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2Co 11:1. Ὄφελον, would that) He step by step advances with a previous mitigation[73] and anticipation of blame to himself [ΠΡΟΕΠΊΠΛΗΞΙς] of a remarkable description, to which the after-extenuation [ἘΠΙΘΕΡΑΠΕΊΑ] at 2Co 12:11 corresponds.-ΜΑΚΡῸΝ, a little) The antithesis is found at 2Co 11:4; 2Co 11:20.-τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ, in my folly) He gives it this appellation, before that he explains it, and by that very circumstance gains over the Corinthians. This is a milder word than μωρία.[74]-ἀνέχεσθε, bear with) The imperative; comp. 2Co 11:16.
[73] See App., under the tit. Προθεραπέια. Here, an anticipatory apology for what he is about to say, which might seem inconsistent with modesty on his part.
[74] Ἄφρων, according to Tittmann (Syn. New Testament), is one who does not rightly use his mental powers. Paul, in 2Co 11:16, calls himself ἄφρων, because after the manner of men he boasted ὡς ἄφρων. The fault of the ἄφρονες is ἀφροσύνη; that of the ἀνοήτοι (those who follow false rules of thought and action) is μωρία, opposed to σοφία. ʼ Αφροσύνη, ‘insipientia,’ is applied to what is senseless, imprudent, ex. gr. rashness in speaking, Mar 7:22. But Μωρία, ‘stultitia,’ folly of a perverse and often of a wicked kind, Mat 5:22.-ED.