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Verse 2 Corinthians 11:2. _I AM JEALOUS OVER YOU_, c.] The apostle
evidently alludes either to the שושבינים _shoshabinim_ or
_paranymphs_ among the Hebrews, whose office is largely explained in
the n...
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FOR I AM JEALOUS OVER YOU - This verse expresses the reason why he was
disposed to speak of his attainments, and of what he had done. It was
because he loved them, and because he feared that they were...
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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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A TENDER APPEAL TO THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE. This appeal may sound like
foolish sentiment. Let them bear with him. _Indeed_ he is sure that
they do. What has happened under Paul's guidance and inspiratio...
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Would that you would bear with me in a little foolishness--but I know
that you do bear with me. I am jealous for you with the jealousy of
God, for I betrothed you to one husband, I wished to present a...
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THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
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JEALOUS. Gr _. zeloo_ See Acts 7:9,
GODLY. of God. App-98. It means. great jealousy. Compare Acts 7:20.
JEALOUSY. Greek. _zelos._ See Acts 5:17,
HAVE. Omit.
ESPOUSED. Greek. _harmoza._ Only
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_with godly jealousy_ Literally, WITH A JEALOUSY OF GOD, i.e. either
(1) which comes from Him, or (2) which is pleasing in His sight, or
(3) as Chrysostom, with the jealousy with which God is jealous,...
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1–6. These verses are introductory, apologizing for the folly of
glorying, to which a godly zeal on their behalf impels him. At the
beginning, middle, and end of this section he calls attention to the...
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ΖΗΛΩ͂ ΓᾺΡ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΖΉΛΩΙ. This explains
the second half of 2 Corinthians 11:1 : because his feeling for them
is of so lofty a character, he is sure that they will not refuse him
toleration, however...
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_PAUL CONTINUED HIS SELF-DEFENSE -- 2 CORINTHIANS 11:1-4:_ Paul's
concern for the Corinthians was tremendous. Therefore, he desired that
they would bear with him as he explained and defended his apost...
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DISCOURSE: 2040
GODLY JEALOUSY THE DUTY OF MINISTERS
2 Corinthians 11:2. _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...
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THAT I MAY PRESENT YOU AS A CHASTE VIRGIN— This is greatly
illustrated by recollecting, that there was an officer among the
Greeks, whose business it was to educate and form young women,
especially th...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Unarticulative (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with
me! 2I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to...
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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-commendat...
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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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GODLY JEALOUSY] lit. 'the jealousy of God.' I HAVE ESPOUSED YOU] cp.
Ephesians 5:25; 2 John 1:1; 2 John 1:13; Revelation 19:7;...
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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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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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FOR I AM JEALOUS OVER YOU... — The word is used with the same sense
as in the nearly contemporary passage of Galatians 4:17, and the whole
passage may be paraphrased thus: “I court your favour with a...
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CHAPTER 24
GODLY JEALOUSY.
2 Corinthians 11:1 (R.V)
ALL through the tenth chapter there is a conflict in the Apostle's
mind. He is repeatedly, as it were, on the verge of doing something,
from which...
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ζηλῶ γὰρ ὑμᾶς κ. τ. λ.: _for I am jealous over you
with a godly jealousy_ (_cf._ Zechariah 1:14, and for Θεοῦ
ζήλῳ _cf._ Acts 22:3; Romans 10:2; this “jealousy” of St.
Paul is on behalf of God); for I...
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HE BEGS THEM TO BEAR WITH HIM IF HE STATES HIS CLAIMS AT LENGTH; IT IS
NECESSARY TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THEIR READINESS TO ACCEPT NOVEL
TEACHING....
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“A GODLY JEALOUSY”
2 Corinthians 11:1
As the Bridegroom's friend, Paul was eager to bring the Corinthian
church to the Bridegroom of souls. But false teachers disturbed the
purity and simplicity of t...
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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 2 Paul was not jealous because of a selfish desire for gain.
Rather, he wanted them to be faithful to God. Also, he says that he
arranged an engagement for the Corinthian church with Christ. The...
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For I am jealous over you with (a) godly jealousy: for I have espoused
you to one husband, that I may (b) present [you as] a chaste virgin to
Christ.
(a) He speaks as one who woos them, but yet as on...
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With the jealousy of God, or that came from God: it may also signify a
great, or godly jealousy. --- To present you, that is, the Church of
Corinth, a chaste virgin to Christ, as the whole Catholic Ch...
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(1) Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and
indeed bear with me. (2) For I am jealous over you with godly
jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present
you...
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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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2._For I am jealous _Mark why it is that he acts the fool, for
_jealousy _hurries a man as it were headlong. “Do not demand that I
should show the equable temper (796) of a man that is at ease, and no...
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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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FOR I AM JEALOUS OVER YOU WITH GODLY JEALOUSY,.... He lets them know
it was not so much on his own account, or at all with any selfish
views, or for any secular interest of his own, that he was so
con...
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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.
Ver. 2. _For I am jealous_] _q.d._ My dear love to you pu...
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WITH GODLY JEALOUSY; I am exceedingly anxious for your good.
ESPOUSED YOU TO ONE HUSBAND; he had been the means of uniting them to
Christ....
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THE TRUE APOSTLE AND THE FALSE TEACHERS. 2 Corinthians 11:1
Paul censures the spirit which gives ear to false teaching:...
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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....
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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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1-4 The apostle desired to preserve the Corinthians from being
corrupted by the false apostles. There is but one Jesus, one Spirit,
and one gospel, to be preached to them, and received by them; and wh...
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Jealousy is a passion in a person which makes him impatient of any
rival or partner in the thing or person beloved. The apostle tells
them, that he was _jealous over them, _ and thereby lets them know...
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For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to
one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ....
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
Directly in point is the instance of the apostle, who says, writing
the Corinthians: "For I have espoused you to one man, that I may
present you as a chast...
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2 Corinthians 11:2 For G1063 jealous G2206 (G5719) you G5209 godly
G2316 jealousy G2205 For G1063 betrothed G
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‘For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, for I espoused you
to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.'
He stresses that he is concerned for them like a father for h...
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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 11:2. FOR I AM JEALOUS OVER YOU WITH A GODLY JEALOUSY:
FOR I BETROTHED YOU TO ONE HUSBAND, THAT I MIGHT PRESENT YOU AS A PURE
VIRGIN TO CHRIST. The apostle here speaks, like the Baptist,...
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WITH A GODLY JEALOUSY
(θεου ζηλω). Instrumental case of ζηλος. With a jealousy
of God.I ESPOUSED
(ηρμοσαμην). First aorist middle indicative of αρμοζω,
old verb to join, to fit together (from αρμ...
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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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JUST AS GOD IS. Paul feels the same jealousy which God feels (Exodus
20:5) because in converting them to Christ he had promised them in
marriage to _one man only,_ that is, to Christ. Compare Revelati...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:2 As their “father” in
the faith (see 1 Corinthians 4:15;...
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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 11:1.—Small change of rendering, “_a bit of
foolishness_,” because of small variation of reading. “For, on my
own principle (2 Corinthians 10:18), _it is_ foolishness.”...
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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 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:11; Colossians 1:28; Ephesians
5:27;...
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I am jealous [ζ η λ ω]. The translation is correct. The word is
appropriate to the image which follows, in which Paul represents
himself as the marriage - friend who has betrothed the bride to the
bri...
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For — The cause of his seeming folly is expressed in this and the
following verse; the cause why they should bear with him, 2
Corinthians 11:4....