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2 Corinthians 11:23

2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. We have no account in the Acts of the Apostles, or elsewhere, of any one of these five scourgings, which the apostle underwent from the Jews;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Are they ministers of Christ? - Though Jews by birth yet they claimed to be the ministers of the Messiah. I speak as a fool - As if he had said, “Bear in mind, in what I am now about to say, that he…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Are they ministers of Christ - So we find that these were professors of Christianity; and that they were genuine Jews, and such as endeavored to incorporate both systems, and, no doubt, to oblige…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Corinthians 11:22-33

Here the apostle gives a large account of his own qualifications, labours, and sufferings (not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who had enabled him to do and suffer so much for…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Are they ministers of Christ?] St Paul here cannot be content with the simple -so am I." These men (see ch. 2Co 10:7; 1Co 1:10) claimed to be in some special sense Christ's ministers. But when the…