1Cor 4:10, 2Cor 11:19 | JFB | STEP | 10. Irony. How much your lot ( supposing it real ) is to be envied, and ours to be pitied. fools — ( ; compare ). for Christ's sake . . . in Christ —Our connection with Christ only entails on us the lowest ignominy, "ON ACCOUNT OF ," or, "FOR THE SAKE OF " Him, as "fools"; yours gives you full fellowship IN Him as "wise" (that is, supposing you really are all you seem, ). we . . . weak . . . ye . . . strong — ( ). we . . . despised — ( ) because of our "weakness," and our not using worldly philosophy and rhetoric, on account of which ye Corinthians and your teachers are (seemingly) so "honorable." Contrast with "despised" the "ye ( Galatians ) despised not my temptation . . . in my flesh" ( ).

1 Corinthians 4:10

10. Irony. How much your lot (supposing it real) is to be envied, and ours to be pitied.

fools— (1Co 1:21; 3:18; compare Ac 17:18; 26:24).

for Christ's sake . . . in Christ—Our connection with Christ only entails on us the lowest ignominy, "ON ACCOUNT OF," or, "FOR THE SAKE OF" Him, as "fools"; yours gives you full fellowship IN Him as "wise" (that is, supposing you really are all you seem, 1Co 3:18).

we . . . weak . . . ye . . . strong— (1Co 2:3; 2Co 13:9).

we . . . despised— (2Co 10:10) because of our "weakness," and our not using worldly philosophy and rhetoric, on account of which ye Corinthians and your teachers are (seemingly) so "honorable." Contrast with "despised" the "ye (Galatians) despised not my temptation . . . in my flesh" (Ga 4:14).

2 Corinthians 11:19

19. gladly—willingly. Irony. A plea why they should "bear with" (2Co 11:1) him in his folly, that is, boasting; ye are, in sooth, so "wise" (1Co 4:8, 10; Paul's real view of their wisdom was very different, 1Co 3:1-4) yourselves that ye can "bear with" the folly of others more complacently. Not only can ye do so, but ye are actually doing this and more.