1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Corinthians 11:6 For though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but in all things, we have been made manifest to you.

Though I be rude in speech, (as St. Jerome also thought) in my expressions in the Greek tongue, yet not in knowledge, the chief or only thing to be regarded. Nay, St. Paul's adversaries acknowledged that his letters were weighty and strong. (chap. 10. ver. 11.) St. Chrysostom in many places, and St. Augustine, lib. 4:de Doct. Christiana, ch. VI. and VII tom. 3. p. 68. and seq., shews at large the solid rhetoric and eloquence of St. Paul, even in this and the next chapter. (Witham)