1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Galatians 2:6-9
For I suppose ... - I think that I gave as good evidence that I was commissioned by God as the most eminent of the apostles. In the miracles whic...
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. W...
suppose . reckon. was... behind . Greek. hustero, See. Cor. 2 Corinthians 1:7 . not. whit . in nothing. Greek. medeis. Whit is the O. E, wi...
5. For I reckon that I am. He now convicts them of ingratitude, by removing the only thing that could serve as an excuse for them, for he sh...
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. I was not - behind the very chiefest apostles - That is: The most eminent of the ap...
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. For - my elaim is superior to that of the false teachers. "For," etc. So 'A...
(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...
Paraphrase. 'And my fear is not without reason, for you are certainly very favourably inclined towards those who bring quite a different gospel fro...
The very chiefest apostles] RM 'those preëminent apostles'; i.e. of course not the members of the apostolic band like St. Peter and St. John, but t...
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. — The verb with which the sentence opens is the same as the “I think,” “I reckon,...
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 repeatedl...
“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. B...
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...
(11) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or anothe...
For I suppose I was not a whit behind ,.... This is very modestly expressed by the apostle; for he does not assert, and in a haughty and confident w...
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. Ver. 5. The very chiefest apostles ] Either he meaneth those pillars, Peter, Ja...
For if he that cometh After me, with such extraordinary pretences; preach another Jesus Can point out to you another Saviour; whom we have not p...
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...
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. ...
The apostle, doubtless, meaneth those that were the true apostles of our Lord. those who were immediately sent out by him to preach the gospel, behin...
Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preache...
‘For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very highest ranking apostles.' In view of this he feels it necessary as their ‘father' to establish h...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:1 .—Small change of rendering, “ a bit of foolishness ,” because of small variation of reading. “For, on my own p...
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...
AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (...
For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
Paul is not inferior to the "great apostles":
5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.