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We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> I may be unskilled as a speaker, but I’m not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every possible way. <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible. <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But even if I am unpolished in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; but in every way, we have been made manifest to you in all things. <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">King James Bible</a> But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">New King James Version</a> Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things. <a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things. <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things. <a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things. <a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But even if I am unskilled in word, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things. <a href="/amp/2_corinthians/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am not [untrained] in knowledge [I know what I am talking about]; but we have made this evident to you in every way, in all things. <a href="/csb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Even if I am untrained in public speaking, I am certainly not untrained in knowledge. Indeed, we have in every way made that clear to you in everything. <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Though untrained in public speaking, I am certainly not untrained in knowledge. Indeed, we have always made that clear to you in everything. <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I may not speak as well as they do, but I know as much. And this has already been made perfectly clear to you. <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in everything we have made it manifest among all men to you-ward. <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Even though I'm not good with words, I know what I'm talking about. Timothy and I have made this clear to you in every possible way. <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> Perhaps I am an amateur in speaking, but certainly not in knowledge; we have made this clear to you at all times and in all conditions. <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> Even though I may be untrained as an orator, I am not so in the field of knowledge. We have made this clear to all of you in every possible way. <a href="/net/2_corinthians/11.htm">NET Bible</a> And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way. <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Even though I am unskilled in speech, I am not unskilled in knowledge. But in every way we have made this known to you in all things. <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But though I am rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have been made known to you in every way possible. <a href="/web/2_corinthians/11.htm">World English Bible</a> But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and even if a commoner in speech—yet not in knowledge, but in everything we were made evident in all things to you. <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But even if I am unpolished in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; but in every way, we have been made manifest to you in all things. <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and even if unlearned in word -- yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you. <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And, if also ignorant in the word, but not in knowledge; but in every thing, we having been made manifest in all for you.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but in all things we have been made manifest to you. <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For although I may be unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. But, in all things, we have been made manifest to you. <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Bible</a> Even if I am untrained in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things. <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I may be untrained in speech, but not in knowledge; certainly in every way and in all things we have made this evident to you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But though I am a poor speaker, I am not poor in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For although I am simple in my speech, yet I am not in my knowledge, but we have been open with you in all things.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But if I am unpolished in my style of speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. But we have been fully manifested among you in all things. <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> If indeed rude in speech, but not in knowledge; but in every thing making manifest unto you in all things. <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For though I may be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but on every occasion we have been made manifest in all things among you.<CM> <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> if my language is inelegant, my knowledge is not contemptible; but has been fully display'd among you on all occasions. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you. <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And, though I be rude in speech, yet am I not rude in knowledge; but in every way having manifested it toward you in all things. <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> yet not in knowledge ---but we have been fully manifested among you in all things. <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/11-6.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=1932" 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> …5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.” 6<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Although</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2399.htm" title="2399: idiōtēs (N-NMS) -- From idios; a private person, i.e. an ignoramus.">I am not a polished</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/3056.htm" title="3056: logō (N-DMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">speaker,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise."></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">I am certainly not lacking</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1108.htm" title="1108: gnōsei (N-DFS) -- Knowledge, doctrine, wisdom. From ginosko; knowing, i.e. knowledge.">in knowledge.</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise."></a> <a href="/greek/5319.htm" title="5319: phanerōsantes (V-APA-NMP) -- To make clear (visible, manifest), make known. From phaneros; to render apparent.">We have made this clear</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</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/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panti (Adj-DNS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">every way possible.</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasin (Adj-DNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole."></a> 7Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?…<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="/1_corinthians/1-17.htm">1 Corinthians 1:17</a> For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-1.htm">1 Corinthians 2:1-4</a> When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. / For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. / I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/2-13.htm">1 Corinthians 2:13</a> And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. <a href="/1_corinthians/14-18.htm">1 Corinthians 14:18-19</a> I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. / But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">2 Corinthians 10:10</a> For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.” <a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9</a> But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. <a href="/ephesians/3-8.htm">Ephesians 3:8</a> Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, <a href="/colossians/2-4.htm">Colossians 2:4</a> I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. <a href="/colossians/4-6.htm">Colossians 4:6</a> Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:5</a> As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness! <a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">1 Timothy 1:13</a> I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. <a href="/1_timothy/4-12.htm">1 Timothy 4:12</a> Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. <a href="/2_timothy/1-7.htm">2 Timothy 1:7</a> For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. <a href="/2_timothy/2-15.htm">2 Timothy 2:15</a> Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth. <a href="/exodus/4-10.htm">Exodus 4:10-12</a> “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.” / And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? / Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.rude.<a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">2 Corinthians 10:10</a> For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.<a href="/1_corinthians/1-17.htm">1 Corinthians 1:17,21</a> For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect… <a href="/1_corinthians/2-1.htm">1 Corinthians 2:1-3,13</a> And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God… not.<a href="/ephesians/3-4.htm">Ephesians 3:4</a> Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)<a href="/2_peter/3-15.htm">2 Peter 3:15,16</a> And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; … but we.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm">2 Corinthians 4:2</a> But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.<a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">2 Corinthians 5:11</a> Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.<a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">2 Corinthians 7:2</a> Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/2-8.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/john/2-3.htm">Deficient</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-27.htm">Evident</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-7.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-6.htm">Fully</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-16.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-12.htm">Manifest</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/acts/24-1.htm">Orator</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm">Perfectly</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-12.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/john/6-18.htm">Rough</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">Simple</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-30.htm">Speaker</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Speech</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-17.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Throughly</a> <a href="/acts/22-3.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-14.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-24.htm">Unlearned</a> <a href="/exodus/6-30.htm">Unskilled</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-11.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/12-12.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/philippians/2-30.htm">Deficient</a> <a href="/galatians/2-17.htm">Evident</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-20.htm">Fact</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-9.htm">Fully</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm">Making</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Manifest</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-12.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm">Orator</a> <a href="/colossians/1-10.htm">Perfectly</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/galatians/3-23.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/james/3-4.htm">Rough</a> <a href="/titus/2-2.htm">Simple</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-19.htm">Speaker</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-21.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">Speech</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-17.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-17.htm">Throughly</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-6.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-10.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-23.htm">Unlearned</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm">Unskilled</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-9.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-10.htm">Word</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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In Corinth, a city known for its appreciation of skilled speakers, this admission highlights Paul's humility and reliance on the power of the Gospel rather than human wisdom (<a href="/1_corinthians/2.htm">1 Corinthians 2:1-5</a>). This echoes Moses' own hesitance in <a href="/exodus/4-10.htm">Exodus 4:10</a>, where he expressed concern over his speaking abilities, yet God used him mightily.I am certainly not lacking in knowledge Despite his rhetorical shortcomings, Paul asserts his deep understanding of the Gospel and the mysteries of God. His knowledge is rooted in his Pharisaic background (<a href="/philippians/3-5.htm">Philippians 3:5</a>) and his direct revelation from Christ (<a href="/galatians/1-12.htm">Galatians 1:12</a>). This knowledge is not merely intellectual but experiential, as Paul lived out the truths he preached (<a href="/2_timothy/3-10.htm">2 Timothy 3:10-11</a>).We have made this clear to you Paul emphasizes the transparency and clarity with which he and his companions have communicated the Gospel. This reflects his commitment to truth and integrity, contrasting with the false apostles who relied on deceit (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a>). His approach aligns with Jesus' teaching in <a href="/john/8-32.htm">John 8:32</a>, where truth is central to freedom and understanding.in every way possible Paul's ministry was characterized by adaptability and a willingness to become "all things to all people" (<a href="/1_corinthians/9-22.htm">1 Corinthians 9:22</a>) to effectively communicate the Gospel. This phrase underscores his dedication to ensuring the Corinthians fully grasped the message, whether through teaching, personal example, or written correspondence. It reflects the comprehensive nature of his ministry efforts, as seen throughout his epistles.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 2 Corinthians, Paul is addressing the church in Corinth. He acknowledges his lack of eloquence but emphasizes his deep knowledge of the Gospel. 2. <a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a> A major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and diversity. The church in Corinth faced many challenges, including divisions and false teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/f/false_apostles.htm">False Apostles</a> Individuals who were misleading the Corinthian church by questioning Paul's authority and promoting a different gospel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_knowledge_over_eloquence.htm">The Value of Knowledge Over Eloquence</a> Paul prioritizes the truth of the Gospel over rhetorical skill. In our own lives, we should focus on understanding and sharing the truth rather than being concerned with how eloquently we can present it. <a href="/topical/a/authenticity_in_ministry.htm">Authenticity in Ministry</a> Paul’s transparency about his weaknesses serves as a model for authentic ministry. We should not be afraid to acknowledge our limitations, trusting that God’s power is made perfect in weakness. <a href="/topical/d/discernment_against_false_teachings.htm">Discernment Against False Teachings</a> The Corinthian church was susceptible to false teachings. We must be vigilant and discerning, grounding ourselves in Scripture to recognize and refute false doctrines. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a> Paul’s effectiveness in ministry was not due to his speaking ability but the work of the Holy Spirit. We should rely on the Spirit’s guidance and empowerment in our own witness. <a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_truth.htm">Commitment to Truth</a> Paul’s commitment to making the truth clear to the Corinthians is a call for us to be diligent in studying and communicating God’s Word accurately.<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/what_is_the_pro-palestinian_movement.htm">Who knows the Son except the Father?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_my_spiritual_gifts.htm">What are my spiritual gifts?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_luciferian_beliefs.htm">What defines the belief system of Luciferianism?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_nag_hammadi_writings.htm">What are the Nag Hammadi writings?</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>(6) But though I be rude in speech.--The word for "rude" is the same as that translated as "unlearned" in <a href="/context/1_corinthians/14-23.htm" title="If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad?">1Corinthians 14:23-24</a>. This, then, had also been said of him by some at Corinth. It might seem at first as if the contemptuous criticism was likely to have come from the Hellenic or paganising party of culture, who despised the Apostle because he was without the polish and eloquence of the rhetoric in which they delighted. The context, however, makes it clear that the opponents now under the lash are the Judaising teachers, the "apostles-extraordinary." They apparently affected to despise him because he had abandoned, or had never mastered, the subtleties of Rabbinic casuistry, the wild allegories of Rabbinic interpretation. "He talks," we hear them saying, "of others as 'laymen,' or 'unlearned.' What right has he so to speak who is practically but a 'layman' himself? How can a man who is cutting and stitching all day be a 'doctor of the law'? Ne sutor ultra crepidam." Side by side with the recognition of the dignity of labour in some Jewish proverbs (such, e.g., as that the father who did not teach his son to work taught him to be a thief), there was among the later Rabbis something like the feeling of an aristocracy of scholarship. Even the Son of Sirach, after describing the work of the ploughman and the carpenter and the potter, excludes them from the higher life of wisdom. "They shall not be sought for in public counsel . . . they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken" (<a href="//apocrypha.org/ecclesiasticus/38-33.htm" title="They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.">Ecclesiasticus 38:33</a>). The word for "rude" was probably used as the equivalent for the Hebrew term by which the Pharisees held up the working classes to contempt as "the people of the earth."But we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.--The readings vary, some of the better MSS. giving the active form of the verb, having made (it) manifest in everything among all men. The apparent awkwardness of having a transitive verb without an object probably led to the substitution of the passive participle.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Rude in speech; literally, a laic in discourse; see <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">2 Corinthians 10:10</a> and <a href="/1_corinthians/2-13.htm">1 Corinthians 2:13</a>; and, for the word idiotes, a private person, and so "one who is untrained," as contrasted with a professor, see the only other places where it occurs in the New Testament (<a href="/acts/4-13.htm">Acts 4:13</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/14-16.htm">1 Corinthians 14:16, 23, 24</a>). St. Paul did not profess to have the trained oratorical skill of Apollos. His eloquence, dependent on conviction and emotion, followed none of the rules of art. Yet not in knowledge. Spiritual knowledge was a primary requisite of an apostle, and St. Paul did claim to possess this (<a href="/ephesians/3-3.htm">Ephesians 3:3, 4</a>). We have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. This would be an appeal to the transparent openness and sincerity of all his dealings, as in <a href="/2_corinthians/4.htm">2 Corinthians 4</a>:20 and 2 Cor 12:12; but the best reading seems to be the active participle, phanerosantes (א, B, F, G), not the passive, phanerothentes. The rendering will then be, In everything making it (my knowledge) manifest among all men towards you. <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Although καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [I am] not a polished ἰδιώτης (idiōtēs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2399.htm">Strong's 2399: </a> From idios; a private person, i.e. an ignoramus. speaker, λόγῳ (logō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. I am certainly not lacking οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. in knowledge. γνώσει (gnōsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1108.htm">Strong's 1108: </a> Knowledge, doctrine, wisdom. From ginosko; knowing, i.e. knowledge. We have made this clear φανερώσαντες (phanerōsantes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5319.htm">Strong's 5319: </a> To make clear (visible, manifest), make known. From phaneros; to render apparent. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. 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. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. every way possible. παντὶ (panti) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">2 Corinthians 11:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-6.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 11:6 But though I am unskilled in speech (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>