Would to God ye could bear— Would you could bear. St. Paul modestly calls his speaking in his own defence folly. From this verse to the 6th he shews, that the pretended Apostle, bringing to them no other Saviour or gospel, was not to be preferred before him. See ch. 2 Corinthians 5:12.
CHAPTER XI. _The apostle apologizes for expressing his jealousy relative to_ _the true state of the Corinthians; still fearing lest their_ _minds should have been drawn aside from the simplicity of...
WOULD TO GOD - Greek, “I would” (Ὄφελον Ophelon). This expresses earnest desire, but in the Greek there is no appeal to God. The sense would be well expressed by “O that,” or “I earnestly wish.” YE...
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...
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...
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...
THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
WOULD TO GOD. See 1 Corinthians 4:8. BEAR WITH. Gr _anechomai._ See Luke 9:41. FOLLY. Greek. _aphroaunt._ Only here, verses: 2 Corinthians 11:17;...
2 Corinthians 11:1-17. St Paul's Defence of himself against his accusers 1. _Would to God_ The words -to God" are not in the original. _bear with me a little in my folly_ i.e. the folly of boasting,...
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...
ὌΦΕΛΟΝ (אBD1MP) rather than ὤφελον (D3FGKL); and ἀνείχεσθε (אBDFGLMP) rather than ἀνέχεσθε (K 37, 73, Theodoret), which comes from the following ἀνέχεσθε, or than ἠνείχεσθε (cursives); and ΜΙΚΡΌΝ ΤΙ ...
_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...
ΌΦΕΛΟΝ (G3785) о если бы, было бы (BAGD); по поводу формы _см._ RG, 1003; BD, 37. Это слово используется как частица с _impf._ или _aor. ind._, для выражения недостижимого желания (BD, 181). ΆΝΕΊΧΕΣΘ...
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...
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 fals...
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...
_(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...
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...
XI. (1) WOULD TO GOD. — As the words “to God” are not in the Greek, it would be better to treat them as the general expression of a wish: _Would that ye could bear._ YE COULD BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE IN...
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...
ὄφελον ἀνείχεσθέ μου κ. τ. λ.: _would that ye could bear with me in a little_ (μικρόν τι only here and 2 Corinthians 11:16; _cf._ Hebrews 2:7) _foolishness_. ἀφροσύνη = “nonsense” (see ref. and _cf._...
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....
“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...
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...
VERSE 1 Paul does not see any point in the mindless bragging of those opposing him, but he asks the Corinthians to bear with him while he proves his apostleship. He further states that he knows they w...
Would (1) to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me. (1) He grants that in a way he is playing the fool in this exalting of things, but he adds that he does it agai...
_My folly. So he calls his reciting his own praises, which commonly speaking, is looked upon as a piece of folly and vanity; though the apostle was constrained to do it, for the good of the souls comm...
CONTENTS The Apostle in this Chapter, is defending himself, and his Ministry, against some that opposed him. He modestly speaks of his Trials, and Afflictions....
(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...
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,...
1._Would that ye did bear with me. _As he saw that the ears of the Corinthians were still in part pre-engaged, (793) he has recourse to another contrivance, for he turns to express a wish, as persons...
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...
WOULD TO GOD YOU COULD BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE,.... The false apostles boasted so much of their gifts, abilities, and usefulness, that the apostle found himself under a necessity of saying some things i...
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in _my_ folly: and indeed bear with me. Ver. 1. _In my folly_] How foolish were the Pharisees, John 7:49, and after them the Gnostics, the Illuminates, and...
_Would to God_ Rather, _I wish;_ (for the word _God_ is not in the original text;) _you could bear a little with me_ So does he pave the way for what might otherwise have given offence; _in my folly_...
MY FOLLY; in relating what he had done and suffered in the cause of Christ; which, in ordinary circumstances, might have been regarded as foolish. AND INDEED BEAR WITH ME; better, as the margin, "and...
THE TRUE APOSTLE AND THE FALSE TEACHERS. 2 Corinthians 11:1 Paul censures the spirit which gives ear to false teaching:...
WOULD TO GOD YE COULD BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE IN MY FOLLY; AND INDEED BEAR WITH ME....
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...
BEAR WITH ME: Or, you do bear with me...
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...
2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11 2 CORINTHIANS 11:1 Paul unwillingly entereth upon a commendation of himself, out of jealousy lest the Corinthians should be perverted by false apostles from the pure doctrine...
[While this third part of Paul's epistle is directed against his enemies, it is obvious that even these are, in his estimation, divided into two classes; i. e., the leaders and the led. The apostle do...
2 Corinthians 11:1 Oh G3785 bear G430 (G5711) me G3450 little G3397 and G2532 indeed G235 bear G430 ...
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...
PAUL CONTINUES HIS DEFENCE. HE EXPRESSES HIS CONCERN FOR THEM AND HIS FEAR LEST THEY BE LED ASTRAY. HE DEFENDS HIS POLICY OF NOT LETTING THEM MAINTAIN HIM AND SUMS UP HIS OPPONENTS AS FALSE APOSTLES....
2 Corinthians 11:1. WOULD THAT YE COULD BEAR WITH ME IN A LITTLE FOOLISHNESS: NAY INDEED BEAR WITH ME or (with other interpreters) ‘but indeed ye do bear with me.' The former, however, suits better, w...
WOULD THAT YE COULD BEAR WITH ME (οφελον ανειχεσθε μου). _Koine_ way of expressing a wish about the present, οφελον (as a conjunction, really second aorist active indicative of οφειλω without augmen...
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...
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...
TOLERATE ME. There is still a possibility that the false apostles may deceive the Corinthians with their claims that _seem reasonable_ by worldly standards. Two key words are _foolish (fools)_ and _bo...
_Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly._ In my boasting, which sounds like folly. It is, however, a mark of the highest wisdom on my part, for I do it out of zeal to protect the fait...
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...
_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.”...
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 ...
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,...
1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Corinthians 4:8;...
Folly. As my boasting may seem to you. Ironically spoken of that legitimate self - vindication demanded by the circumstances. Rev., foolishness. Bear with me [α ν ε χ ε σ θ ε]. Some render as indicat...
I wish ye would bear — So does he pave the way for what might otherwise have given offence. With my folly — Of commending myself; which to many may appear folly; and really would be so, were it not on...
Observe here, 1. That which the apostle calls his folly is his speaking so much in his own commendation and praise, because ordinarily self-commendation has. very great shew of folly in it, though not...