2 Corinthians 11:20
For ye bear with it—if anyone enslaveth you, if any devoureth, if anyone taketh, if anyone lifteth himself up, if anyone, on the face, doth smite you!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19For, gladly, do ye bear with the foolish, being [yourselves], discreet,—
Cross References
Lamentations 3:30Let him give, to him that smiteth him, his cheek, let him be sated with reproach.
Romans 16:17But I beseech you, brethren, to keep an eye upon them who are causing divisions and occasions of stumbling, aside from the teaching which, ye, have learned,—and be turning away from them;
2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are, helpers, of your joy, for, by your faith, ye stand.
Galatians 4:3So also, we, when we were infants, under the elementary principles of the world, were held in servitude;
Galatians 4:25And, the Hagar, is Mount Sinai, in Arabia,—she answereth, however, unto the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children;
Galatians 5:10I, am persuaded regarding you, in the Lord—that, for nothing else, ye will have any regard; but, he that is troubling you, shall bear the sentence,—whosoever 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 →