2 Corinthians 11:19

Being wise — A beautiful irony.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ye suffer fools gladly - You tolerate or endure those who are really fools. This is perhaps, says Dr. Bloomfield, the most sarcastic sentence...
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

suffer . Same as "bear with", 2 Corinthians 11:1 . gladly . Greek. hedeos . Only here, 2Co 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:15 . Mark 8:12 ; Mark 8:37 ,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. For ye bear with fools willingly. He calls them wise — in my opinion, ironically. He was despised by them, which could not have be...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. Ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise - A very fine irony. Ye are so pro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. Gladly - willingly. I...
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

Suffer] RV 'bear with.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. — He falls back into the strain of irony of 1 Corinthians 4:8-10 , to which, indeed, the wh...
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

For ye suffer fools gladly ,.... They bore with the false apostles, who were fools; were continually proclaiming their folly, boasting of themselves...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. Ver. 19. For ye suffer fools ] Inter indoctos etiam Corydus sonat. (Quintilian.) W...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seeing that many glory after the flesh In circumcision, Jewish extraction, and other outward privileges and qualifications; I will glory also In...
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

Ye freely suffer others foolishly glorying and boasting of themselves, therefore do ye suffer me therein to judge yourselves wise, and it belongs to...
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

‘For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves. For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes...
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 (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Boast of His Apostolic Calling. Paul deprecates the necessity of boasting:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:15 ; 1 Corinthians 4:10 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1 ; Revelation 3:17

¹⁹ For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:19