2 Corinthians — Chapter 11

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2 Corinthians 11:1 ^RWould to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

Num 11:29; Josh 7:7

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am ^Rjealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Gal 4:11,17-19; Phil 1:8

2 Corinthians 11:3 But ^RI 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.

2 Cor 11:29; 2 Cor 12:20-21

2 Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh ^Rpreacheth 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.

Acts 4:12; 1 Tim 2:5

2 Corinthians 11:5 For I suppose ^RI was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

2 Cor 12:11-12; 1 Cor 15:10

2 Corinthians 11:6 But though I be ^Rrude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

2 Cor 10:10; 1 Cor 1:17,21

2 Corinthians 11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

2 Corinthians 11:8 ^RI robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

2 Cor 11:9; Phil 4:14-16

2 Corinthians 11:9 And when I was present with you, and ^Rwanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

2 Cor 6:4; 2 Cor 9:12

2 Corinthians 11:10 As ^Rthe truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

2 Cor 11:31; 2 Cor 1:23

2 Corinthians 11:11 Wherefore? ^Rbecause I love you not? God knoweth.

2 Cor 6:11-12; 2 Cor 7:3

2 Corinthians 11:12 But ^Rwhat 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 Cor 11:9; 2 Cor 1:17

2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are ^Rfalse apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

2 Cor 11:15; 2 Cor 2:17

2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; ^Rfor Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

2 Cor 11:3; 2 Cor 2:11

2 Corinthians 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if ^Rhis ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

2 Cor 11:13; Acts 13:10

2 Corinthians 11:16 I say again, ^RLet no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

2 Cor 11:21-23; 2 Cor 12:6,11

2 Corinthians 11:17 That which I speak, ^RI speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

1 Cor 7:6,12

2 Corinthians 11:18 Seeing that ^Rmany glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

2 Cor 11:12,21-23; 2 Cor 10:12-18

2 Corinthians 11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, ^Rseeing ye yourselves are wise.

1 Cor 4:10; 1 Cor 8:1

2 Corinthians 11:20 For ye suffer, ^Rif 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 Cor 1:24; Gal 2:4

2 Corinthians 11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, ^Ras though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

2 Cor 10:1-2,10; 2 Cor 13:10

2 Corinthians 11:22 Are they ^RHebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

Exod 3:18; Exod 5:3

2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they ^Rministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

2 Cor 3:6; 2 Cor 6:4

2 Corinthians 11:24 Of the Jews five times received I ^Rforty stripes save one.

Deut 25:2-3; Matt 10:17

2 Corinthians 11:25 Thrice was ^RI beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Acts 16:22-23,33,37; Acts 22:24

2 Corinthians 11:26 In ^Rjourneyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Acts 9:23,26-30; Acts 11:25-26

2 Corinthians 11:27 In ^Rweariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

2 Cor 11:23; 2 Cor 6:5

2 Corinthians 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, ^Rthe care of all the churches.

Acts 15:36,40-41; Acts 18:23

2 Corinthians 11:29 Who ^Ris weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

2 Cor 2:4-5; 2 Cor 7:5-6

2 Corinthians 11:30 If I ^Rmust needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

2 Cor 11:16-18; 2 Cor 12:1,11

2 Corinthians 11:31 The ^RGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

2 Cor 1:3,23; John 10:30

2 Corinthians 11:32 In ^RDamascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

2 Cor 11:26; Acts 9:24-25

2 Corinthians 11:33 And through a window in a basket was ^RI let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

Josh 2:18; 1 Sam 19:12

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Corinthians 11:1–15 — A jealous concern for gospel truth

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Paul fears deception and another gospel, defending unpaid service and warning that false apostles disguise themselves attractively.

Key Truth: Evaluate teaching by fidelity to Christ.

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Corinthians 11:16–21 — Reluctant boasting exposes folly

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Paul uses reluctant boasting to confront a church tolerating exploitation and intimidation from presumptuous leaders.

Key Truth: Do not confuse domineering behavior with faithfulness.

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Corinthians 11:22–33 — Weakness and costly endurance

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Paul lists suffering, dangers, and concern for the churches, ending with a humiliating escape rather than worldly triumph.

Key Truth: Recognize faithful endurance without idolizing strength.

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Genesis 3:13 — Paul recalls the serpent's deception in his concern for the church.

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