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

Bible Comments

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. Greek kopos. See 2 Corinthians 11:27.

more abundant. See 2 Corinthians 1:12.

above measure. Greek huperballontos. Only here. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:10 (excel). See Acts 16:23.

more frequent. Same as "more abundant", above.

2 Corinthians 11:23

23 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.