2 Corinthians 11:1-15

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*September 4, 2009
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  *N. 2 CORINTHIANS 11:1-15*

*PAUL'S METHOD OF PROTECTING HIS CONVERTS*

*1. 11:1-6 PAUL'S GOAL: PRESENT CORINTHIANS IN PURITY TO CHRIST*

*a. 11:1 PAUL REASONS IN THE REALM OF FOOLISHNESS*

Ophe-lon [3785] aNEIchesTHE [430] mou miKRON ti a-phroSUn*e*s [877]:

*Would that you could bear with me in a little foolishness:*

alLA kai aNEchesTHE mou.

*but you indeed bear with me.*


 *b. 11:2 PAUL'S GOAL: TO PRESENT A PURE CHURCH TO CHRIST*

z*e*L*O* [2206] gar huMAS TheOU Z*E*l*o*;

*For I am zealous over you with a zeal of God;*

h*e*r-moSAm*e*n [718] gar huMAS heNI anDRI,

*for I espoused you to one husband,*

parTHEnon [3933] hagN*E*N pa-raST*E*sai [3936] t*o* ChrisT*O*.

*that I might present you a pure virgin to the Christ.*


 *c. 11:3 SATAN'S GOAL: TO CORRUPT THE CHURCH AS HE DID EVE*

phoBOUmai [5399] de, m*e* p*o*s,

*But I fear, lest somehow,*

h*o*s ho Ophis [3789] e-x*e*PAt*e*-sen [1816] HEUan en t*e* pa-nourGIa
[3834] auTOU,

*as the serpent beguiled Eve in his :craftiness,*

phthaR*E* [5351] ta no*E*ma-ta [3540] huM*O*N aPO t*e*s haPLOt*e*-tos [572]

*your :thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity*

kai t*e*s hagNOt*e*-tos [53] t*e*s eis ton ChrisTON.

*and the purity that is toward the Christ.*


 *d. 11:4 DANGER: TO ACCEPT ANOTHER GOSPEL THAN PAUL'S*

ei men gar ho erCHOme-nos ALlon 'I*e*SOUN k*e*RUSsei [2784],

*For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, *

hon ouk e-k*e*RUxa-men, *e* PNEUma HEte-ron lamBAne-te,

*whom we did not preach, or you receive a different spirit,*

ho ouk eLAbe-te, *e* eu-agGEli-on [2098] HEte-ron,

*which you did not receive, or a different gospel,*

ho ouk eDExas-the [1209], kaL*O*S aNEches-the [430].

*which you did not accept, you bear well with him. *


 *e. 11:5 PAUL'S PERSONAL TESTIMONY*

loGIzo-mai [3049] gar m*e*DEN hus-te-r*e*KEnai [5302] t*o*n hu-perLIan
a-poSTOl*o*n.

*For I reckon that I am behind the chief apostles in nothing.*


 *f. 11:6 PAUL'S MANIFESTATION: KNOWLEDGEABLE IN ALL THINGS*

ei de kai i-di*O*t*e*s [2399] t*o* LOg*o*, all' ou t*e* GN*O*sei [1108];

*But though rude in :speech, yet am I not in :knowledge;*

all', en panTI pha-neR*O*san-tes [5319] en PAsin eis huMAS.

*no, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.*


 *2. 11:7-11 CONVERTS: PURPOSE FOR MAKING NO CHARGE FOR GOSPEL*

*a. 11:7 PAUL'S SERVICE TO CORINTH: WITHOUT CHARGE*

*E* ha-marTIan ePOI*e*-sa e-mauTON ta-peiN*O*N [5013] HIna huMEIS hu-ps*o*TH
*E*te [5312],

*Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that you be exalted,*

HOti d*o*-reAN [1432] to tou TheOU eu-agGEli-on eu-*e*g-ge-liSAm*e*n
[2097]huMIN?

*because I preached to you the gospel of :God for nothing?*


 *b. 11:8-9 THE MINISTRY TO CORINTH: UNDERWRITTEN BY OTHER CHURCHES*

ALlas ek-kl*e*SIas eSUl*e*-sa [4813],

*I robbed other churches,*

laB*O*N oPS*O*ni-on [3800] pros t*e*n huM*O*N di-a-koNIan [1248];

*taking wage of them for ministering to you;*

kai paR*O*N pros huMAS hus-te-r*e*THEIS [5302], ou ka-teNARk*e*-sa
[2655]ou-theNOS;

*9 and when present with you and in want, I was a burden to none;*

to gar husTEr*e*MA [5303] mou pro-sa-nePL*E*r*o*-san [4322] hoi a-delPHOI,

*for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia,*

elTHONtes aPO Ma-ke-doNIas; kai en panTI

*fully supplied my :want; and in everything*

a-baR*E* [4] e-mauTON huMIN eT*E*r*e*-sa [5083], kai t*e*R*E*s*o*.

*I kept myself without burden to you, and will keep.*


 *c. 11:10 PAUL AND GLORYING*

EStin aL*E*thei-a [225] ChrisTOU en eMOI, HOti h*e* KAUch*e*-sis [2746] HAUt
*e*

*Christ's truth is in me, that this :glorying*

ou phraG*E*se-tai [4972] eis eME en tois KLIma-si [2824] t*e*s A-CHAIas.

*in the regions of :Achaia shall not be closed against me.*


 *e. 11:11a QUESTIONS*

diA ti? HOti ouk a-gaP*O* HUmas?

*Wherefore? because I love you not?*


 *f. 11:11b ANSWER*

ho TheOS OIden.

*God knows.*


 *3. 11:12-15 PAUL'S FREE GOSPEL UNMASKS FALSE APOSTLES*

*a. 11:12 PAUL'S STRATEGY*

Ho de poi*O*, kai poi*E*s*o*,

*But what I do, I also will do,*

HIna ekKOps*o* [1581] t*e*n a-phorM*E*N [874] t*o*n theLONt*o*n a-phorM*E*N

*that I may cut off the occasion of them that desire occasion*

HIna en h*o* kauCH*O*Ntai [2744], heu-reTH*O*sin [2147] kaTH*O*S kai h*e*
MEIS.

*that wherein they glory, they be found even as we.*


 *b. 11:13 PAUL'S EVALUATION*

hoi gar toiOUtoi pseu-daPOSto-loi [5570], erGAtai [2040] DOli-oi [1386],

*For :such are false apostles, deceitful workers,*

me-ta-sch*e*-ma-tiZOme-noi [3345] eis a-poSTOlous ChrisTOU.

*fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.*


 *c. 11:14 PAUL'S CONTRAST*

kai ou THAUma [2298];

*And no marvel;*

auTOS gar ho Sa-taNAS me-ta-sch*e*-maTIze-tai [3345] eis AGge-lon [32] ph*o*TOS
[5407].

*for the very Satan fashions himself into an angel of light.*


 *d. 11:15 PAUL'S CONCLUSION*

ou MEga oun ei kai hoi diAko-noi auTOU

*No great thing therefore if his :ministers also*

me-ta-sch*e*-maTIzon-tai [3345] h*o*s diAko-nos di-kai-oSUn*e*s [1343];

*fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness;*

h*o*n to TElos [5056] EStai kaTA ta ERga [2041] auT*O*N.

*whose :end shall be according to their :works.*



 *ARGUMENTS OR OBEDIENCE?*

*(From “My Utmost for His Highest” - by Oswald Chambers)*


 *2 Corinthians 11:3 (1-15) “ ... the simplicity that is in Christ”*


 *Simplicity (purity) is the secret of seeing things clearly. A saint does
not think clearly until a long time passes, but a saint ought to see clearly
without any difficulty. You cannot think through spiritual confusion to make
things clear; to make things clear, you must obey. In intellectual matters
you will only think yourself into further wandering thoughts and more
confusion. If there is something in your life upon which God has put His
pressure then obey Him in that matter. Bring all your “arguments and
...every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” regarding the
matter, and everything will become as clear as daylight to you (2
Corinthians 10:5). Your reasoning capacity will come later, but reasoning is
not how we see. We see like children, and when we try to be wise we see
nothing (see Matthew 11:25).*


 *Even the very smallest thing that we allow in our lives that is not under
the control of the Holy Spirit is completely sufficient to account for
spiritual confusion, and spending all of our time thinking about it will
still never make it clear. Spiritual confusion can only be conquered through
obedience. As soon as we obey, we have discernment. This is humiliating,
because when we are confused we know that the reason lies in the state of
our mind. But when our natural power of sight is devoted and submitted in
obedience to the Holy Spirit, it becomes the very power by which we perceive
God's will, and our entire life is kept in simplicity.*


 *NOTE:* I discovered OC's word on 2 Corinthians 11:3, and thought it most
appropriate for this passage. Trust it will be as much a challenge and
blessing to you as it was to me. J.A.W



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