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2 Corinthians 11:1 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 1
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.2 Corinthians 11:1 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 11:1 in context
1Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3But 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.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- littlemikronsmall, little, of size of stature, of length, of space, of age less by birth, younger, of…G3397 →
- indeedallabut, nevertheless, notwithstanding, an objection, an exception, a restriction, nay…G235 →
- bearanechōto hold up, to hold one s self erect and firm, to sustain, to bear, to endureG430 →
- Godophelonwould that, where one wishes that a thing had happened which has not happened or a thing…G3785 →
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Here we may observe, 1. The apology the apostle makes for going about to commend himself. He is loth to enter upon this subject of self-commendation: Would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly, Co2 11:1. He calls this folly, because too often it is really no better. In his case it was necessary;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4