That I will do,— Rather, and will do; so the words stand in the Greek, and do not refer to 2 Corinthians 11:10 as a profession of St. Paul's resolution to take nothing from them; but to 2 Corinthians 11:11 to which they are joined, shewing that his refusing any reward from them was not out of unkindness, but for another reason;—"What I do, and will do, is, that I may cut off all occasion, &c." The Jews had a maxim among them: "That it was better for their wise men to skin dead beasts for a living, than to ask a maintenance from the generosity of those whom they taught:" But it plainly appears, that whatever the false apostles might boast on this head, there was no foundation for it. Comp. 2 Corinthians 11:20. 1 Corinthians 9:12.
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2 Corinthians 11:12
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.