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 another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
If ... - if it were possible, ye might then bear with them (see note, 2 Corinthians 11:1). But there can be no new gospel: there is but the one which I first preached; therefore it ought not to be 'borne' by you, that the false teachers should supersede me.
He that cometh - Christ's own title, arrogantly assumed by the false teachers х ho (G3588) erchomenos (G2064), Matthew 11:3, and Hebrews 10:37], 'He that is coming.' Perhaps he was leader of the party which assumed peculiarly to be "Christ's" (2 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 1:12).
Preacheth ... receive - is preaching ... ye are receiving.
Jesus - the "Jesus" of Gospel history. He does not say "Christ," which refers to the office.
Another ... another, х allon (G243) - heteron (G2087) - heteron (G2087)] - 'another Jesus ... a different Spirit ... a different Gospel.' Another implies a distinct individual of the same kind; different implies one distinct in kind. Spirit ... received [ elabete (G2983 )] ... gospel ... accepted [ edexasthe (G1209 )]. The will of man is passive in RECEIVING the "Spirit;" but it is actively concurrent with the will of God (which goes before to give the good will) in ACCEPTING the "Gospel."
Ye might well bear with him, [B reads anechesthe (G430), 'When anyone preaches to you another Jesus, etc., ye hear well with it.' The 'well' thus is ironical: covert censure. But 'Aleph (') Delta G f g, Vulgate, support the English version reading, aneichesthe (G430)]. There would be some excuse for your conduct, though a bad one (for ye ought to give heed to no gospel other than what ye have already heard from me, Galatians 1:6-7); but the false teachers do not even pretend they have "another Jesus," 'a different Spirit,' and 'a different gospel' to bring before you, they merely try to supplant me, your accredited Teacher. It therefore is inexcusable that ye not only "bear with" but prefer them.