2 Corinthians 11:11

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

Love is often offended at its favours not being accepted, as though the other party wished to be under no obligation to the offerer.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore ... - It is not because I do not love you. It is not from pride, or because I would not as willingly receive aid from you as from any o...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

love . Greek. agapao. App-132. knoweth . Greek. oida. App-132.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Is it because I love you not? Those that we love, we treat with greater familiarity. Lest the Corinthians, therefore, should take it ami...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. Wherefore - Why have I acted thus? and why do I propose to continue to act thus? is it because I love...
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

Paraphrase. 'I assure you, by the truth of Christ within me, that I shall permit no one to interfere with the grounds of this boast in the district...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Because I love you not? ] This was the reason his enemies gave for his independence of the Corinthians. God knoweth ] that I love you.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Because I love you not.. — This then had been said. Some of the Corinthians were jealous, or affected to be jealous, of the preference shown to the...
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

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. Ver. 11. Because I lose you not? ] It should be a minister's care to preserve in the hearts of hi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As the truth of Christ is in me As sure as I am a true Christian, and an apostle. The expression has the nature of an oath. See on Romans 9:1 . N...
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

Can you possibly interpret my not being chargeable to you, as proceeding from a want of love in me to you? God knoweth the contrary.
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

‘As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia. And why? Because I love you not? God knows.' And ‘...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:7 . Or .—Turning to another topic. Offence .—Lit. “ Sin .” Freely .— I.e. “without charge .” Cf. Philippians...
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

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul insists upon observing this course on account of the false teachers:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:15 ; 2 Corinthians 12:2 ; 2 Corinthians 12:3 ; 2 Corinthians 6:11 ; 2 Corinthians 6:12 ; 2 Corinthians...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Do I refuse to receive anything of you, because I love you not? God knoweth that is not the case.

¹¹ Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:11

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

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 11:11