2 Corinthians 11:6

But though I be rude in speech,.... Which might be objected to him, setting himself upon a level with men so famous for their diction, and elegance of style; and to this he answers, not by owning he…

But though I be rude in speech - see the note, 2Co 10:10. The word rendered “rude” here (ἰδιώτης idiōtēs) means properly a private citizen, in opposition to one in a public station; then a…

But though I be rude in speech - Ιδιωτης τῳ λογῳ Though I speak like a common unlettered man, in plain unadorned phrase, studying none of the graces of eloquence; yet I am not unskilled in the most…

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,…

But though I be rude in speech The word (see note on 1Co 14:16, and cf. Act 4:13; 1Co 1:17; 1Co 2:1; 1Co 2:4; 1Co 2:13, and ch. 2Co 10:10) signifies one not specially instructed in an art. "It does…