For if he that cometh preacheth 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.
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Gill's Exposition
For if he that cometh,.... Meaning either some particular man, the apostle might have had some information of, who came from Judea to Corinth, under the character of a true apostle; or anyone of the…
Barnes' Notes
For if he that cometh ... - There is much difficulty in this verse in ascertaining the true sense, and expositors have been greatly perplexed and divided in opinion, especially with regard to the true…
Adam Clarke
For if he that cometh - The false apostle, who came after St. Paul had left Corinth.
Preacheth another Jesus - Who can save more fully and more powerfully than that Jesus whom I have preached.
Or if…
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…
Cambridge Bible
he that cometh This shews that the false teachers came from elsewhere, whence they brought their corruptions. Chrysostom. Cf. Act 15:1; Act 15:24; Gal 2:4; Gal 2:12. Otherwise, says Olshausen, they…
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