2 Corinthians 11:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. ”

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are they ministers of Christ? - Though Jews by birth yet they claimed to be the ministers of the Messiah. I speak as a fool - As if he had said, “Bear in mind, in what I am now about to say,...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] (n) more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in (o) deaths oft. (n) Paul being honourable indeed,...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Comparison between Paul and his Opponents ( cf. 2 Corinthians 11:6 ). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination and self-imposed resolve of silence, to let his c...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as. fool . being beside myself. Greek. paraphroneo. Compare 2 Peter 2:15 (madness). more . Greek. huper (App-104., here used adverbially). The Ellipsis of any object adds emphasis. labours...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Are they ministers of Christ? Now when he is treating of matters truly praiseworthy, he is no longer satisfied with being on an equality with them, but exalts himself above them. For the...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2041 ST. PAUL’S ZEAL ILLUSTRATED AND IMPROVED 2 Corinthians 11:23-29 . Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure,...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Are they ministers of Christ - So we find t...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I am more:— Or, I am more so. In stripes above measure, should rather be read, in stripes far exceeding; for these words, as the other particulars of this verse, should be taken comparatively,...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. (I speak as a fool) х parafronoon...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - 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 11:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Are they ministers of Christ? — It is obvious that this title was claimed by the rival teachers in some special sense. They were “ministers of Christ” in a nearer and a higher sense than others. Th...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 25 FOOLISH BOASTING. 2 Corinthians 11:7-29 (R.V) THE connection of 2 Corinthians 11:7 with what precedes is not at once clear. The Apostle has expressed his conviction that he is in...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pre-eminent in Labor and Suffering 2 Corinthians 11:22-33 It has been truly said that this enumeration represents a life which up to that hour had been without precedent in the history of the w...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - 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 11:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. (17) That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishl...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PAUL’S SUFFERINGS ‘In labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.’ 2 Corinthians 11:23 The world now knows for what principles the great Apostle...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Are they ministers of Christ ?.... The apostle could have answered to this question that they were not, being neither sent by Christ, nor preachers of him, and who sought their own things and not hi...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Ver. 23. In labours more abundant ] Chr...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Are they ministers of Christ? “St. Paul does not compare himself with the false teachers as an apostle, but as a minister of Christ simply. And to show how much he exceeded them in that inferior ch...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - 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 11:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. A. D. 57. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Isra...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Will they glory in this, that they are ministers of Christ, employed as the servants of Christ in preaching the gospel? I should not boast about this, (in that I may seem to speak as a fool ), but...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - 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 11:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:16 . Again .—After 2 Corinthians 11:1 . “You can very well let a foolish fellow like me be in the fashion, and do a bit of boasting.” 2 Corinthians 11:17 . Af...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - 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 11:23 - 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 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's commendation of himself:
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Corinthians 15:30-32 ; 1 Corinthians 3:5 ; 1 Corinthians 4:1 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:2 ; 1 Timothy 4:6 ; 2 Corinthians 1:10 ; 2 Corinthians 1:9 ; 2 Corinthians 11:24 ; 2...
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I am more so than they. In deaths often — Surrounding me in the most dreadful forms.

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes