2 Corinthians 11:10
in 2 Corinthians 11As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
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ASV
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
KJV
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
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This verse in 2 Corinthians 11
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAs the truth of Christ is in me - Εστιν αληθεια Χριστου εν εμοι· The truth of Christ is in me. That is: I speak as becomes a Christian man, and as influenced by the Gospel of Christ. It is a solemn form of asseveration, if not to be considered in the sense of an oath. In the regions of Achaia - The whole of the Peloponnesus, or Morea, in which the city of Corinth stood. From this it appears that he had received no help from any of the other Churches in the whole of that district.
This site's exposition
no man shall stop me of this boasting
on 2 Corinthians 11:10-12
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia; Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth: Paul swears by Christ's own truth that the policy of refusing support will continue, and the double question heads off before it can take root the obvious misreading of refusal as coldness. 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: the false apostles apparently boasted of ministering on the same terms as Paul, and by refusing pay he denies them the ability to claim equal footing on that specific point.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Paul urges the whole of Achaia to give aid to the saints, but at the same time he refuses to take anything for himself from any of them.
"As the truth of Christ is in me." "Do not think that I therefore have spoken, that I may receive, that I may the rather draw you on: for," saith he, "as the truth is in me, No man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia." For that none should think again that he is grieved at this, or that he speaks these things in anger, he even calls the thing a "glorying." And in his former Epistle too he dressed it out in like terms. For so that he may not wound them there either, he says, "What then is my reward? That when I preach the Gospel, I may make the Gospel of Christ without charge." And as he there calls it "reward," so doth he here "glorying," that they may not be excessively ashamed at what he said, as if he were asking and they gave not to him. "For, what, if even ye would give?" saith he, "Yet I do not accept it." And the expression, "shall not stop me," is a metaphor taken from rivers, or from the report, as if running every where, of his receiving nothing. "Ye stop not with your giving this my freedom of speech." But he said not, "ye stop not," which would have been too cutting, but it "no man shall stop me in the regions of Achaia." This again was like giving them a fatal blow, and exceedingly apt to deject and pain them, since they were the only persons he refused [to take from]. "For if he made that his boast, it were meet to make it so every where: but if he only does so among us, perchance this is owing to our weakness." Lest therefore they should so reason and be dejected, see how he corrects this.
The Medieval Church2 voices
Lest they should think that he said "I will endeavor" in order to attract them more to himself, he says: in the truth that is in Christ Jesus, I say that I will take nothing; but lest anyone should think that he says this under …
That he will continue to do so he confirms in two ways. First, by reason of the one who speaks in him, namely, Christ, who is the truth from which nothing false can come; hence he says, As the truth of Christ is in me. …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
As the truth of Christ is in me,....
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Greek, "There is (the) truth of Christ in me that," &c. (Ro 9:1). no man shall stop me of--The oldest manuscripts read, "This boasting shall not be shut (that is, stopped) as regards me." "Boasting is as it were personified . . . shall not have its mouth stopped as regards me" [ALFORD].
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
As the truth of Christ is in me - That is, I solemnly declare this as in the presence of Christ. As I am a Christian man; as I feel bound to declare the truth, and as I must answer to Christ. It is a solemn form of asseveration, equal to an oath; see the note on Rom 9:1; compare 1Ti 2:7. No man shall stop me ... - Margin, “This boasting shall not be stopped in me;” see the note on 1Co 9:15. The idea here is, that Paul was solemnly determined that the same thing should continue. He had not been burdensome to any, and he was resolved that he would not be. Rather than be burdensome he had labored with his own hands, and he meant to do it still. No man in all Achaia should ever have reason to say that he had been an idler, and had been supported by the churches when he was doing nothing. It was the fixed and settled purpose of his life never to be burdensome to any man. What a noble resolution! How fixed were the principles of his life! And what an instance of magnanimous self-denial and of elevated purpose! Every man, minister or otherwise, should adopt a similar resolution. He should resolve to receive nothing for which he has not rendered a fair equivalent, and resolve if he has health never to be a burden to his friends or to the church of God. And even if sick he may yet feel that he is not burdensome to others. If he is gentle and grateful; if he makes no unnecessary care; and especially if he furnishes an example of patience and piety, and seeks the blessing of God on his benefactors, he furnishes them what they will usually esteem an ample equivalent. No man need be burdensome to his friends; and all should resolve that by the grace of God they never will be. There is considerable variety in the mss. here (see Mill on the place), but in regard to the general sense there can be no doubt. […]
The words behind it
18 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἔστιν | estin | Is | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ἀλήθεια | aletheia | [the] truth | G225 → | 109 times |
| Χριστοῦ | christou | of Christ | G5547 → | 523 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| ἐμοὶ | emoi | me myself | G1473 → | 839 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| ἡ | he | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| καύχησις | kauchesis | boasting | G2746 → | 11 times |
| αὕτη | haute | this | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| φραγήσεται | phragesetai | will be stopped | G5420 → | |
| εἰς | eis | of | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| ἐμὲ | eme | mine | G1473 → | 839 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τοῖς | tois | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κλίμασιν | klimasin | regions | G2824 → | |
| τῆς | tes | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| Ἀχαΐας. | achaias | of Achaia. | G882 → | 10 times |
ἔστινIs
estinG1510 →2333 times
ἀλήθεια[the] truth
aletheiaG225 →109 times
Χριστοῦof Christ
christouG5547 →523 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ἐμοὶme myself
emoiG1473 →839 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ἡ<the>
heG3588 →19766 times
καύχησιςboasting
kauchesisG2746 →11 times
αὕτηthis
hauteG3778 →1381 times
οὐnot
ouG3756 →1664 times
φραγήσεταιwill be stopped
phragesetaiG5420 →
εἰςof
eisG1519 →1755 times
ἐμὲmine
emeG1473 →839 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τοῖςthe
toisG3588 →19766 times
κλίμασινregions
klimasinG2824 →
τῆς<the>
tesG3588 →19766 times
Ἀχαΐας.of Achaia.
achaiasG882 →10 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
it leads to
- Galatians 1:20
I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 4:21
Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
- Galatians 1:20
Through
Romans 9:1I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
it leads to
- Romans 1:9
God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Timothy 2:7
For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
- Romans 1:9
Through
Romans 1:9God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
it leads to
- Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- Romans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
- Ephesians 6:18
Through
2 Corinthians 10:15Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
it leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
- Romans 15:20
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3
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About 2 Corinthians
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES; Frederic Godet, Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily 23 on 2 Corinthians; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 2 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 2 Corinthians.