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Selected Verse: 2 Corinthians 11:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Co 11:19 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] ye suffer [430] fools [878] gladly [2234], seeing ye yourselves are [5607] wise [5429]. |
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King James |
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| gladly--willingly. Irony. A plea why they should "bear with" (Co2 11:1) him in his folly, that is, boasting; ye are, in sooth, so "wise" (Co1 4:8, Co1 4:10; Paul's real view of their wisdom was very different, Co1 3:1-4) yourselves that ye can "bear with" the folly of others more complacently. Not only can ye do so, but ye are actually doing this and more. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| For ye suffer fools gladly - You tolerate or endure those who are really fools. This is perhaps, says Dr. Bloomfield, the most sarcastic sentence ever penned by the apostle Paul. Its sense is, "You profess to be wondrous wise. And yet you who are so wise a people, freely tolerate those who are foolish in their boasting; who proclaim their own merits and attainments. You may allow me, therefore, to come in for my share, and boast also, and thus obtain your favor." Or it may mean, "You are so profoundly wise as easily to see who are fools. You have great power of discernment in this, and have found out that I am a fool, and also that other boasters are fools. Yet knowing this, you bear patiently with such fools; have admitted them to your favor and friendship, and I may come in among the rest of the fools, and partake also of your favors." They had borne with the false apostles who had boasted of their endowments, and yet they claimed to be eminent for wisdom and discernment. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Being wise - A beautiful irony. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise - A very fine irony. Ye are so profoundly wise as to be able to discern that I am a fool. Well, it would be dishonorable to you as wise men to fall out with a fool; you will therefore gladly bear with his impertinence and foolishness because of your own profound wisdom. |
1 And [2532] I [1473], brethren [80], could [1410] not [3756] speak [2980] unto you [5213] as [5613] unto spiritual [4152], but [235] as [5613] unto carnal [4559], even as [5613] unto babes [3516] in [1722] Christ [5547].
2 I have fed [4222] you [5209] with milk [1051], and [2532] not [3756] with meat [1033]: for [1063] hitherto [3768] ye were [1410] not [3768] able [1410] to bear it, neither [235] [3777] yet [2089] now [3568] are ye able [1410].
3 For [1063] ye are [2075] yet [2089] carnal [4559]: for [1063] whereas [3699] there is among [1722] you [5213] envying [2205], and [2532] strife [2054], and [2532] divisions [1370], are ye [2075] not [3780] carnal [4559], and [2532] walk [4043] as [2596] men [444]?
4 For [1063] while [3752] one [5100] saith [3004], I [1473] [3303] am [1510] of Paul [3972]; and [1161] another [2087], I [1473] am of Apollos [625]; are [2075] ye not [3780] carnal [4559]?
10 We [2249] are fools [3474] for [1223] Christ's [5547] sake [1223], but [1161] ye [5210] are wise [5429] in [1722] Christ [5547]; we [2249] are weak [772], but [1161] ye [5210] are strong [2478]; ye [5210] are honourable [1741], but [1161] we [2249] are despised [820].
8 Now [2235] ye are [2075] full [2880], now [2235] ye are rich [4147], ye have reigned as kings [936] without [5565] us [2257]: and [2532] I would to God [3785] [1065] ye did reign [936], that [2443] we [2249] also [2532] might reign with [4821] you [5213].
1 Would to God [3785] ye could bear [430] with me [3450] a little [3397] in my folly [877]: and [2532] indeed [235] bear [430] with me [3450].