2 Corinthians 11
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 11 of 13
Chapter Summary
Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself.
Key Greek Words
People & Context
The apostle, boasting in weakness; recounts his labors, sufferings, and escape from Damascus.
Deceitful workers disguising themselves as apostles of Christ, whom Paul exposes.
The adversary who transforms himself into an angel of light; his ministers pose as ministers of righteousness.
The first woman, deceived by the serpent's craftiness — Paul's warning of how minds may be corrupted.
The king whose ethnarch guarded Damascus, seeking to seize Paul, who escaped through a window in a basket.
Timeline
Paul expresses godly jealousy, fearing the Corinthians are being corrupted from simplicity in Christ by false apostles who proclaim 'another Jesus' and disguise themselves as angels of light [36-38].
2 Corinthians 11:2-4, 13-15Speaking 'in foolishness,' Paul matches the boasts of his opponents by recounting his unmatched sufferings for the gospel, including receiving stripes, being shipwrecked, and escaping Damascus in a basket [39-41].
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