2 Corinthians 11:19 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:19

“For you bear with the foolish gladly.” 'So that you are to blame for this, and more than they. For if you had not borne with them, and so far as it lay in them received damage, I would not have spoken a word; but I do it out of a tender care for your salvation, and in condescension. And behold, how he accompanies even his censure with praise. For having said, “ye bear with the foolish gladly;” he added, “Being wise yourselves.” For it was a sign of folly to glory, and on…