Why do those with the truth get attacked instead of false teachers?
The pattern is often reversed: those with the truth come under attack while false teachers are not bombarded. Paul faced false accusations that should have been reserved for false teachers because he no longer agreed with the Judaizers and was not working hand in glove with Peter and the eleven.
Les explains that Paul did not come with fickle language, but everything he said was prompted by the Holy Spirit. He was there for the love of Christ, which constrained him, enabling him to suffer the privations listed later in II Corinthians—privation after privation. In verse 17, Paul was being accused of not bringing the truth because he was not agreeing with the Judaizers in Jerusalem. He was not working hand in glove with Peter and the eleven anymore. He was proclaiming something they really knew nothing of. Therefore he was bombarded with false accusations that should have been reserved for false teachers. Les observes that it is so often the other way around: instead of false teachers being bombarded, those with the truth come under attack.
Who often comes under attack instead of false teachers?
Those with the truth often come under attack instead of false teachers. The context states that instead of false teachers being bombarded, it is frequently those with the truth who come under attack, as when the speaker was wrongly accused and bombarded with false accusations that should have been reserved for false teachers.
Who usually comes under attack, false teachers or those with the truth?
Those with the truth usually come under attack, not the false teachers. Although false teachers should be the ones bombarded with accusations, the opposite often happens: the ones proclaiming truth suffer attack while false teachers escape it. This is the pattern seen when the truth is proclaimed.