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 he as often draws back. He does not like to boast-he does
not like to speak of himself at all-but t... [ Continue Reading ]
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
inferior to "the superlative apostles" so greatly honored by the
Corinthians. Why, then, is he so diffe... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 26
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS.
2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 12:1 (R.V)
THE difficulties of exposition in this passage are partly connected
with its form, partly with its substance: it will be convenient to
dispose of the formal side first. The thirteenth verse of the eleventh
chapter-"If... [ Continue Reading ]