2 CORINTHIANS 11:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?”
Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? — Paul worked with his hands (*ergázomai*, labor; see Acts 18:3) rather than accepting *apocha*, support, from the Corinthians. To the worldly-minded, this appears *tapeinoó*, degrading. Yet *voluntary poverty* is the *mark* of authentic apostleship, echoing Christ's *kenosis*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:7
“But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge.” For since those that corrupted the Corinthians had the advantage in this, that they were not rude; he mentions this also, showing that he was not ashamed of, but even prided himself upon it. And he said not, “But though I be rude in speech,” yet so also are they , for this would have seemed to be accusing them as well as himself, and exalting these: but he overthrows the thing itself, the wisdom from without. And…
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