2 CORINTHIANS 11:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.”
To my shame, I admit that we were too weak for that! Whatever anyone else dares to boast about — I am speaking as a fool — I also dare to boast about — Paul *admits* his *astheneia*, weakness, with *biting irony*: he *refused* to exploit them because he *loved* them. Now, forced into the boasters' game, he will demonstrate *superior* credentials through *weakness itself*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:21
“I speak by way of disparagement,” for you suffer no whit less than men smitten on the face. What now can be stronger than this? What oppression more bitter than this? When having taken from you both your money and your freedom and your honor, they even so are not gentle towards you nor suffer you to abide in the rank of servants, but have used you more insultingly than any bought slave. “As though we had been weak.” The expression is obscure. For since it was a disagreeable…
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