In abasing myself (εμαυτον ταπεινων). Humbling myself by making tents for a living while preaching in Corinth. He is ironical stil…

Have I committed an offence. Have I done wrong. Greek, "Have I committed a sin." There is a somewhat abrupt transition here from the previ…

Have I committed an offense (literally, a sin) in abasing myself...?—The rival teacher…

Itinerant teachers of the Hellenistic age commonly gained their financial support by charging a fee for their instruction. Traveling teachers who w…

Have I committed an offense? His humility was used against him as a reproach, even though it was an excellence deserving of extraordinary …

Have I committed an offence in abasing myself
Either by behaving among them, when he was first with them, in a very …

It is far better to be plain in speech, yet walking openly and consistently with the gospel, than to be admired by thousands, and be lifted up in p…

Having described the zeal he had for the Corinthians and proved it reasonable, the Apostle now rejects their excuse. In this regard, he does two th…