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I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband—Christ. <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For I am jealous as to you with the jealousy of God. For I have betrothed you to one husband, to present a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">King James Bible</a> For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">New King James Version</a> For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. <a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. <a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, for I betrothed you to one husband, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/amp/2_corinthians/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy because I have promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/csb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband—to present a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband—to present a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I am as concerned about you as God is. You were like a virgin bride I had chosen only for Christ. <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I'm as protective of you as God is. After all, you're a virgin whom I promised in marriage to one man-Christ. <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> I am jealous for you, just as God is; you are like a pure virgin whom I have promised in marriage to one man only, Christ himself. <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> I am jealous of you with God's own jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah. <a href="/msb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/net/2_corinthians/11.htm">NET Bible</a> For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband. <a href="/web/2_corinthians/11.htm">World English Bible</a> For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I betrothed you to one Husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ, <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For I am jealous as to you with the jealousy of God. For I have betrothed you to one husband, to present a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ, <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For I am zealous of you with the zeal of God: for I fitted you to one husband, to present a pure virgin to Christ.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For I am jealous toward you, with the jealousy of God. And I have espoused you to one husband, offering you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Bible</a> For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For I am zealous for you with the zealousness of God, for I have espoused you to a husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God, for I have betrothed you as a pure virgin to one Man, to present to The Messiah.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> for I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God: for I espoused you to one husband, to present you a pure virgin to Christ; <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for I am jealous over you with religious jealousy: since I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband. <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ; <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, having espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=1887" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Paul and the False Apostles</a> 1I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that. 2<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/2206.htm" title="2206: zēlō (V-PIA-1S) -- From zelos; to have warmth of feeling for or against.">I am jealous for</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">with a godly</a> <a href="/greek/2205.htm" title="2205: zēlō (N-DMS) -- From zeo; properly, heat, i.e. zeal (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice).">jealousy.</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/718.htm" title="718: hērmosamēn (V-AIM-1S) -- From harmos; to joint, i.e. to woo.">I promised</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: heni (Adj-DMS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">to one</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435: andri (N-DMS) -- A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.">husband,</a> <a href="/greek/3936.htm" title="3936: parastēsai (V-ANA) -- Or prolonged paristano from para and histemi; to stand beside, i.e. to exhibit, proffer, recommend, substantiate; or to be at hand, aid.">to present you</a> <a href="/greek/53.htm" title="53: hagnēn (Adj-AFS) -- From the same as hagios; properly, clean, i.e. innocent, modest, perfect.">as a pure</a> <a href="/greek/3933.htm" title="3933: parthenon (N-AFS) -- Of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter.">virgin</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christō (N-DMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">to Christ.</a> 3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a> Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7-9</a> Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. / She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints. / Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” <a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19-20</a> So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.” <a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a> For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth. <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a> “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. <a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a> “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ... <a href="/john/3-29.htm">John 3:29</a> The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. <a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a> I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/revelation/21-9.htm">Revelation 21:9</a> Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” <a href="/songs/4-7.htm">Song of Solomon 4:7-12</a> You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw. / Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards. / You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck. ... <a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Isaiah 62:5</a> For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. <a href="/matthew/9-15.htm">Matthew 9:15</a> Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. <a href="/mark/2-19.htm">Mark 2:19-20</a> Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast. / But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Genesis 2:24</a> For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a> Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.jealous.<a href="/galatians/4-11.htm">Galatians 4:11,17-19</a> I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain… <a href="/philippians/1-8.htm">Philippians 1:8</a> For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-11.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:11</a> As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,I have.<a href="/genesis/24-2.htm">Genesis 24:2-5,58-67</a> And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: … <a href="/psalms/45-10.htm">Psalm 45:10,11</a> Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; … <a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a> For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.I may.<a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm">Ephesians 5:27</a> That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.<a href="/colossians/1-28.htm">Colossians 1:28</a> Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:a chaste.<a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm">Leviticus 21:13-15</a> And he shall take a wife in her virginity… <a href="/ezekiel/44-22.htm">Ezekiel 44:22</a> Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/7-38.htm">Betrothed</a> <a href="/john/3-29.htm">Bride</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">Care</a> <a href="/revelation/14-4.htm">Chaste</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-14.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-6.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-17.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">Divine</a> <a href="/luke/2-5.htm">Espoused</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-18.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-8.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">Godly</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-14.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-3.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-4.htm">Jealous</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-35.htm">Married</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-11.htm">Present</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-38.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-2.htm">Zeal</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-22.htm">Zealous</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Betrothed</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm">Bride</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-28.htm">Care</a> <a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Chaste</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-2.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-12.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/colossians/1-19.htm">Divine</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Espoused</a> <a href="/galatians/3-9.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-29.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-4.htm">Godly</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/galatians/4-27.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Jealous</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Jealousy</a> <a href="/galatians/4-27.htm">Married</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-9.htm">Present</a> <a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/revelation/14-4.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Zeal</a> <a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">Zealous</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 11</div>1. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-1.htm">Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,</a> 5. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm">of his equality with the chief apostles,</a> 7. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm">of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them;</a> 13. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;</a> 23. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Paul expresses a deep, protective concern for the Corinthian believers, akin to the jealousy God exhibits for His people (<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>). This jealousy is not rooted in selfishness but in a desire for their spiritual purity and faithfulness. In the Old Testament, God’s jealousy is often linked to His covenant relationship with Israel, where He desires exclusive devotion (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-24.htm">Deuteronomy 4:24</a>). Paul’s use of "godly jealousy" underscores his role as a spiritual father to the Corinthians, emphasizing his commitment to their spiritual well-being and fidelity to the gospel.For I promised you to one husband, Paul uses the metaphor of betrothal to illustrate the relationship between the church and Christ. In ancient Jewish culture, betrothal was a binding agreement, more significant than modern engagements, often requiring a formal divorce to break. This reflects the seriousness of the commitment between the believers and Christ. The imagery of the church as the bride and Christ as the bridegroom is prevalent throughout Scripture (<a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>, <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7-9</a>), highlighting the intimate and covenantal nature of this relationship.to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. The concept of presenting the church as a "pure virgin" emphasizes spiritual purity and holiness. In the cultural context of Corinth, known for its immorality, this imagery would have been particularly striking. Paul’s goal is to ensure that the church remains untainted by false teachings and worldly influences, maintaining their devotion to Christ. This presentation echoes the eschatological hope found in Revelation, where the church is depicted as a bride adorned for her husband (<a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a>). The purity of the church is a reflection of Christ’s redemptive work, sanctifying and cleansing His people (<a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26-27</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The apostle who wrote the letter to the Corinthians, expressing his deep concern and protective love for the church. 2. <a href="/topical/c/corinthian_church.htm">Corinthian Church</a> The recipients of the letter, a Christian community in Corinth that Paul had founded and nurtured. 3. <a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a> The bridegroom to whom the church is promised, representing the ultimate spiritual union. 4. <a href="/topical/g/godly_jealousy.htm">Godly Jealousy</a> A term used by Paul to describe his fervent desire to protect the spiritual purity of the church. 5. <a href="/topical/m/marriage_imagery.htm">Marriage Imagery</a> The metaphor of the church as a bride promised to Christ, emphasizing purity and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_godly_jealousy.htm">Understanding Godly Jealousy</a> Godly jealousy is protective and seeks the best for others, unlike human jealousy, which can be selfish and destructive. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_as_the_bride_of_christ.htm">The Church as the Bride of Christ</a> The church is called to maintain spiritual purity and faithfulness, reflecting the commitment expected in a marriage. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">The Role of Spiritual Leaders</a> Like Paul, spiritual leaders are tasked with guiding and protecting their congregations, ensuring they remain faithful to Christ. <a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_christ.htm">Commitment to Christ</a> Believers are encouraged to view their relationship with Christ as a sacred commitment, akin to a marriage covenant. <a href="/topical/p/pursuing_holiness.htm">Pursuing Holiness</a> The imagery of a pure virgin highlights the importance of holiness and sanctification in the believer’s life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_corinthians_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Corinthians 11</a> <a href="/q/how_can_a_church_handle_pastor_gossip.htm">What defines toxic masculinity?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_godly_jealousy_mean.htm">What does godly jealousy mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_false_apostles.htm">What does the Bible say about false apostles?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'bride_of_christ'_mean.htm">What does "Bride of Christ" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) For I am jealous over you . . .--The word is used with the same sense as in the nearly contemporary passage of <a href="/galatians/4-17.htm" title="They zealously affect you, but not well; yes, they would exclude you, that you might affect them.">Galatians 4:17</a>, and the whole passage may be paraphrased thus: "I court your favour with a jealous care, which is not a mere human affection, but after the pattern of that of God." There is probably an implied contrast between the true jealousy which thus worked in his soul and the false jealousy of which he speaks in the passage just referred to.For I have espoused you . . .--The word is not found elsewhere in the New Testament. It appears in this sense in the LXX. version of <a href="/proverbs/19-14.htm" title="House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.">Proverbs 19:14</a> : "A man's wife is espoused to him from the Lord." Strictly speaking, it is used of the act of the father who gives his daughter in marriage; and this, rather than the claim to act as "the friend of the bridegroom" (see Note on <a href="/john/3-29.htm" title="He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.">John 3:29</a>), is probably the idea here. He claims the office as the "father" of the Corinthian Church (<a href="/1_corinthians/4-15.htm" title="For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.">1Corinthians 4:15</a>). The underlying idea of the comparison is that the Church at large, and every separate portion of it, is as the bride of Christ. On the earlier appearances of this thought, see Notes on <a href="/matthew/22-2.htm" title="The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,">Matthew 22:2</a>; <a href="/matthew/25-1.htm" title="Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.">Matthew 25:1</a>; <a href="/john/3-29.htm" title="He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.">John 3:29</a>; and, for its more elaborated forms, on <a href="/context/ephesians/5-25.htm" title="Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;">Ephesians 5:25-32</a>; <a href="/context/revelation/19-7.htm" title="Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.">Revelation 19:7-9</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-2.htm" title="And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.">Revelation 21:2</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-9.htm" title="And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.">Revelation 21:9</a>). What the Apostle now urges is that it is as natural for him to be jealous for the purity of the Church which owes its birth to him, as it is for a father to be jealous over the chastity of the daughter whom he has betrothed as to a kingly bridegroom. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - For. This gives the reason why they bore with him. It was due to a reciprocity of affection. I am jealous over you. The word implies both jealousy and zeal (<a href="/2_corinthians/7-7.htm">2 Corinthians 7:7</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/9-2.htm">2 Corinthians 9:2</a>). With a godly jealousy; literally, with a jealousy of God. My jealousy is not the poor earthly vice (<a href="/numbers/5-14.htm">Numbers 5:14</a>; Ecclus. 9:1), but a heavenly zeal of love. For I have espoused you; rather, for I betrothed you; at your conversion. I acted as the paranymph, or "bridegroom's friend" (<a href="/john/3-29.htm">John 3:29</a>), in bringing you to Christ, the Bridegroom. The metaphor is found alike in the Old and New Testaments (<a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/23.htm">Ezekiel 23</a>; <a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19</a>; <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>). To one husband (<a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15</a>). Our Lord used an analogous metaphor in the parable of the king's wedding feast, the virgins, etc. That I may present you. The same word as in <a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm">2 Corinthians 4:14</a>. The conversion of the Church was its betrothal to Christ, brought about by St. Paul as the paranymph; and, in the same capacity, at the final marriage feast, he would present their Church as a pure bride to Christ at his coming (<a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7-9</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>I am jealous for ζηλῶ (zēlō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2206.htm">Strong's 2206: </a> From zelos; to have warmth of feeling for or against. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. with a godly Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. jealousy. ζήλῳ (zēlō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> From zeo; properly, heat, i.e. 'zeal' (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice). For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. I promised ἡρμοσάμην (hērmosamēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_718.htm">Strong's 718: </a> From harmos; to joint, i.e. to woo. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. to one ἑνὶ (heni) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. husband, ἀνδρὶ (andri) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_435.htm">Strong's 435: </a> A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man. to present [you] παραστῆσαι (parastēsai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3936.htm">Strong's 3936: </a> Or prolonged paristano from para and histemi; to stand beside, i.e. to exhibit, proffer, recommend, substantiate; or to be at hand, aid. [as] a pure ἁγνὴν (hagnēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_53.htm">Strong's 53: </a> From the same as hagios; properly, clean, i.e. innocent, modest, perfect. virgin παρθένον (parthenon) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3933.htm">Strong's 3933: </a> Of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter. to Christ. Χριστῷ (Christō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. 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