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2 Corinthians 11:29 — King James Version← Study notes

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?


2 Corinthians 11:29Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 Corinthians 11:2911 words
GreekMeaning
τίςtis
WhopronounG5100
ἀσθενεῖasthenei
is weakverbG770
καὶkai
andwordG2532
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἀσθενῶasthenō
I am weak?verbG770
τίςtis
WhopronounG5100
σκανδαλίζεταιskandalizetai
is led into sinverbG4624
καὶkai
andwordG2532
οὐκouk
surelyadverbG3756
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
πυροῦμαιpyroumai
do burn inwardly?verbG4448
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:29

“Who is weak, and I am not weak?” He did not say, 'and I share not in his dejection?' but, 'so am I troubled and disturbed, as though I myself were laboring under that very affection, that very infirmity.' “Who is made to stumble, and I burn not?” See, again, how he places before us the excess of his grief by calling it “burning.” 'I am on fire,' 'I am in a flame,' he says, which is surely greater than anything he has said. For those other things, although violent, yet both…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 25 on Second Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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