Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Corinthians 11:19

"For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves]." — 2 Corinthians 11:19 (ASV)

Ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.—He falls back into the strain of irony of 1 Corinthians 4:8–10, to which, indeed, the whole passage presents a striking parallelism. He assumes that in their serene, self-complacent wisdom they will be willing to tolerate even those whom they look upon as half-insane. He drives the sarcasm home by urging that they tolerate those who are morally in a far worse condition.