2 Corinthians 11:19 KJV

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

Words Then and Now

  • suffer to allow; to permit (also to undergo) Still heard today: doesn’t suffer fools gladly, won’t put up with foolishness (from 2 Corinthians 11:19) Webster’s 1828 · Suffer

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • ye, yourselves more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Cross References

  • 1 Corinthians 4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
  • 1 Corinthians 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
  • Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

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Greek and Strong’s

  • For γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
  • ye suffer ἀνέχεσθε anechesthe ἀνέχομαι Verb · present middle indicative, second person plural
  • fools τῶν tōn Article · genitive masculine plural ἀφρόνων aphronōn ἄφρων Adjective · genitive masculine plural
  • gladly Ἡδέως Hēdeōs ἡδέως Adverb
  • seeing ye yourselves are ὄντες ontes Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine plural ὤν ṓn
  • wise φρόνιμοι phronimoi φρόνιμος Adjective · nominative masculine plural

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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