C.
By his jealousy for Christ
11:1-15
2 Cor. 11
:1
11:1
I wish that you would
abear with me in a little
1bfoolishness; but indeed you do bear with me.
2 Cor. 11
:2
11:2
For I am jealous over you with a
1ajealousy of God; for I
bbetrothed you to one husband to
cpresent you as a pure
2dvirgin to Christ.
2 Cor. 11
:3
11:3
But I fear lest somehow, as the
aserpent bdeceived cEve by his
dcraftiness, your
1ethoughts would be corrupted from the
2fsimplicity and the
gpurity toward Christ.
2 Cor. 11
:4
11:4
For if indeed he who comes preaches
1aanother Jesus, whom we have not preached, or you receive a
1bdifferent spirit, which you have not received, or a
1cdifferent gospel, which you have not accepted, you
dbear 2well with
him.
2 Cor. 11
:5
11:5
But I count myself to be inferior to the
1asuper-apostles in nothing.
2 Cor. 11
:6
11:6
But even if I am a
1layman in
aspeech, yet I am not in
bknowledge; indeed in every way we have made
this cmanifest in all things to you.
2 Cor. 11
:7
11:7
Or did I commit a sin, abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I announced the gospel of God to you
afree of charge?
2 Cor. 11
:8
11:8
I robbed other churches, taking wages for the ministry to you.
2 Cor. 11
:9
11:9
And when I was present with you and
alacked, I was not a
bburden to anyone; for the brothers who came from
cMacedonia dfilled up my lack, and in everything I kept myself from being
eburdensome to you, and will keep
myself.
2 Cor. 11
:10
11:10
The 1truthfulness of Christ is in me, that this
aboasting shall not be stopped as it regards me in the regions of
bAchaia.
2 Cor. 11
:11
11:11
Why? Because I do not
alove you? God
bknows.
2 Cor. 11
:12
11:12
But what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the opportunity of those desiring an opportunity, that in the thing in which they boast, they may be found even as we.
2 Cor. 11
:13
11:13
For such ones are
1afalse apostles, deceitful
bworkers,
2transfiguring themselves into apostles of Christ.
2 Cor. 11
:14
11:14
And no wonder, for
1aSatan himself transfigures himself into an
2bangel of light.
2 Cor. 11
:15
11:15
Therefore it is no great thing if also his ministers transfigure themselves into
1ministers of righteousness, whose
aend will be according to their works.
D.
By his compelled boasting
11:16—12:18
1.
Of his status, labor, and afflictions
11:16-33
2 Cor. 11
:16
11:16
Again I say, Let no one think me to be
afoolish; but if otherwise, accept me even as if I were foolish, that I also may
bboast a little.
2 Cor. 11
:17
11:17
What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord but as if in
afoolishness, in this
1bconfidence of boasting.
2 Cor. 11
:18
11:18
Since many
aboast according to the
bflesh, I also will
cboast.
2 Cor. 11
:19
11:19
For you
abear gladly with
bfools because you
yourselves are
1wise.
2 Cor. 11
:20
11:20
For you bear
it if anyone
aenslaves you, if anyone
bdevours you, if anyone
1takes you, if anyone
clifts himself up, if anyone beats you in the face.
2 Cor. 11
:21
11:21
1By way of self-disparagement I say
this, 2Supposedly we ourselves were
aweak. But in whatever anyone
else is daring, I speak in
bfoolishness, I also am
cdaring.
2 Cor. 11
:22
11:22
aHebrews are they? I also.
bIsraelites are they? I also. The
1cseed of Abraham are they? I also.
2 Cor. 11
:23
11:23
aMinisters of Christ are they? I speak as being
1bbeside myself, I more so! In
clabors more abundantly, in
dimprisonments more abundantly, in
estripes 2excessively, in
fdeaths often.
2 Cor. 11
:24
11:24
Under the hands of the Jews five times I received
aforty stripes less one;
2 Cor. 11
:25
11:25
Three times I was beaten with
1rods, once I was
astoned,
2three times I was
bshipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep;
2 Cor. 11
:26
11:26
In journeys often, in dangers of
1rivers, in dangers of
2robbers, in dangers from
my arace, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the
bcity, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers in the sea, in dangers among
3cfalse brothers;
2 Cor. 11
:27
11:27
In alabor and hardship; in
1watchings often; in
bhunger and thirst; in
2cfastings often; in
3cold and
4dnakedness —
2 Cor. 11
:28
11:28
Apart from the things which
have 1not been mentioned, there is this: the crowd
of cares pressing upon me daily, the
2anxious concern for
aall the churches.
2 Cor. 11
:29
11:29
Who is
aweak, and I am not weak? Who is
bstumbled, and
1I myself do not
2burn?
2 Cor. 11
:30
11:30
If I must
aboast, I will boast of the
1things of my
bweakness.
2 Cor. 11
:31
11:31
The aGod and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is
bblessed forever,
cknows that I am
dnot lying.
2 Cor. 11
:32
11:32
In aDamascus, the
1governor under Aretas the king
bguarded the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me;
2 Cor. 11
:33
11:33
And in a basket I was
alowered through a window, through the wall, and escaped his hands.
