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A Sarcastic Rebuke
Most commentators agree that Paul's phrase, "you might well bear with him," is intensely sarcastic. He isn't praising the Corinthians' tolerance. Instead, he's ironically highlighting their inconsistency: they readily accept and even admire false teachers with a distorted message, yet they are critical and impatient with Paul, who brought them the one true Gospel.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 11:4
18th Century
Theologian
For if he that cometh, etc. There is much difficulty in this verse in ascertaining the true sense, and commentators have been greatly perp…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 11:4
Another Jesus (αλλον Ιησουν). Not necessarily a different Jesus, but any other "Jesus" is a rival and so wrong. That would deny th…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 11:4
19th Century
Bishop
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus.—The singular points, like the “any man,” “such a one,” of [Reference 2 Corint…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 11:4
Paul’s fear had a foundation in fact; the “if” as used here denotes an actual, not a hypothetical, situation (i.e., “if, as has happened, someone c…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 11:4
16th Century
Theologian
For if he that cometh. He now reproves the Corinthians for the excessive readiness they showed to receive the false apostles. For while th…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 11:4
17th Century
Pastor
For if he that cometh
Meaning either some particular man, the apostle might have had some information of, who came from Judea …
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 11:1–4
17th Century
Minister
The apostle desired to preserve the Corinthians from being corrupted by the false apostles. There is only one Jesus, one Spirit, and one gospel, to…