2 Corinthians 11:16

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I say again - I repeat it. He refers to what he had said in 2 Corinthians 11:1 . The sense is, “I have said much respecting myself which may see...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) 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. (7) He goes forward boldly, a...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

no . Greek. me . App-105. man . one. Greek. tin. App-123. fool , Greek. aphron . See Luke 11:40 . The fifth, sixth, and seventh one. in this...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. I say again The Apostle has a twofold design. He has it partly in view to expose the disgusting vanity of the false Apostles, inasmuch a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Let no man think me a fool - See t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I say again let no man think, &c.— St Paul goes on in his justification, reflecting upon the carriage of the false apostle towards the Corinthi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. I say again - again, taken...
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A fool ] The repetition of this word so frequently suggests that he had been jeered at as a fool among the members of the Church. This whole passage...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I say again, Let no man think me a fool... — The stinging word is repeated from 2 Corinthians 11:1 . He protests against the justice of the taunt....
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 A...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Constrained to Silence Boasters 2 Corinthians 11:10-21 In vivid language, which proves how greatly he had been moved, the Apostle contrasts the...
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 ap...
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 sp...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I say again, let no man think me a fool ,.... For praising himself, or speaking in his own commendation; which he was obliged to do, in vindication...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 16. Let no man think me ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I say again He premises a new apology to this new commendation of himself; let no man think me a fool In boasting thus of myself; let no one thin...
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 w...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I say again, Let no man think me a fool: I know that he, who is much in magnifying and praising himself, ordinarily is judged to be a fool; but tho...
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 preache...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He ‘Foolishly' Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:16 to 2 Corinthians 12:13 ). ‘I say again, let no man think me foolish; bu...
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...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:1 ; 2 Corinthians 11:19 ; 2 Corinthians 11:21-23 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I say again — He premises a new apology to this new commendation of himself. Let no man think me a fool — Let none think I do this without the utmo...

¹⁶ I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receiveb me, that I may boast myself a little.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 11:16