Christians, can you help me with this bible verse?

Question

2 Corinthians 11:2-------I don't get it.

I didn't want your pathetic and ridiculed answer, Mr. Q. Get a life!! and respect other people's religion.

Answer 1

Paul was anxious that the Corinthian church’s love should be reserved for Christ alone, just as a chaste virgin saves her love for her groom. In the first century, an engagement was a serious commitment, similar to a contract. If the bride wasn’t a virgin on the wedding day, it was considered a breach of the engagement contract. Ensuring the bride’s purity and virginity until the wedding day was partially her father’s responsibility.
Paul had already described himself as the Corinthians’ spiritual father (see 1 Corinthians 4:15). This passage depicts his concern for the Corinthians as a father’s concern for the purity of his daughter. Paul had already promised the Corinthians to one husband, Christ. He was anticipating that wonderful day when he would present them proudly to Jesus. That day when Christ returns will be like a great wedding feast, an image that Jesus himself had used for his second coming (see Matthew 25:1-11). To guarantee that he would not be embarrassed at Christ’s return, Paul took the necessary steps to discourage the Corinthians not to stray from their pure devotion to Christ (11:3). Thus, the jealousy that motivated Paul was a godly jealousy for the Corinthians: that they might wholeheartedly follow Christ, their Savior (11:3-4).

Answer 2

All true believers are corporately referred to in Scripture as the Bride of Christ.
Revelation foretells the future eternal spiritual union of all true believers with the Lord Jesus Christ being consummated at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Read the following verses.
Read also Ephesians 5:22-33
Read Revelation 19:7-10; also chapter 21 & 22

Answer 3

The apostle Paul dealt with alot of issues in the Corinth church. But in this book he was really dealing with false teachers. The corinthians were in grave danger of being deceived by a false gospel. In verse 2 Paul was stating about his affection for the corinth people. The apostle was very anxious for them to love Christ alone.

Answer 4

I Corinthians 11:2 "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ."

Taken out of context it sounds like gibberish like a missing piece in a puzzle all by itself. But put the verse in it's context and you Will see that Paul was disturbed that false preachers or teachers were trying to pervert the simple gospel he preached. And added their own twists and interpretations about Jesus Christ. And Paul was jealous of that because they were believing that. He wanted the believers he taught to remain true and faithful to the gospel he preached. And not to the others who came in after him and presented another gospel of Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

This is from the Nelson study Bible. Paul loved the Corinthians and was legitimately jealous because as their spiritual father (I cor. 4:15), he had betrothed them to Christ and wanted to present them to Him as a chaste virgin. He did not want them corrupted by false teachers.

Answer 6

Paul is using a metaphor here of a father giving away a daughter in marriage. In this fatherly image, Paul is simply giving the idea that is also seen in other letters of Paul's that show the church being the bride of Christ.

Answer 7

The word jealous means zealous, and Paul had taught the people how to live and serve Christ. He did not want them to be defiled (virgin part) by false doctrines or teachings.The Pharisees were trying to bring in the Jewish traditions, and Paul was adamantly opposed to this.

Answer 8

Notes for Verse 2
Verse 2. For I am jealous -- The justification of his self-commendations lies in his zealous care lest they should fall from Christ, to whom he, as "the friend of the Bridegroom" (John 3:29), has espoused them; in order to lead them back from the false apostles to Christ, he is obliged to boast as an apostle of Christ, in a way which, but for the motive, would be "folly."

godly jealousy -- literally, "jealousy of God" (compare 2Co 1:12, "godly sincerity," literally, "sincerity of God"). "If I am immoderate, I am immoderate to God" [BENGEL]. A jealousy which has God's honor at heart (1Ki 19:10).

I . . . espoused you -- Paul uses a Greek term applied properly to the bridegroom, just as he ascribes to himself "jealousy," a feeling properly belonging to the husband; so entirely does he identify himself with Christ.

present you as a chaste virgin to Christ -- at His coming, when the heavenly marriage shall take place (Mt 25:6 Rev. 19:7, 9). What Paul here says he desires to do, namely, "present" the Church as "a chaste virgin" to Christ, Christ Himself is said to do in the fuller sense. Whatever ministers do effectively, is really done by Christ (Eph 5:27-32). The espousals are going on now. He does not say "chaste virgins"; for not individual members, but the whole body of believers conjointly constitute the Bride.

Answer 9

It's simple. He's talking about God's jealousy for us when our hearts are given to something else. Paul is saying that he went there and told them about Jesus, and they became the bride of Christ, but now they're giving their hearts to other gods and they aren't pure anymore. Read the context clues and it makes perfect sense. Paul was a stud!

Answer 10

OH Woe to the Christianity of today! ( lo f'ing l)

2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.

The Christians at Corinth weren't getting the message, and ran off with their carnal renditions of Christianity, as we have today!

Carnal? How? By setting themselves up with "superApostles and giving their attention to other things, not Jesus Christ. Their focus was expendable, because it suited them to look at eachother and themselves rather than the founder-- Jesus, who gave all so that they could live.

Just like we have today!