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2 Corinthians 11:12 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 12
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.2 Corinthians 11:12 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 11:12 in context
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- occasionaphormēa place from which a movement or attack is made, a base of operations, metaph. that by…G874 →
- desirethelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- glorykauchaomaito glory , to glory on account of a thing, to glory in a thingG2744 →
- foundheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
- offekkoptōto cut out, cut off, of a tree, metaph. to cut off occasionG1581 →
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After the foregoing preface to what he was about to say, the apostle in these verses mentions, I. His equality with the other apostles - that he was not a whit behind the very chief of the apostles, Co2 11:5. This he expresses very modestly: I suppose so. He might have spoken very positively.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-15