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2 CORINTHIANS 11:17 ku,rion {A}
In place of ku,rion (which at this place refers to Jesus), several
inattentive scribes substituted qeo,n or a;nqrwpon....
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Verse 17. _I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD_] Were it not for the
_necessity_ under which I am laid to vindicate my apostleship, my
present glorying would be inconsistent with my Christian profession of...
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THAT WHICH I SPEAK - In praise of myself.
I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD - see the note on 1 Corinthians 7:12.
The phrase here may mean either, I do not speak this by inspiration or
claiming to be insp...
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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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SPEAK. Greek. _laleo._ App-121.
AFTER. according to. Greek. _kata_, as in 2 Corinthians 11:15.
LORD. App-98.
FOOLISHLY. in (Greek. _en)_ folly (2 Corinthians 11:1).
CONFIDENCE. See...
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_not after the Lord_ i.e. (1) according to the example of the Lord;
see for similar forms of expression 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1Co 15:32; 2
Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 10:3 (in the Greek); or (2) not...
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ΟΥ̓ ΚΑΤᾺ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ ΛΑΛΩ͂. He does this on his own
responsibility and claims no inspiration for it. The expression seems
to mean ‘in accordance with the character of the Lord.’ Comp.
οὐ κατὰ Χριστόν (Colo...
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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 (G2596) с _асс._ согласно, согласно
стандартам. Павел не имеет в виду, что
его писания не богодухновенны; это
выражение значит: "в соответствии с
характером или примером Христа" (Hughes),
ΎΠΌΣΤΑ...
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THAT WHICH I SPEAK, &C.— "I do not speak according to any express
command, which Christ delivered in his personal ministry (see 1
Corinthians 7:10.): no; I own that he condemned seeking honour one of...
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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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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 au...
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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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_(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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NOT AFTER THE LORD] entirely on his own responsibility. He is very
jealous of Christ's honour....
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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 IT NOT AFTER THE LORD, BUT AS IT WERE FOOLISHLY. — Better,
_in foolishness;_ as keeping up the emphatic repetition of the same
word in the English as in the Greek. From one point of view the
d...
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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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HIS APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS....
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ὃ λαλῶ κ. τ. λ.: _what I speak, I speak not after the Lord,
i.e._, Christ (he refuses to claim Divine inspiration for his
self-glorying; _cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:25), _but as
in fooli...
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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 17 Delivering the message of Christ does not require boasting.
However, he will do it to show he had more to glory in than the false
teachers and can beat them on their own ground....
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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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17._What I speak, I speak not after the Lord _His disposition, it is
true, had an eye to God, but the outward appearance (838) might seem
unsuitable to a servant of the Lord. At the same time, the thi...
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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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THAT WHICH I SPEAK,.... Meaning in vindication and commendation of
himself, on this subject of glorying; or, as here expressed,
IN THIS CONFIDENCE OF BOASTING; for which he thought he had good
ground...
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That which I speak, I speak _it_ not after the Lord, but as it were
foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
Ver. 17. _I speak it not afterthe Lord_] Neither by his command nor
example, but permiss...
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_I say again_ He premises a new apology to this new commendation of
himself; _let no man think me a fool_ In boasting thus of myself; let
no one think I take any pleasure in doing it, or that I do it...
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NOT AFTER THE LORD; not in accordance with his usual inspired
instructions.
AS IT WERE FOOLISHLY; as may appear foolish, and would be, were it not
for the peculiarities which now call for it....
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PAUL'S BOAST OF HIS APOSTOLIC CALLING.
Paul deprecates the necessity of boasting:...
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THAT WHICH I SPEAK; I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD, BUT, AS IT WERE,
FOOLISHLY, IN THIS CONFIDENCE OF BOASTING....
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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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THAT WHICH I SPEAK, I SPEAK IT NOT AFTER THE LORD; I do not pretend to
have any special command of God, to speak what I shall now say in my
own commendation; God hath left that to our liberty, which w...
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2 Corinthians 11:17 What G3739 speak G2980 (G5719) speak G2980 (G5719)
not G3756 according G2596 Lord G29
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‘That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in
foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.'
He wants them understand the nature of his boasting, to recognise that
he is not speakin...
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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 11:16-18 . I SAY AGAIN, LET NO MAN THINK ME FOOLISH; BUT
IF YE DO SO, YET AS FOOLISH RECEIVE ME, THAT I ALSO MAY GLORY A
LITTLE, etc. He feels the conflict between what may be called
leg...
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NOT AFTER THE LORD
(ου κατα Κυριον). Not after the example of the Lord. He
had appealed to the example of Christ in 2 Corinthians 10:1 (the
meekness and gentleness of Christ). Paul's conduct here,...
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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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NOT WHAT THE LORD. Paul is not now disobeying the Lord!!! What he is
doing is to argue from a human point of view as the false apostles
have done. In doing this, he _is_ talking like a fool (which the...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:16 In his arrogance the FOOL
boasts in himself, not in the Lord (see 2 Corinthians 10:17). He is
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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 11:16. 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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1 Corinthians 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 11:18; 2
Corinthians 9:4;...
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Confidence [υ π ο σ τ α σ ε ι]. See on ch. 2 Corinthians 9:4....
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I speak not after the Lord — Not by an express command from him;
though still under the direction of his Spirit. But as it were
foolishly — In such a manner as many may think foolish....