2Corinthians:11

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* Would (note :)He grants that in a way he is playing the fool in this exalting of things , but he adds that he does it against his will for their profit , because he sees them deceived by certain vain and crafty men , through the craft and subtilty of Satan .(:note ) to God ye could bear with me a little in [my ] folly : and indeed bear with me . * For I am jealous over you with (note :)He speaks as one who woos them , but yet as one that seeks them not for himself , but for God .(:note ) godly jealousy : for I have espoused you to one husband , that I may To marry you together . present [you as ] a chaste virgin to Christ . * But I fear , lest by any means , as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty , so your minds should be (note :)This passage is to be noted against those who hate the plain and pure simplicity of the scriptures , in comparison of the elegance and fluency of man 's eloquence .(:note ) corrupted from the simplicity that is in Which is proper for those who are in Christ . Christ . * * Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles . * * * I robbed other Churches , and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice . * And when I was present with you , and wanted , I was chargeable to no man : for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied : and in all [things ] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you , (note :)An amplification : so far is he from being ashamed of this act , that he has also resolved with himself to act in no other way while he is among them , in order that it may always be truly said that he taught in Achaia for nothing . And this is not because he disdains the Corinthians , but rather so that these proud and boastful men may never find the occasion which they have already sought for , and he in the meantime may set something before the Corinthians to follow , so that at length they may truly say that they are like Paul .(:note ) and [so ] will I keep [myself ]. * As the (note :)This is a form of an oath , as if he said , «Let me not be thought to have any truth in me .»(:note ) truth of Christ is in me , no man shall Will be always open to me . stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia . * Wherefore ? because I loue you not ? God knoweth . * But what I do , that I will do , that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion ; that wherein they (note :)Paul 's adversaries sought all occasions they could to be equal to him . And therefore seeing they had rather live off the Corinthians then preach to them for nothing , they sought another occasion , that is , to make Paul take something . And if he had done this , then they hoped by this means to be equal to him . For they made such a show of zeal and knowledge , and set it forth with such a flattering type of eloquence , that some of them even despised Paul . But he shows that all this is nothing but frivolities and pretensions .(:note ) glory , they may be found even as we . * * And no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of (note :)By light is meant the heavenly glory , of which the angels are partakers .(:note ) light . * Therefore it is no great thing , though his ministers transforme themselues , as though they were the ministers of righteousnes , whose end shall be according to their workes . * * That I speake , I speake it not after the Lord : but as it were foolishly , in this my great boasting . * Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh , I will reioyce also . * For ye suffer fooles gladly , because that yee are wise . * * I speak as concerning (note :)As if he said , «In respect of that reproach which they do to you , which surely is as evil as if they beat you .»(:note ) reproach , as though we had been Paul is called weak , in that he seems to be to the Corinthians a vile and abject man , a beggarly craftsman , a most wretched and miserable idiot , whereas in reality God 's mighty power was made manifest in that . weak . Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold , (I speak foolishly ,) I am bold also . * They are Hebrues , so am I : they are Israelites , so am I : they are the seede of Abraham , so am I : * Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool ) I [am ] (note :)Paul being honourable indeed , defends his ministry openly , not for his own sake , but because he saw his doctrine come into danger .(:note ) more ; in labours more abundant , in stripes above measure , in prisons more frequent , in In danger of present death . deaths oft . * Of the Jews (note :)He alludes to that which is written in ( Deu_25:3 ). And moreover this place shows us that Paul suffered many more things which Luke omitted in writing Acts .(:note ) five times received I forty [stripes ] save one . * * In iourneying I was often , in perils of waters , in perils of robbers , in perils of mine owne nation , in perils among the Gentiles , in perils in the citie , in perils in wildernes , in perils in the sea , in perils among false brethren , * In weariness and (note :)Painfulness is a troublesome sickness , as when a man who is weary and wants rest is forced to begin new labour .(:note ) painfulness , in watchings often , in hunger and thirst , in fastings often , in cold and nakedness . * * Who is weake , and I am not weake ? who is offended , and I burne not ? * * The God , euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ , which is blessed for euermore , knoweth that I lie not . * In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas , layde watch in the citie of the Damascens , and would haue caught me . * But at a windowe was I let downe in a basket through the wall , and escaped his handes .

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