2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For hence it is Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the Great, "The Carnal Mind is Enmity against God for it is not Subject to the Law of God, Neither Indeed Can Be. Then since not all have the ability, why upon this pretext do all want to have nothing else to do? The indelibility of the impressions which trials produce. From the same as hagios; properly, clean, i.e. From Eber; a Hebrew or Jew. viii. Job 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. For not even herein ought such as are married to compare themselves with the deserts of the continent, in that of them virgins are born: for this is not a good of marriage, but of nature: which was so ordered of God, as that of every sexual intercourse whatever of the two sexes of human kind, whether in due order and honest, or base and unlawful, there is born no female save a virgin, yet is none born a sacred virgin: so it is brought to pass that a virgin is born even of fornication, but a sacred, 15. For in eating. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor). Moreover, if discourse must be bestowed upon any, and this so take up the speaker that he have not time to work with his hands, are all in the monastery able to hold discourse unto brethren which come unto them from another kind of life, whether it be to expound the divine lessons, or concerning any questions which may be put, to reason in an wholesome manner? A primary pronoun of the first person I. Daily it came upon him amidst weariness, painfulness, and other ills, and daily it came as a crowd pressing upon him with anxieties beyond utterance. [322] But they persisted, and at length he yielded when their entreaties were enforced by the command of his teacher,[323] together with that of the metropolitan. From speiro; something sown, i.e. 25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. . Why? But lest they turn aside the Christian service of warfare unto their purpose of getting these things, the Lord in this premonisheth His servants St. "The Carnal Mind is Enmity against God for it is not Subject to the Law of God, Neither Indeed Can Be. Whilst others have thought the creation of the world instantaneous: and that the number of days mentioned by Moses is only intended to assist our conception, who are best able to think of things in order of succession. And when Silas and Timotheus, 10. It seldom occurs in those, As the mission of Christ was rendered necessary by the fall of man, so the first dark intimation of Him was given immediately after the fall. But he will furnish particular illustrations of the statement just made. the use of the same Greek word in Acts 12:20, "having made Blastus . From the same as dapane; dinner, i.e. so am I. Their end will correspond to their actions. But now let me dare to boast like a "fool." Paul Boasts in His Sufferings for Christ 22 Are these "super-apostles" of yours Hebrews? oh that! No one part of this account is fuller of difficulties, An Essay on the Mosaic Account of the Creation and Fall of Man, 16. The outward sufferings have been generalized in classes of peril and in forms of physical torture. . Interactively Visualize the Cross References. AugustineOf the Work of Monks. Of this weakness of his, he saith in another place, "We made ourselves small among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children." He has done with his warning against Judaistic legalism. In, on, among. Are they Hebrews? of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them; showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative; and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior. For, indeed, some things, as we have said, ought to be prudently connived at, but indicated in that they are connived at, so that, when the Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the Great, An Essay on the Mosaic Account of the Creation and Fall of ManTHERE are not a few difficulties in the account, which Moses has given of the creation of the world, and of the formation, and temptation, and fall of our first parents. He claims the office as the "father" of the Corinthian Church (1Corinthians 4:15). .--The word is not found elsewhere in the New Testament. Paul's Change of Plans. A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. From aphron; senselessness, i.e. Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. "Israelite" carried in its import a reference to the nation as representative of the Divine unity, and was, therefore, distinctively religious. The last trial is the trial of integrity: that trial, I mean, which, in some form or other, comes to every one the conflict between principle and our interest. So am I. For we are familiar with his evil schemes. 12. It is a law in our nature that our trials make a deeper impression on us than our mercies. 1. Could more be condensed in the same number of words than he compresses in one short verse? Which Thing Whoso Thinks Cannot have Been done by the Apostles6. That in his assured hope of immortal glory. Yet this is only a partial account, and he offers other instances of his superior devotion as a minister of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:11. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural. 3. to over-reach. From the same as penes; to famish; figuratively, to crave. 2 Corinthians 11:22-27 Are they Hebrews? By this general race title the chosen people had been early known, and it was still in vogue. , , , 11:21 Greek NT: Nestle 1904, 11:21 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881, 11:21 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort / [NA27 and UBS4 variants], 11:21 Greek NT: RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005, 11:21 Greek NT: Greek Orthodox Church, 11:21 Greek NT: Tischendorf 8th Edition, 11:21 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894, 11:21 Greek NT: Stephanus Textus Receptus 1550. The saints are blessed not only when they are apprehended by God, but while they are travellers to glory. Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Leviticus 21:13-15 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. A human being. But in whatever respect anyone [else] is bold-- I speak in foolishness-- I am just as bold myself. The ruler should be a near neighbour to every one in sympathy, and exalted above all in contemplation, so that through the bowels of loving-kindness he may transfer the infirmities of others to himself, and by loftiness of speculation transcend even himself in his aspiration after the invisible; lest either in seeking high things he despise the weak things of his neighbours, or in suiting himself to the weak things of his neighbours he relinquish his aspiration after high things. Verb - Perfect Infinitive Middle or Passive. And what evidence shall he give of the fact that he was more? Whilst others have thought the creation of the world instantaneous: and that the number of days mentioned by Moses is only intended to assist our conception, who are best able to think of things in order of succession. Are they Israelites? . A primary pronoun of the first person I. Want of sense, foolishness, impiety, wickedness. 2. so particularly in his late danger in Asia. For it cannot deny itself, nor be divided against itself. English Standard Version so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs. No man can sympathise with the trials of others, unless he has passed through trials himself. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, Genesis 24:2-5,58-67 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: , Psalm 45:10,11 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; . Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. . Of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter. What, reproached and maligned, yet blessed! Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular. Paul Greets the Corinthians (Acts 18:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3)1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, . 31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise,a knows that I am not lying. (a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect. "Who is weak," sympathy asks, "and I am not weak?" Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. 22Are they Hebrews? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 11:1 I wish that you would bear (2 Cor. Including the comparative mikroteros apparently a primary word; small (figuratively) dignity). (10). What the Apostle now urges is that it is as natural for him to be jealous for the purity of the Church which owes its birth to him, as it is for a father to be jealous over the chastity of the daughter whom he has betrothed as to a kingly bridegroom. "The heart is deceitful above all things," as well as "desperately wicked," two things superlative and excessive in it, bordering upon an infiniteness, such Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Watch as we explain its major themes and gain a deeper understanding of its place in the biblical story. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural. The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? Their snare is to leave no time, or to leave no inclination, or to leave no power for high and holy things. 2 Corinthians 11:16,17,19,21 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 11:22 Are they Hebrews? And here, apparently, the imperfection of the phrase and its liability to misconstruction occurs to him, and he therefore immediately adds, "Yes, we do our work of persuading men" (the case of Felix, in Acts 24:25, may be noted as showing the prominence of "the judgment to come" in St. Paul's method), "but it is all along with the thought that our own lives also have been laid open in their inmost recesses to the sight of God." Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. and the happy success which God gave to his preaching in all places. As the mission of Christ was rendered necessary by the fall of man, so the first dark intimation of Him was given immediately after the fall. No one suspected his devotion to the Gentiles and his zeal in behalf of the apostleship of the uncircumcision. 2 Corinthians 11:21 Sermons: I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. . From zelos; to have warmth of feeling for or against. 14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. Might he not, after all, be but the grandson of a proselyte, upon whom there rested the stigma which, according to a Jewish proverb, was not effaced till the twenty-fourth generation? Disgrace, dishonor; a dishonorable use. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. Sympathy is incapable of complete expression. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. Ye could bear with me a little in my folly.--There are two catch-words, as it were, which characterise the section of the Epistle on which we are now entering: one is of "bearing with," or "tolerating," which occurs five times (2Corinthians 11:1; 2Corinthians 11:4; 2Corinthians 11:19-20), and "folly," which, with its kindred "fool," is repeated not less than eight times (2Corinthians 11:1; 2Corinthians 11:16-17; 2Corinthians 11:19; 2Corinthians 11:21; 2Corinthians 12:6; 2Corinthians 12:11). And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. What did the Jewish world think of his apostleship? The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. It seldom occurs in those Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, The Protevangelium. He anointed us, 22 placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.. the opening scene in a long series of afflictions for the gospel. 2 Corinthians 11:17 In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool. How easily you endure those who, in their arrogance, destroy your dignity or even slap you in the face. . 29). And that which follows concerning birds of the air and lilies of the field, He saith to this end, that no man may think that God careth not for the needs of His servants; when His most wise Providence reacheth unto these in creating and governing those. To confirm, ratify, secure, establish; pass: I guarantee. If you remain yet in that spirit of charity which I either knew or believed to be with you formerly, you would certainly feel the condemnation with which charity must regard the scandal which you have given to the weak. They whispered doubts whether he had any right to call himself an Israelite at all. Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular. From atimos; infamy, i.e. 2 Corinthians 11:16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. The kind of climax which the verse presents points not only to three claims to honour on their part, for in that case the first would include both the second and the third, and the climax would have little meaning, but to successive denials that he possessed any of the three. [324] It was when he was just entering the thirtieth year of his age,[325] that he was consecrated bishop and brought to Connor; for that was the name of the city through ignorance of Irish ecclesiastical, St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural. With. To also, I too, but I. "Are they the seed of Abraham? Change in Paul's travel plans (1:12-24) Paul describes his conduct toward the Corinthians ( 1:12-14) Paul defends himself against the accusation of being unreliable ( 1:15-24) 2. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord. Are they Israelites? 24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. It is a contrast throughout of himself with the "deceitful workers." Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. 2 Kings 5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! Little, small. Pertaining to self, i.e. For hence it is, Rom. The third trial to which busy life is exposed, is the trial of procrastination, the putting off until the "convenient season" life's higher duties. AS TO THE MINISTRY OF THE LORD JESUS. But when He Might Use to Work, that Is15. It thins our churches, breeds a painful irregularity in the actions of the truer life of the soul. Strictly speaking, it is used of the act of the father who gives his daughter in marriage; and this, rather than the claim to act as "the friend of the bridegroom" (see Note on John 3:29), is probably the idea here. Which Thing Whoso Thinks Cannot have Been done by the Apostles And that which Follows Concerning Birds of the Air and Lilies of the Field That the Ruler Should be a Near Neighbour to Every one in Compassion, and Exalted Above all in Contemplation. Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular. Shall he point to his wonderful successes? [322] But they persisted, and at length he yielded when their entreaties were enforced by the command of his teacher,[323] together with that of the metropolitan. 15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Had he a drop of Abraham's blood flowing in his veins? 2 Corinthians 4:1,2 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; . They had long since transpired, but they were fresh in Paul's memory. 23 Are they servants of Christ? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 11:21 For in your eating each one takes (1 Cor. It is impossible to resist the inference that here also we have the echo of something which Titus had reported to him as said by his opponents at Corinth. 16. I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. Watch Book Overviews 2 Corinthians 2 Corinthians New Testament Overviews 8:38 What is the book of 2 Corinthians about in the Bible? 5. One might have thought that the man inspired with supreme love to Him, and receiving a commission from Him, involving the salvation of souls, would have made his way clear, safe, and even pleasant. It was the cross of Christ, and only the cross, which had brought all these upon him. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. Of this Weakness of His, He Saith in Another Place13. Each (of more than two), every one. It is a moment of impassioned thought which brings the past most vividly before his eye, and lo! Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular. Numbers 11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? Therefore, then. It is singular to note that, in an Epistle probably nearly contemporary with this, St. Paul uses the phrase almost in a bad sense: "Do we now persuade men, or God?" First person singular of a past tense of opheilo; I ought, i.e. 1. The thrice "beaten with rods" was the reply. of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them; showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative; and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior. 2 Corinthians 11:4 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. 20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face. To endure, bear with, have patience with, suffer, admit, persist. "He proceeds to mention, as the reason for his pre-eminence, no illustrious achievements or wonderful results he had accomplished, but difficulties, troubles, conflicts, perils" (Kling). To dare, endure, be bold, have courage, make up the mind. I speak it as a matter of reproach to myself, as though we were weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. The conscience, a persisting notion. It follows, then, that when you are assembled in one place you do not eat the Lord's supper. From pro and lambano; to take in advance, i.e. From noieo; a perception, i.e. It is the idea of suffering as expressive of human infirmity. A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. ), and directing them with exclusive intent to objects then engaging his thought; but, at present, he only individualizes far enough to prove that the "false apostles" had no advantage over him as to national ties. Not at the Lord's table, but at tables spread for them in the place of divine worship, where everyone brought his own food, under a pretence that others, particularly the poor, should eat with him; but instead of that, he sat down and ate it himself, and would not stay till the rest came, to eat together: but . 1 Corinthians 11:21. Whereas, therefore, the whole Church itself is a virgin espoused unto one Husband Christ, [2028] as the Apostle saith, of how great honor are its members worthy, who guard this even in the flesh itself, which the whole Church guards in the faith? For not even herein ought such as are married to compare themselves with the deserts of the continent, in that of them virgins are born: for this is not a good of marriage, but of nature: which was so ordered of God, as that of every sexual intercourse whatever of the two sexes of human kind, whether in due order and honest, or base and unlawful, there is born no female save a virgin, yet is none born a sacred virgin: so it is brought to pass that a virgin is born even of fornication, but a sacred St. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every. The trials here sketched indicate several things. Which thing whoso thinks cannot have been done by the Apostles, that with them women of holy conversation should go about wheresoever they preached the Gospel, that of their substance they might minister to their necessities, let him hear the Gospel, and learn how in this they did after the example of the Lord Himself. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tent-makers. of most touching reflection. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular. 5I consider myself in no way inferior to those super-apostles. I, the first-person pronoun. their friend.") Static Visualization of the Cross References. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. version of Proverbs 19:14 : "A man's wife is espoused to him from the Lord." egotism; recklessness. 2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. . The time referred to is that when, on baptism or the laying on of hands (Acts 8:17), they had received the first-fruits of the gift of the Spirit, as in Acts 2:38; Acts 8:17; Acts 10:44; Acts 19:6; the "unction from the Holy One" (1John 2:20; 1John 2:27). xxx. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.' So Then they that AreRom. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. No one part of this account is fuller of difficulties, Nathaniel LardnerAn Essay on the Mosaic Account of the Creation and Fall of Man, St. Malachy Becomes Bishop of Connor; He Builds the Monastery of iveragh. So am I. He reproves them, because in holy assemblies. so am I." The blessedness which the memory of trials rightly endured produces. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 11:21 I speak by way of disparagement as (2 Cor. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together. Letter ii (A. D. 1126) to the Monk AdamTo the Monk Adam [3] 1. Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about. Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. 2 Corinthians 11:3,14 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, 1 Chronicles 21:1,2 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. . But when he might use to work, that is, in what spaces of time, that he might not be hindered from preaching the Gospel, who can make out? It is, in the first place, unquestionable that a real serpent was engaged in the temptation; so that the opinion of those who maintain that the serpent is only, 13. Its function is rather to draw together things divided; and it is far from dividing those that are joined. eat before others have an opportunity; to anticipate, surprise. 7Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? It cannot make itself known. 2 Corinthians 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. it is sad to see, "a sight which makes a thinking man weep at any time, to look around him anywhere, and see how Satan and the world are befooling souls for which Christ died, and which might find rest in Him.". Exodus 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 12But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast. The more important the Divine work intrusted to a man, and the more faithful he is in its discharge, the more trials will embarrass and distract him. Here, then, we have the first distinct appearance of one among those great thoughts that we find frequently in various forms in his subsequent writings - the idea of glorying in his infirmities. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. Have they from Jerusalem round about even to Illyricum filled the lands with the Gospel? Moreover, if discourse must be bestowed upon any, and this so take up the speaker that he have not time to work with his hands, are all in the monastery able to hold discourse unto brethren which come unto them from another kind of life, whether it be to expound the divine lessons, or concerning any questions which may be put, to reason in an wholesome manner? For it must not be deemed that it is not He that feeds and clothes them also which work with their hands. New American Standard Bible To [my] shame I [must] say that we have been weak [by comparison]. Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular. so am I, Philippians 3:3-6 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, 2 Corinthians 11:17,23 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. which imitates the mother of her husband, and St. Pauls Suffering and Service(Colossians1:2429). Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural. so am I. 11:21 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881 . I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. THERE are not a few difficulties in the account, which Moses has given of the creation of the world, and of the formation, and temptation, and fall of our first parents. 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them; showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative; and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior. 1 My purpose now is to point out some of the various connections in which the New Testament uses that familiar phrase, 'the gospel,' and briefly to gather some of the important thoughts which these suggest.
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