2 CORINTHIANS 11:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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 a man smite you on the face.”
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you, exploits you or takes advantage of you, hits you in the face — the *catalog* of false apostles' abuses: they *douleuō*, enslave; *katesthíō*, exploit/devour; *lambanō*, plunder; *dérō*, beat. The Corinthians' passive *anochē*, forbearance, enables *systemic abuse*. They tolerate *tyranny* while rejecting *apostolic love*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:20
“For you bear with a man,” he says, “if he devour you.” How then did you say, “that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we?” 2 Corinthians 11:12 Do you see that he shows that they did take of them, and not simply take, but even in excess: for the term “devour” plainly shows this, “If a man bring you into bondage.” 'You have given away both your money,' he says, 'and your persons, and your freedom. For this is more than taking of you; to be masters not only of your…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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