2 Corinthians 11:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. ”

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I am jealous over you - This verse expresses the reason why he was disposed to speak of his attainments, and of what he had done. It was because he loved them, and because he feared that they...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For I am jealous over you with (a) godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may (b) present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ. (a) He speaks as one who woos them, but yet as o...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Tender Appeal to the Church as a Whole. This appeal may sound like foolish sentiment. Let them bear with him. Indeed he is sure that they do. What has happened under Paul's guidance and inspira...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

jealous . Gr . zeloo See Acts 7:9 , godly . of God. App-98. It means. great jealousy. Compare Acts 7:20 . jealousy. Greek. zelos. See Acts 5:17 , have . Omit. espoused . Greek. harm...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. For I am jealous Mark why it is that he acts the fool, for jealousy hurries a man as it were headlong. “Do not demand that I should show the equable temper (796) of a man that is at e...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2040 GODLY JEALOUSY THE DUTY OF MINISTERS 2 Corinthians 11:2-3 . I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. I am jealous over you, etc. - The apostle evidently allud...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That I may present you as a chaste virgin— This is greatly illustrated by recollecting, that there was an officer among the Greeks, whose business it was to educate and form young women, especially...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. For I am jealous. The justification of his self-com...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 11:1-15. Defence of his Gospel and of his Independence St. Paul says that he also will now boast a little, for he is as much an Apostle as those whom they prefer. If he refuses monetary supp...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For I am jealous over you... — The word is used with the same sense as in the nearly contemporary passage of Galatians 4:17 , and the whole passage may be paraphrased thus: “I court your favour wi...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 24 GODLY JEALOUSY. 2 Corinthians 11:1-6 (R.V) ALL through the tenth chapter there is a conflict in the Apostle's mind. He is repeatedly, as it were, on the verge of doing something, fr...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“A Godly Jealousy” 2 Corinthians 11:1-9 As the Bridegroom's friend, Paul was eager to bring the Corinthian church to the Bridegroom of souls. But false teachers disturbed the purity and simplic...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus stated the true grounds of glorying, and being about to make his boast (such action having been made necessary by the opposition), the apostle has so little love for it that he commences...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. (2) For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy ,.... He lets them know it was not so much on his own account, or at all with any selfish views, or for any secular interest of his own, that he was so...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Ver. 2. For I am jealous ] q.d. My dear love to you...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If it seems strange that Paul asks the Corinthians to bear with a little folly in him, yet let us still remember that it is God who inspires him to write as he does. Paul considered it folly to speak...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. 1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jealousy is a passion in a person which makes him impatient of any rival or partner in the thing or person beloved. The apostle tells them, that he was jealous over them, and thereby lets them kno...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preachers were who constituted the new grave threat to Pa...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:1 .—Small change of rendering, “ a bit of foolishness ,” because of small variation of reading. “For, on my own principle ( 2 Corinthians 10:18 ), it is foolishn...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:1 . Bear with me a little in my folly; for I must glory a little when the advocate of self-applause. I know it is folly for a man to applaud himself; and I doubt not but you will...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-47 ). He is not afraid of compa...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The True Apostle and the False Teachers. 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 Paul censures the spirit which gives ear to false teaching:
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; Colossians 1:28 ; Ephesians 5:27 ; Ezekiel 44:22 ; Galatians 4:11 ; Galatians 4:17-19 ; Genesis 24:2-5 ; Genesis 24:58-67 ; Hosea 2:19 ; Hosea 2...
2 Corinthians 11:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — The cause of his seeming folly is expressed in this and the following verse; the cause why they should bear with him, 2 Corinthians 11:4 .

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes