2 Corinthians 11:1

2 Corinthians 11:1

Concern for Their Faithfulness

1 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little ^afolly—and indeed you do bear with me.

2 For I am ^ajealous for you with godly jealousy. For ^bI have betrothed you to one husband, ^cthat I may present you ^das a chaste virgin to Christ.

3 But I fear, lest somehow, as ^athe serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds ^bmay be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a ^adifferent gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Would that ye could bear with me (ofelon aneixesqe mou). Koin‚ way of expressing a wish about the present, ofelon (as a conjunction, really second aorist active indicative of ofeilw without augment) and the imperfect indicative instead of eiqe or ei gar (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1003). Cf. Revelation 3:15. See Galatians 5:12 for future indicative with ofelon and I Corinthians 4:8 for aorist. Mou is ablative case after aneixesqe (direct middle, hold yourselves back from me). There is a touch of irony here.

Bear with me (anexesqe mou). Either imperative middle or present middle indicative (ye do bear with me). Same form.

In a little foolishness (mikron ti afrosunhv). Accusative of general reference (mikron ti). "Some little foolishness" (from afrwn, foolish). Old word only in this chapter in N.T.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 11:1:**

2 Corinthians 12:6
2 Corinthians 12:11
Galatians 5:12
James 4:4
Revelation 3:15

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