2 Corinzi 11:1

1 Oh quanto desidererei che voi sopportaste da parte mia un po’ di follia! Ma pure, sopportatemi!

2 Corinzi 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:1

Would to God you could bear with me a little
The false apostles boasted so much of their gifts, abilities, and usefulness, that the apostle found himself under a necessity of saying some things in his own defence, for the honour of God, and the good of this church; which otherwise his modesty would not have permitted him, and which he saw would be accounted and censured as folly in him by others; and therefore he entreats their patience a little while, and that they would suffer him to say a few things in vindication of his character, and not be offended; though it would be in commendation of himself, which, were he not forced to, would look vain and foolish: and therefore says,

bear with me a little in my folly,
and which he presses with importunity,

and indeed bear with me;
he insists upon it, he urges it as what he must not be denied in; for could he have avoided it, he would not have done it; but such was the case, that if he did not do it, he must greatly suffer in his character and usefulness; the members of this church would be in great danger from these false apostles, and the honour and glory of Christ lay greatly at stake; which when considered, he hoped his request would be granted: the last clause may be rendered, but also ye do bear with me; signifying that they had done so already, and continued to do so, and therefore he could not but encourage himself, that they still would bear with him a little longer, and in a few things more.

2 Corinzi 11:1 In-Context

1 Oh quanto desidererei che voi sopportaste da parte mia un po’ di follia! Ma pure, sopportatemi!

2 Poiché io son geloso di voi d’una gelosia di Dio, perché v’ho fidanzati ad un unico sposo, per presentarvi come una casta vergine a Cristo.

3 Ma temo che come il serpente sedusse Eva con la sua astuzia, così le vostre menti siano corrotte e sviate dalla semplicità e dalla purità rispetto a Cristo.

4 Infatti, se uno viene a predicarvi un altro Gesù, diverso da quello che abbiamo predicato noi, o se si tratta di ricevere uno Spirito diverso da quello che avete ricevuto, o un Vangelo diverso da quello che avete accettato, voi ben lo sopportate!

5 Ora io stimo di non essere stato in nulla da meno di cotesti sommi apostoli.