American Standard Version
2 Corinthians 11:6
6But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.
2 Corinthians 11:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
- New International Version (NIV)I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.
Context of 2 Corinthians 11:6
4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with him. 5For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things. 7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought? 8I robbed other churches, taking wages of them that I might minister unto you;
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εἰ δὲ καὶ ἰδιώτης τῷ λόγῳ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τῇ γνώσει, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ φανερώσαντες ἐν πᾶσιν εἰς ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 11:6
- 2 Corinthians 10:10For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
- 1 Corinthians 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
- 1 Corinthians 2:1And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
- Ephesians 3:4whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;
- 2 Peter 3:15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;
- 2 Corinthians 4:2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
- 2 Corinthians 7:2Open your hearts to us: we wronged no man, we corrupted no man, we took advantage of no man.
- 2 Corinthians 12:12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 11:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6But though I be rude in speech - ͅ ͅ Though I speak like a common unlettered man, in plain unadorned phrase, studying none of the graces of eloquence; yet I am not unskilled in the most profound knowledge of God, of spiritual and eternal things, of the nature of the human soul, and the sound truths of the Gospel system: ye yourselves are witnesses of this, as in all these things I have been thoroughly manifested among you. Inspired men received all their…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But though I be rude in speech - see the note, 2 Corinthians 10:10. The word rendered “rude” here ( ̓́ idiōtēs) means properly a private citizen, in opposition to one in a public station; then a plebeian, or one unlettered or unlearned, in opposition to one of more elevated rank, or one who is learned; see the Acts 4:13 note; 1 Corinthians 14:16 note. The idea is, my language is that of a plain unlettered person. This was doubtless charged upon him by…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 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 pride, so as to disgrace the gospel by evil tempers and unholy lives. The apostle would not give room for any to accuse him of worldly designs in preaching the gospel, that others who opposed him at Corinth, might not in this respect gain advantage against him. Hypocrisy may be looked for, especially…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6These false teachers called themselves "super apostles" and looked down on Paul for not speaking eloquently (10:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. rude--Greek, "a common man"; a "laic"; not rhetorically trained; unskilled in finish of diction. 1Co 2:1-4, 13; 2Co 10:10, 11, shows his words were not without weight, though his "speech" was deficient in oratorical artifice. "Yet I am not so in my knowledge" (2Co 12:1-5; Ep 3:1-5). have been ... made manifest--Read with the oldest manuscripts, "We have made things (Gospel truths) manifest," thus showing our "knowledge." English Version would mean, I…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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