2 Corinthians 11:10

The truth of Christ. Paul solemnly asserts the truthfulness of his statement (see on Rom. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:18). The presence of Christ in his life removes the possibility that he would misrepresent the facts (see Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 2:16; 2 Cor. 13:3; Gal. 2:20).

Stop. Or, “be silenced,” literally, “to be fenced in.” Paul was so certain of the wisdom of the plan of self-support that he had earlier declared he would rather die than incur the reputation of making a profit from those to whom he ministered (1 Cor. 9:15). This reveals how deeply he felt about this matter.

Regions of Achaia. Specific reference to this region, Greece proper, implies that his insistence upon abiding by the principle of self-support in his ministry was particularly necessary here. His enemies at Corinth would doubtless have made him out to be a parasite had he done otherwise. Apparently there was no danger of such a charge being made in Macedonia, where a deep spirit of fellowship existed between Paul and his converts. But at Corinth the situation was different.