2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
what	ὃ ho	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — accusative singular neuter
do	ποιῶ, poiō	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
do	ποιήσω, poiēsō	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — future active indicative, 1st person singular
that	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
off	ἐκκόψω ekkopsō	G1581	to exscind · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular
occasion	ἀφορμὴν aphormēn	G874	a starting-point · noun — accusative singular feminine
them	τὴν tēn	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — accusative singular feminine
desire	θελόντων thelontōn	G2309	to determine (as an active option from subjective impul… · verb — present active participle, genitive plural masculine
occasion	ἀφορμήν, aphormēn	G874	a starting-point · noun — accusative singular feminine
that	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
wherein	ᾧ hō	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — dative singular neuter
glory	καυχῶνται, kauchōntai	G2744	to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense) · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
found	εὑρεθῶσιν heurethōsin	G2147	to find (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person plural
even	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
as	καθὼς kathōs	G2531	just (or inasmuch) as · conjunction
we	ἡμεῖς hēmeîs	G2249	we (only used when emphatic)

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 9:12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we s…
Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
1 Corinthians 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
2 Corinthians 1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there…
2 Corinthians 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which gl…
2 Corinthians 10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Maced…
2 Corinthians 11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:5-15

After the foregoing preface to what he was about to say, the apostle in these verses mentions, I. His equality with the other apostles - that he was not a whit behind the very chief of the apostles, Co2 11:5. This he expresses very modestly: I suppose so. He might have spoken very positively. The apostleship, as an office, was equal in all the apostles; but the apostles, like other Christians, differed one from another. These stars differed one from another in glory, and Paul was indeed of the first magnitude; yet he speaks modestly of himself, and humbly owns his personal infirmity, that he was rude in speech, had not such a graceful delivery as some others might have. Some think that he wa…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 11:12

I will do--I will continue to decline help. occasion--Greek, "the occasion," namely, of misrepresenting my motives, which would be afforded to my detractors, if I accepted help. that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we--BENGEL joins this clause with "the occasion," namely, of glorying or boasting; the occasion "that they may be found (a point wherein they glory) even as we," that is, quite as disinterested, or virtually, quite as gain-seeking and self-seeking. It cannot mean that the false teachers taught gratuitously even as Paul (compare Co2 11:20; Co1 9:12). ALFORD less clearly explains by reference to Co2 11:18, &c., where the "glorying" here is taken up and described as…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I do, etc. - I act thus that I may cut off occasion of glorying, boasting, or calumniating from them - the false prophets and his partisans, who seek occasion - who would be glad that I should become chargeable to you, that it might in some sort vindicate them who exact much from you; for they bring you into bondage, and devour you, Co2 11:20. Nothing could mortify these persons more than to find that the apostle did take nothing, and was resolved to take nothing; while they were fleecing the people. It is certain that the passage is not to be understood as though the false apostles took nothing from the people, to whatever disinterestedness they might pretend, for the apostle is po…

The Church Fathers

For those who are the better, and who embrace the truth more clearly, being delivered from the evils of the flesh, become, on account of their perfect purification and faith, a church and help-meet of Christ, betrothed and given in marriage to Him as a virgin, according to the apostle,
— Methodius of Olympus, Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia

"That I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we." For since this they sought earnestly, to find some handle against him, it is necessary to remove this also. For this is the one point on which they pique themselves. Therefore that they might not have any advantage whatever, it was necessary to set this right; for in other things they were inferior. For, as I have said, nothing doth so edify worldly people as the receiving nothing from them. Therefore the devil in his craftiness dropped this bait especially, when desirous to injure them in other respects. But it appears to me that this even was in hypocrisy. And therefore he did not say, "wherein they have well done," but what? "wherein they glory;" which also was as jeering at their glorying; for they gloried also of that which they were not. But the man of noble spirit not only ought not to boast of what he has not, but not even of what he possesses; as this blessed saint was wont to do.
— John Chrysostom, Homily 23 on 2 Corinthians

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Dictionary and topics

Basket — There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17,…
Philippians, Epistle to — Was written by Paul during the two years when he was “in bonds” in Rome (Phil. 1:7-13), probably early in the year A.D. 62 or in the end of 61. The Philippians had sent Epaphroditus, their messenger,…

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2 Corinthians 11:12

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:5-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 11:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 11:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Corinthians 11:12

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:5-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 11:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 11:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 11:12

John Calvin on 2 Corinthians 11:7-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Corinthians 11:12