Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 11:27

27. fastings — voluntary, in order to kindle devotions ( Acts 13:2 ; Acts 13:3 ; Acts 14:23 ; 1 Corinthians 9:27 ); for they are distinguished from "hunger and thirst," which were involuntary [GROTIUS]. However, see on 2 Corinthians 6:5 . The context refers solely to hardships, not to self-imposed devotional mortification. "Hunger and thirst" are not synonymous with "foodlessness" (as the Greek of "fasting" means), but are its consequences. cold . . . nakedness —"cold" resulting from "nakedness," or insufficient clothing, as the Greek often means: as "hunger and thirst" result from "foodlessness." (Compare Acts 28:2 ; Romans 8:35 ). "When we remember that he who endured all this was a man constantly suffering from infirm health ( 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 ; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 ; Galatians 4:13 ; Galatians 4:14 ), such heroic self-devotion seems almost superhuman" [CONYBEARE and HOWSON]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-28" class="com-number"

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