2 Corinthians 11:20

For ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes you, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19For ye gladly bear with the foolish, being yourselves wise.

21I say it as a reproach, that we were weak. But in whatever any one is bold (I say it in foolishness), I also am bold.

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Cross References

Romans 16:17Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the teaching which ye learned, and avoid them.

2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for in faith ye stand fast.

Galatians 4:3So also we, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements[4:3] of the world.

Galatians 4:25which is Hagar (for the word Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia), and answers to the Jerusalem that now is, for she is in bondage with her children.

Galatians 5:10I have confidence toward you in the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded; but he that troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he may be.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:17-22

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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