2 Corinthians 11:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. ”

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I fear - Paul had just compared the church to a virgin, soon to be presented as a bride to the Redeemer. The mention of this seems to have suggested to him the fact that the first woman was d...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be (c) corrupted from the simplicity that is in (d) Christ. (c) This passage is to be noted agai...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - 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 11:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lest by any means . Greek. me pos. beguiled . deceived. Greek. exapatao. See Romans 7:11 . through . in. Greek. en. App-104. subtilty . craftiness. Greek. panourgia. See Luke 20:23...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. But I fear He begins to explain, what is the nature of that virginity of which he has made mention — our cleaving to Christ alone, sincerely, with our whole heart. God, indeed, everywh...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - 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 11:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. As the serpent beguiled Eve through his subti...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lest by any means, &c.— Or, Lest by some means or other, &c. As the success of the serpent against Eve lay in false pretences and insinuations, so the success of the false apostles was ow...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. I fear ( 2 Corinthians 12:20 ) - not...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - 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 11:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent... — An allusive reference to the history of Genesis 3 , which meets us again in 1 Timothy 3:13-15 . St. Paul either takes for granted that the disci...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - 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 11:3 - 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 11:3 - 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 11:3 - 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 11:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRISTIAN SIMPLICITY ‘The simplicity that is in Christ.’ 2 Corinthians 11:3 I propose to consider the text under four heads. Simplicity in doctrine, leading to simplicity in motive, followed...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But I fear lest by any means ,.... Jealousy is always attended with fear, care, and solicitude, whether in things natural or spiritual. The apostle, as things were in this church, could not but expr...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. Ver. 3. But I fear ] Jealousy is made up...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But I fear Love is full of these fears; lest by any means By some means or other; as the serpent A most apposite comparison; deceived Eve Simple, ignorant of ill; by his subtlety Which is i...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - 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 11:3 - 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 11:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In all jealousy there is a mixture of love and fear: the apostle's love to this church, together with his earnest desire to present them in the day of judgment unto Christ pure and uncorrupted, cause...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - 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 11:3 - 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 11:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 I. There is simplicity in Christ, as the Lord our righteousness, as the Servant of the Father, as the Substitute, Surety, and Saviour of the guilty. II. As in His own finished...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - 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 11:3 - 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 11:3 - 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 11:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:18 ; 1 John 4:1 ; 1 Timothy 1:3 ; 1 Timothy 2:14 ; 1 Timothy 4:1-4 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ; 2 Corinthians 11:29 ; 2 Corinthians 12:20 ; 2 Corinthians 12:21 ;...
2 Corinthians 11:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But I fear — Love is full of these fears. Lest as the serpent — A most apposite comparison. Deceived Eve — Simple, ignorant of evil. By his subtilty — Which is in the highest degree dangerous to su...

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes