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Verse 23. _ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST_] So we find that these were
professors of Christianity; and that they were genuine _Jews_, and
such as endeavoured to incorporate _both_ systems, and, no doubt...
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ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? - Though Jews by birth yet they claimed
to be the ministers of the Messiah.
I SPEAK AS A FOOL - As if he had said, “Bear in mind, in what I am
now about to say, that he w...
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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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AS. FOOL. being beside myself. Greek. _paraphroneo._ Compare 2 Peter
2:15 (madness).
MORE. Greek. _huper_ (App-104., here used adverbially). The Ellipsis
of any object adds emphasis.
LABOURS. Greek...
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_Are they ministers of Christ_?] St Paul here cannot be content with
the simple -so am I." These men (see ch. 2 Corinthians 10:7; 1
Corinthians 1:10) claimed to be in some special sense Christ's
minis...
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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...
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ΛΑΛΩ͂ (אBKLMP) rather than λέγω (DFG, Latt. _dico_, as in 2
Corinthians 11:16; 2 Corinthians 11:21, not _loquor_, as in 2
Corinthians 11:17); and ἐν φυλακαῖς
περισσοτέρως, ἐν πληγαῖ
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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;...
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GLORYING ABOUT HIS SERVICES AND SUFFERINGS...
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_ 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...
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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...
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I AM MORE:— Or, _I am more so. In stripes above measure,_ should
rather be read, _in stripes far exceeding;_ for these words, as the
other particulars of this verse, should be taken comparatively, wit...
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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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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...
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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)]...
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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...
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11:23 ministers (a-3) _ Diakonos_ . see Note. 1 Corinthians 4:1 .
[so]; (b-15) The word here translated 'above measure' is so used
constantly by the apostle, though not indeed separated from the word...
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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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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...
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I _am_ MORE] i.e. in a higher degree, as I can easily prove. IN
DEATHS] in danger of death: cp. Acts 14:19....
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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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ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? — It is obvious that this title was
claimed by the rival teachers in some special sense. They were
“ministers of Christ” in a nearer and a higher sense than others.
This...
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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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διάκονοι Χρ. κ. τ. λ.: _are they Christ's ministers?_ (as
they specially claimed to be; _cf._ 2 Corinthians 10:7) _I speak as
one beside himself_ (_sc._, as if he would say “this is mad boasting
indee...
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HIS APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS....
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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...
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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 23 In Christianity, he was their superior. They might claim he
was mad for making such a statement and he admits it. While they lived
off of another man's labors (2 Corinthians 10:15-16), he exc...
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Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] (n) more; in
labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more
frequent, in (o) deaths oft.
(n) Paul being honourable indeed, d...
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_They are ministers of Christ: I am more. To wit, an apostle chosen
and sent by Jesus Christ, appointed in a special manner to be the
apostle of the Gentiles, your apostle. (Witham)_...
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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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_PAUL’S SUFFERINGS_
‘In labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more
frequent, in deaths oft.’
2 Corinthians 11:23
The world now knows for what principles the great Apostle of t...
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23._Are they ministers of Christ? _Now when he is treating of matters
truly praiseworthy, he is no longer satisfied with being on an
equality with them, but exalts himself above them. For their carnal...
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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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ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST?.... The apostle could have answered to
this question that they were not, being neither sent by Christ, nor
preachers of him, and who sought their own things and not his,...
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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.
Ver. 23. _In labours more abundant_] Chryso...
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_Are they ministers of Christ?_ “St. Paul does not compare himself
with the false teachers as an apostle, but as a minister of Christ
simply. And to show how much he exceeded them in that inferior
cha...
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The apostle's commendation of himself:...
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ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? (I SPEAK AS A FOOL) I AM MORE; IN LABORS
MORE ABUNDANT, IN STRIPES ABOVE MEASURE, IN PRISONS MORE FREQUENT, IN
DEATHS OFT....
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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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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...
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Will they glory in this, that they are MINISTERS OF CHRIST, employed
as the servants of Christ in preaching the gospel? I should not boast
about this, (in that I may seem to SPEAK AS A FOOL), but I am...
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Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more;
in labors more abundantly [1 Corinthians 15:10], _in prisons more
abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft_. [1 Corinth...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV
Wherefore also Paul rejoices for Christ's sake that he was "in
labours, more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths
oft."[193]
Tertullian Scorpiace
O...
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2 Corinthians 11:23 they G1526 (G5748) ministers G1249 Christ G5547
speak G2980 (G5719) fool G3912 I G147
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‘Are they servants (ministers - diakonoi) - of Christ? (I speak as
one beside himself) I more; in labours more abundantly, in prisons
more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.'
Do th...
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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 11:23 _._ ARE THEY MINISTERS OF CHRIST? (I SPEAK AS ONE
BESIDE HIMSELF) I MORE. Be it so that his opponents _are_ ministers of
Christ, but at least he himself will claim to be one, and a...
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AS ONE BESIDE HIMSELF
(παραφρονων). Present active participle of
παραφρονεω. Old verb from παραφρων (παρα,
φρην), beside one's wits. Only here in N.T. Such open boasting is
out of accord with Paul'...
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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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CHRIST'S SERVANTS? They called themselves both _apostles of Christ_
and _servants of Christ_ (2 Corinthians 11:13). LIKE A MADMAN. This
implies that while they think they are wise, all they really
und...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:21 HEBREWS 1:1 refers to
Jewish ethnicity; ISRAELITES refers to being God’s cho
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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 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:30; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 1
Corinthians 4:1;...
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Ministers of Christ Referring to his opponents' claim to have a closer
connection with Christ than he had. See the note on 1 Corinthians
1:12.
As a fool [π α ρ α φ ρ ο ν ω ν]. Only here in the New
Tes...
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I am more so than they. In deaths often — Surrounding me in the most
dreadful forms....