2 Corinthians 11:19

2 Corinthians 11:19

17 What I speak, ^aI speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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gladly—willingly. Irony. A plea why they should "bear with" (II Corinthians 11:1) him in his folly, that is, boasting; ye are, in sooth, so "wise" (I Corinthians 4:8, I Corinthians 4:10; Paul's real view of their wisdom was very different, I Corinthians 3:1-4) yourselves that ye can "bear with" the folly of others more complacently. Not only can ye do so, but ye are actually doing this and more.

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