2 Corinthians 11:20

18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

19 For you put up with fools gladly, ^asince you yourselves are wise!

20 For you put up with it ^aif one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.

21 To our shame ^aI say that we were too weak for that! But ^bin whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.

Suffering for Christ

22 Are they ^aHebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: ^ain labors more abundant, ^bin stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, ^cin deaths often.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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2 Corinthians 11:20

For ye suffer - Not only the folly, but the gross abuses, of those false apostles. If a man enslave you - Lord it over you in the most arbitrary manner. If he devour you - By his exorbitant demands; not - withstanding his boast of not being burdensome. If he take from you - By open violence. If he exalt himself - By the most unbounded self - commendation. If he smite you on the face - (A very possible case,) under pretence of divine zeal.

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