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:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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THROUGH JEALOUSY OVER THE CORINTHIANS, WHO MADE MORE ACCOUNT OF THE FALSE APOSTLES THAN OF HIM, HE IS OBLIGED TO COMMEND HIMSELF AS IN MANY RESPECTS SUPERIOR. (2Co. 11:1-33)

Would to God—Translate as Greek, "I would that."

bear with me—I may ask not unreasonably to be borne with; not so the false apostles (II Corinthians 11:4, II Corinthians 11:20).

my—not in the oldest manuscripts.

folly—The Greek is a milder term than that for "foolishness" in I Corinthians 3:19; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 25:2. The Greek for "folly" here implies imprudence; the Greek for "foolishness" includes the idea of perversity and wickedness.

and indeed bear—A request (so II Corinthians 11:16). But the Greek and the sense favor the translation, "But indeed (I need not wish it, for) ye do bear with me"; still I wish you to bear with me further, while I enter at large into self-commendations.

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