striking contrast! Glorying in, not power, riches, eloquence, but what others make matter of shame-namely, infirmities; for instance, his humbling escape in a basket (), imprisonment, et... [ Continue Reading ]
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. This solemn reseveration refers to what precedes, and also what follows, including the revelation, 2 Corinthians 12:1, which is in beautiful contrast with the preceding infirmities. The persecution... [ Continue Reading ]
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: GOVERNOR - Greek, 'Ethnarch'-a commandant to whom pagan rulers gave authority over the numerous Jews in large cities. He was in this case under Aretas, king of Arabia. Damascu... [ Continue Reading ]