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2 Corinthians 11:6
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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.
But though I be rude in speach, yet not in knowledge; but we haue bene throughly made manifest among you in all things.
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.
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.
I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have shown this to you clearly in every way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I may not speak as well as they do, but I know as much. And this has already been made perfectly clear to you.
I may not be a skilled speaker, but I do have the knowledge; anyhow, we have made this clear to you in every way and in every circumstance.
But if [I am] a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making [the truth] manifest in all things to you.
It is true that I am not a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have shown this to you clearly in every way.
And though I be rude in speaking, yet I am not so in knowledge, but among you wee haue beene made manifest to the vttermost, in all things.
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.
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.
But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; certainly in everything we have made this clear to you in every way.
But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge. But in every way I have been clearly revealed to you in all things.
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.
But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.
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.
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.1 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 5:11; 10:10; 12:12; Ephesians 3:4;">[xr]
For if I am rude in my speech, I yet am not in my knowledge; but in every thing we are manifest among you.
For, though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but in all things we have been manifest among you.
But though [I be] rude in speakyng, yet not in knowledge, but in all thynges among you, we haue ben well knowen to the vtmost.
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.
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.
For if I am unskilful in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly manifest to you in all things.
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.
For thouy Y be vnlerud in word, but not in kunnyng. For in alle thingis Y am open to you.
But though [I am] unskilled in speaking, yet [I am] not [unskilled] in knowledge; certainly, in every way we have made [this] manifest to you in all things.
But though [I am] rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.
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.
Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested [fn] among you in all things.
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.
Even if it is hard for me to speak, I know what I am talking about. You know this by now.
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.
And, even if uncultured in my discourse, certainly not in my knowledge, - but, in every way, having made it manifest, in all things, unto you.
For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge: but in all things we have been made manifest to you.
Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
Though I be rude in speakynge yet I am not so in knowledge. How be it amonge you we are knowen to the vtmost what we are in all thynges.
and even if unlearned in word -- yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you.
And though I be rude in speakynge, yet am I not rude in knowlege. Howbeit amoge you I am knowne to the vttemost.
if my language is inelegant, my knowledge is not contemptible; but has been fully display'd among you on all occasions.
I may not be a great speaker, but that don't mean the knowledge I have isn't valuable. This has been clear to y'all from the start.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
rude: 2 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 2:1-3, 1 Corinthians 2:13
not: Ephesians 3:4, 2 Peter 3:15, 2 Peter 3:16
but we: 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 7:2, 2 Corinthians 12:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 4:10 - eloquent 1 Corinthians 14:6 - knowledge 2 Corinthians 6:6 - knowledge 2 Corinthians 6:9 - well Galatians 4:13 - through
Cross-References
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But though I be rude in speech,.... Which might be objected to him, setting himself upon a level with men so famous for their diction, and elegance of style; and to this he answers, not by owning he was so, but granting it to be so; for the Apostle Paul was not an unlearned man, an idiot in speech, unskilful in language, his writings testify the contrary; he did not indeed, in his public ministry, dress his sermons with the flowers of rhetoric, or adorn his discourses with the words of human wisdom, with bombast, and great swelling words of vanity; he chose a plainer and easier style, more accommodated to the vulgar, to the capacities of the people he was concerned with; for he had not to do with philosophers and senators, but with the common people chiefly; with persons of every sex, age, and condition of life: in this sense indeed he acted as an idiot, a plebeian, a private person; he used a popular style, or, as the Jews say of several of their Rabbins s, he ××רש ×ש×× ×××××, "preached", or explained "in the common language" of people; which the common people used, and not the learned, and to which reference may be had here: but though he wisely pursued this method, as being most likely to be useful,
yet he was
not rude
in knowledge, or unskilful in the mysteries of the Gospel; he was well learned in the knowledge of Christ, and in the doctrines of grace, as all his discourses, sermons, and letters testified; and however negligent he might be thought to be of his style, and take no pains or care about the elegance of his language, but rather studied a plain and popular diction, yet he was always careful to convey profitable and useful knowledge to the souls of men; and thought his discourses might not be fraught with all the beauties of oratory, and enticing words of man's wisdom, they were full of spiritual knowledge, and showed him to have a large understanding of divine things, for the truth of which he appeals to the Corinthians:
but we have been thoroughly manifest among you in all things; his faith and doctrine, as well as manner of life, were well known unto them; he had not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God unto them: his knowledge in the mystery of Christ's person and grace, and in all the parts of the everlasting Gospel, was no secret to them; he had used no artful methods to hide himself, or conceal the truth; but by manifestation of it, had commended himself to every man's conscience in the sight of God; and by observing this, as he had witnesses now among them of the truth of it, so he strikes at the hypocrisy and deceitful methods the false teachers took to cover themselves, their practices, and principles.
s T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 104. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But though I be rude in speech - see the note, 2 Corinthians 10:10. The word rendered ârudeâ here (ιÌδιÏÌÏÎ·Ï idioÌteÌs) 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 his enemies, and it may be that he designed in part to admit the truth of the charge.
Yet not in knowledge - I do not admit that I am ignorant of the religion which I profess to teach. I claim to be acquainted with the doctrines of Christianity. It does not appear that they charged him with ignorance. If it be asked how the admission that he was rude in speech consists with the fact that he was endowed by the Holy Spirit. with the power of speaking languages, we may observe that Paul had undoubtedly learned to speak Greek in his native place (Tarsus in Cilicia). and that the Greek which he had learned there was probably a corrupt kind, such as was spoken in that place. It was this Greek which he probably continued to speak; for there is no more reason to suppose that the Holy Spirit would aid him in speaking language which he had thus early learned than he would in speaking Hebrew. The endowments of the Holy Spirit were conferred to enable the apostles to speak languages which they had never learned, not in perfecting them in languages with which they were before acquainted. It may have been true, therefore, that Paul may have spoken some languages which he never learned with more fluency and perfection than he did those which he had learned to speak when he was young. See the remarks of the Archbishop of Cambray, as quoted by Doddridge in loc. It may be remarked. also, that some estimate of the manner of Paul on this point may be formed from his writings. Critics profoundly acquainted with the Greek language remark, that while there is great energy of thought and of diction in the writings of Paul; while he chooses or coins most expressive words, yet that there is everywhere a lack of Attic elegance of manner, and of the smoothness and beauty which were so grateful to a Grecian ear.
But we have been thoroughly made manifest ... - You have known all about me. I have concealed nothing from you, and you have had ample oppotunity to become thoroughly acquainted with me. The meaning is, âI need not dwell on this. I need speak no more of my manner of speech or knowledge. With all that you are well acquainted.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 11:6. But though I be rude in speech — ιδιÏÏÎ·Ï ÏÏ Î»Î¿Î³Ï 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 doctrines immediately from God, and often the very words in which those doctrines should be delivered to the world; but in general the Holy Spirit appears to have left them to their own language, preventing them from using any expression that might be equivocal, or convey a contrary sense to that which God intended.
That St. Paul wrote a strong, nervous, and sufficiently pure language, his own writings sufficiently testify; but the graces of the Greek tongue he appears not to have studied, or at least he did not think it proper to use them; for perhaps there is no tongue in the world that is so apt to seduce the understanding by its sounds and harmony, as the Greek. It is not an unusual thing for Greek scholars to the present day to be in raptures with the harmony of a Greek verse, the sense of which is but little regarded, and perhaps is little worth! I should suppose that God would prevent the inspired writers from either speaking or writing thus, that sound might not carry the hearer away from sense; and that the persuasive force of truth might alone prevail, and the excellence of the power appear to be of God and not of man. Taking up the subject in this point of view, I see no reason to have recourse to the supposition, or fable rather, that the apostle had an impediment in his speech, and that he alludes to this infirmity in the above passage.
