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WHO IS WEAK ... - I sympathize with all. I feel where others feel, and
their sorrows excite deep sympathetic emotions in my bosom. Like a
tender and compassionate friend I am affected when I see other...
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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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OFFENDED. Greek. _skandalizo._ See 1 Corinthians 8:13.
BURN. Greek. _puroomai_. See 1 Corinthians 7:9. Here it means, with
zeal or indignation....
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_Who is weak, and I am not weak_?] St Paul goes on to explain in what
that care consisted. It consisted in taking upon himself the anxieties
of every individual member of the flock. We may see how tru...
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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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29. Two illustrations of his all-embracing μέριμνα, each
exhibiting the Apostle’s intense sympathy. Among new converts there
would be many who would be weak in faith, or in judgment, or in
conduct; an...
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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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ΆΣΘΕΝΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G770)
быть слабым,
ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_
ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΩ (G4624) сбивать с пути. Скорее
всего, это значит завлекать в
смертельную ловушку; _pass._ б...
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DISCOURSE: 2042
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY
2 Corinthians 11:29. _Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended,
and I burn not?_
TRULY, the testimony of a good conscience is a source of unbounded
joy. Ther...
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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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WHO IS OFFENDED,— "So as to be led into sin by the rashness or
uncharitableness of others; _and I am not fired_ — with grief and
indignation, to see such dishonour brought upon religion, and with
zeal...
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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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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
p...
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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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_(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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AND I AM NOT WEAK] The Apostle shares the sufferings of others by
sympathy. OFFENDED] RV 'made to stumble,' i.e. led into sin. BURN]
i.e. with anger....
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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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WHO IS WEAK AND I AM NOT WEAK...? — The words obviously spring from
a recollection of all that was involved in that “rush” of which he
had just spoken. Did any come to him with his tale of body-sickne...
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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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τίς ἀσθενεῖ κ. τ. λ.: _who is weak, sc._, in prejudice
(as at Romans 14:1; 1 Corinthians 8:11), _and I am not weak, i.e._, in
Christian sympathy (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:22 ἐγενόμην
τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν ἀσθεν...
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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 29 Paul worried about every Christian that faced hard times. He
felt their weaknesses and blushed when they blushed because of falling
short....
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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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29._Who is weak. _How many there are that allow all offenses to pass
by unheeded — who either despise the infirmities of brethren, or
trample them under foot! This, however, arises from their having n...
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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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WHO IS WEAK, AND I AM NOT WEAK?.... What church is so? or what
particular believer is so? for he had not only the care of all the
churches, but of all believers upon him; whoever was weak in the faith...
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Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
Ver. 29. _Who is weak_] By passion.
_ And I am not weak_] By compassion.
_ And I burn not_] πυρουμαι, _i.e._ am exceedingly grieved....
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_Besides those things that are without_ These external troubles which
I have mentioned; _that which cometh upon me daily_ Greek, η
επισυστασις μου η καθ ' ημεραν, _that which
rusheth upon me daily_, o...
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IS WEAK; needing assistance.
AND I; do not sympathize with him.
OFFENDED; tempted, or led into sin.
I BURN NOT; with grief and indignation....
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WHO IS WEAK, AND I AM NOT WEAK? WHO IS OFFENDED, AND I BURN NOT?...
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A further recital of hardships and difficulties:...
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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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OLBGrk;
WHO, may be either, what church? Or, what particular Christian in any
church? IS WEAK, asyenei, through outward afflictions, or in respect
of inward spiritual troubles, AND I AM NOT WEAK, and...
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Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn
not? [In this verse Paul shows what the care of the churches meant to
him. It was an excessive drain upon his sympathies. If any we...
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Cyprian Epistle XI
That you bewail and grieve over the downfall of our brethren I know
from myself, beloved brethren, who also bewail with you and grieve for
each one, and suffer and feel what the bl...
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2 Corinthians 11:29 Who G5101 weak G770 (G5719) and G2532 am G770 not
G3756 weak G770 (G5719) Who...
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‘Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I
burn not?'
For as a true servant of Christ he takes the burden of the weak
Christians on himself (1 Corinthians 9:22), as he well can b...
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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 11:29. WHO IS WEAK, AND I AM NOT WEAK? WHO IS MADE TO
STUMBLE, AND I BURN NOT? Who is there who, ‘weak in the faith,' is
troubled with scruples of conscience, does not draw out my sympat...
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I BURN
(πυρουμα). Present passive indicative of πυροω, old verb
to inflame (from πυρ, fire). When a brother stumbles, Paul is set
on fire with grief....
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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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WHEN SOMEONE. By this Paul shows how close he feels to each Christian!...
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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 11:22; 1 Corinthians 12:26; 1 Corinthians 15:12; 1
Corinthians 15:36;...
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Burn. With sorrow over the stumbling or with indignation over the
cause. This and 1 Corinthians 7:9 are the only instances in which the
word is used figuratively....
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Who — So he had not only the care of the churches, but of every
person therein. Is weak, and I am not weak — By sympathy, as well as
by condescension. Who is offended — Hindered in, or turned out of,...
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That is, "What particular church, or what particular Christian in any
of the churches of Christ, is weak in faith, or wavering in their
profession: Where is the person that is assaulted with inward
te...