2Corinthians:11:1-15
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Would (
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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 .(:
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to God ye could bear with me a little in [
my ]
folly :
and indeed bear with me .
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For I am jealous over you with (
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He speaks as one who woos them ,
but yet as one that seeks them not for himself ,
but for God .(:
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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 .
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But I fear ,
lest by any means ,
as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty ,
so your minds should be (
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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 .(:
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corrupted from the simplicity that is in Which is proper for those who are in Christ .
Christ .
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Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles .
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I robbed other Churches ,
and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice .
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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 , (
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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 .(:
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and [
so ]
will I keep [
myself ].
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As the (
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This is a form of an oath ,
as if he said , «
Let me not be thought to have any truth in me .»(:
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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 .
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Wherefore ?
because I loue you not ?
God knoweth .
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But what I do ,
that I will do ,
that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion ;
that wherein they (
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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 .(:
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glory ,
they may be found even as we .
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And no marvel ;
for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of (
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By light is meant the heavenly glory ,
of which the angels are partakers .(:
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light .
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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 .
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