2 Corinthians 11:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

In journeyings often; in travellings from place to place for the propagation of the gospel. In perils of waters; in the Greek, rivers, which were many in those countries through which he travelled. Of robbers; such as waited to rob passengers by the high-way. By mine own countrymen, the Jews, who were mortal enemies to Paul, whom they looked upon as an apostate from their religion. In the city; in many cities where he preached the gospel, as we find in the Acts of the Apostles. In the wilderness; in wildernesses through which he was forced to pass. In the sea; storms and shipwrecks. Among false brethren; false teachers and private persons, who corrupted the Christian religion, and were as great enemies to the apostle as any he had.

2 Corinthians 11:26

26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;