2 Corinthians 11:20
for ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise;
Cross References
Lamentations 3:30That he offer his cheek to the smiter; that he be filled with reproach.
Romans 16:17But I exhort your brethren, to mark those who are causing divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine 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 respect to faith ye stand firm.
Galatians 4:3So also we, when we were children, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world;
Galatians 4:25for the word Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she corresponds to the Jerusalem now existing, for she is in bondage with her children;
Galatians 5:10I indeed have confidence in regard to you in the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded; but he that troubleth 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 →