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2 Corinthians 11:20 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 20
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.2 Corinthians 11:20 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 11:20 in context
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- himselfepairōto lift up, raise up, raise on high, metaph. to be lifted up with pride, to exalt one s…G1869 →
- sufferanechōto hold up, to hold one s self erect and firm, to sustain, to bear, to endureG430 →
- devourkatesthiōto consume by eating, to eat up, devour, of birds, of a dragon, of a man eating up the…G2719 →
- bringkatadouloōto bring into bondage, enslave, to enslave to one's self, bring into bondage to one's selfG2615 →
- smitederōto flay, skin, to beat, thrash, smiteG1194 →
- takelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
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Here we have a further excuse that the apostle makes for what he was about to say in his own vindication. 1. He would not have them think he was guilty of folly, in saying what he said to vindicate himself: Let no man think me a fool, Co2 11:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-21