2 Corinthians 11:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

2 Corinthians 11:19 —

Old words in this verse

suffer: — often: allow, permit.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
1 Corinthians 8:1
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
Revelation 3:17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Topics

Decision Minister, Christian Zeal, Religious

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-21)

Here we have a further excuse that the apostle makes for what he was about to say in his own vindication. 1. He would not have them think he was guilty of folly, in saying what he said to vindicate himself: Let no man think me a fool, 2 Cor. 11:16. Ordinarily, indeed, it is unbecoming a wise man to be much and often speaking in his own praise. Boasting of ourselves is usually not only a sign of a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19. gladly--willingly. Irony. A plea why they should “bear with” (2Co 11:1) him in his folly, that is, boasting; ye are, in sooth, so “wise” (1Co 4:8, 10; Paul’s real view of their wisdom was very different, 1Co 3:1-4) yourselves that ye can “bear with” the folly of others more complacently. Not only can ye do so, but ye are actually doing this and more.