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2 Corinthians 11:29
29When one of these believers is weak, then I feel weak too. When something causes one of them to do something wrong, then I am very upset.
2 Corinthians 11:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
- New International Version (NIV)Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
Context of 2 Corinthians 11:29
27I have worked very hard, and I have been in pain. Many times I have not slept. I have often been hungry and thirsty. Many times I have had no food. I have often been cold and without enough clothes. 28All these troubles have happened to me. But also, every day I have trouble in my mind. I worry about the believers in all the churches. When one of these believers is weak, then I feel weak too. When something causes one of them to do something wrong, then I am very upset. 30If I must be proud about myself, I will only be proud of things that show my weakness. 31I am not telling lies. God, the Father of the Lord Jesus, knows that. He is the one that we should praise for ever.
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τίς ἀσθενεῖ, καὶ οὐκ ἀσθενῶ; τίς σκανδαλίζεται, καὶ οὐκ ἐγὼ πυροῦμαι;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 11:29
- 2 Corinthians 2:4When I wrote that letter, I was very sad and upset. I cried a lot. I did not want to make you sad. Instead, I wanted you to know that I love you very much.
- 2 Corinthians 7:5When we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies did not rest at all. We had many kinds of trouble. All round us, people quarrelled with us. Inside us, we were afraid.
- 2 Corinthians 13:9We are happy when we seem to be weak, if you become strong as a result. We pray that you will become completely as you should be.
- Ezra 9:1When we had done all these things, the Jewish leaders came to speak to me. They said, ‘Some of the Israelites have done disgusting things, like the people of other nations do. Some priests and Levites have done the same bad things. They live in the same way as the other people who live in this land, the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites. They have not kept themselves separate.
- Romans 12:15If you are with someone who is happy, you should also be happy. If you are with someone who is sad, you should also be sad.
- Romans 15:1Some of us trust God with strong faith. We must help those believers whose faith is weaker. We must be patient with them. We should not just do things that will make us happy ourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13I do not want to hurt any of my Christian friends. So, if the food that I eat causes them to do something wrong, I will never eat meat again.
- 1 Corinthians 9:22With weak people, I became like someone who is weak too. I did that so that I could bring weak people to believe in Christ. Whoever I am living among, I live like they do. I want to do everything that I can to save some of them.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26Then if one part of the body hurts, every other part also hurts. If people praise one part, every part of the body is also happy.
- Galatians 6:2When anyone among you has troubles, you must help each other. If you do that, you will be obeying Christ's rule.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5That is why I had to send Timothy to come to you. I could not wait to hear news about you any longer. I wanted to know whether you still trusted Christ. I was afraid that Satan had deceived you. If he had made you turn away from Christ, our work among you would have had no results.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13Those people are false apostles. They do not work in an honest way. They try to make people think that Christ has sent them as his apostles.
- Numbers 25:6Moses and all the people were at the door of the Tent of Meeting. They were weeping. While they were there, an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his tent. Moses and all the people could see them.
- Nehemiah 5:6When I heard what they were complaining about, I was very angry.
- Nehemiah 13:15In those days, I saw people in Judah who were working on Sabbath days. They were making wine. They were bringing their grain from the fields. They were making their donkeys carry the grain, as well as wine, grapes, figs and other things. They were bringing all those things into Jerusalem when it was a Sabbath day. I warned them that they must not sell things on any Sabbath day.
- John 2:17His disciples remembered what it says in the Bible: ‘My love for your house burns inside me like a fire.’
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 11:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Who is weak - What Church is there under persecution, with which I do not immediately sympathize? or who, from his weakness in the faith, and scrupulousness of conscience, is likely to be stumbled, or turned out of the way, to whom I do not condescend, and whose burden I do not bear? Who is offended - Or likely to be turned out of the way, and I burn not with zeal to restore and confirm him? This seems to be the sense of these different questions.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Who is weak - I sympathize with all. I feel where others feel, and their sorrows excite deep sympathetic emotions in my bosom. Like a tender and compassionate friend I am affected when I see others in circumstances of distress. The word “weak” here may refer to any lack of strength, any infirmity or feebleness arising either from body or mind. It may include all who were feeble by persecution or by disease; or it may refer to the weak in faith and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-33Verses 22-33 The apostle gives an account of his labours and sufferings; not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ; and shows wherein he excelled the false apostles, who tried to lessen his character and usefulness. It astonishes us to reflect on this account of his dangers, hardships, and sufferings, and to observe his patience, perseverance, diligence, cheerfulness, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-29Instead of boasting about his strengths and successes like the false teachers, Paul boasts about his weaknesses and defeats, directing attention away from himself and toward God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. I ... weak--in condescending sympathy with the weak (1Co 9:22). "Care generates sympathy, which causes the minister of Christ personally to enter into the feelings of all his people, as if he stood in their position, so as to accommodate himself to all" [Calvin]. offended--by some stumbling-block put in his way by others: the "weak" is most liable to be "offended." I burn not--The "I" in the Greek is emphatic, which it is not in the former clause, "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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