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:

Forerunner Commentary
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What Does 2 Corinthians 11:1 Mean?

The Corinthian congregation had fallen under the sway of false apostles. These false ministers convinced many brethren that they knew more and better than the apostle through whom they had been converted to the gospel, and the Corinthians were casting aside Paul's teaching for these new apostles' message. Paul feared they would be led astray, deceived by Satan, away from their spiritual purity, losing their spiritual chastity and beginning to fornicate, spiritually, with the world. Eve's deceiver was not a talking snake but a powerful, shining spirit whom God allowed in the Garden of Eden, where his seduction of the whole world began and continues today. Yet she could have resisted, just as believers can resist through Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:1-2

Paul was concerned that these people would be led astray, deceived by Satan, away from their spiritual purity. They would lose their spiritual chastity, as it were. They would begin fornicating, spiritually, with the world.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Satan (Part 2)

2 Corinthians 11:1-4

Paul had to deal with the Corinthian congregation because they had fallen under the sway of false apostles (see II Corinthians 11:13). These false ministers had convinced many of the brethren that they knew more and better than the apostle through whom they had heard, believed, learned, and been converted to the gospel. They were in the process of throwing aside what they had learned from Paul in favor of what they were hearing from these new "apostles."

John W. Ritenbaugh
Damnable Heresies

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