2 Corinthians 11:3

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!

Paul and False Apostles

5 For I consider that ^aI am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles.

6 Even though ^aI am untrained in speech, yet I am not ^bin knowledge. But ^cwe have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear - Love is full of these fears. Lest as the serpent - A most apposite comparison. Deceived Eve - Simple, ignorant of evil. By his subtilty - Which is in the highest degree dangerous to such a disposition. So your minds - We might therefore be tempted, even if there were no sin in us. Might be corrupted - Losing their virginal purity. From the simplicity that is in Christ - That simplicity which is lovingly intent on him alone, seeking no other person or thing.

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