2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. FOR. I can confidently expect your prayers for me: "FOR" I walk sincerely toward you. OUR REJOICING, [ Kaucheesis (G2746), 'our glorying.'] Not that he boasts of the testimony of his conscience; nay, this testimony is the thing in which his glorying consists. IN SIMPLICITY. So C Delta G f g, Vulgate. But 'Aleph (') A B, Origen, read 'in holiness.' GODLY SINCERITY - literally, 'sincerity of God;' i:e., sincerity as in the presence of God (1 Corinthians 5:8). We g...

12._For our glorying is this. _He assigns a reason why his preservation should be a subject of interest to all — that he had conducted himself (258) among them all in_simplicity and sincerity _He deserved, therefore, to be dear to them, and it would have been very unfeeling not to be concerned in reference to such a servant of the Lord, that he might be long preserved for the benefit of the Church. “I have conducted myself before all in such a manner, that it is no wonder if I have the approbation and love of all good men.” He takes occasion from this, however, for the sake of those to whom he was writing, to make a digression for the purpose of declaring his own integrity. As, however, it is not enough to be approved of by man’s judgment, and as Paul himself was harassed by the unjust and malignant judgments of some, or rather by corrupt and blind attachments, (259) he

12-14 Though, as a sinner, the apostle could only rejoice and glory in Christ Jesus, yet, as a believer, he might rejoice and glory in being really what he professed. Conscience witnesses concerning the steady course and tenor of the life. Thereby we may judge ourselves, and not by this or by that single act. Our conversation will be well ordered, when we live and act under such a gracious principle in the heart. Having this, we may leave our characters in the Lord's hands, but using proper means to clear them, when the credit of the gospel, or our usefulness, calls for it....

Verse 2 Corinthians 1:12. _FOR OUR REJOICING IS THIS_] Ἡ καυχησις. Our _boasting, exultation, subject_ of _glorying_. _THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE_] Μαρτυριον της συνειδησεως· That testimony or witness which conscience, under the light and influence of the Spirit of God, renders to the soul of its state, sincerity, safety, c. _IN SIMPLICITY_] Ἁπλοτητι· from α, denoting _unity_ or _together_, and πελω, _to be_ or from α, _negative_, and πολυς, _many_; not _compounded_, having _one end_ in view, having no _sinister_ purpose, no _by end_ to answer. Instead of απλοτητι, many MSS. and versions have αγιοτητι, _holiness_. _IN GODLY SINCERITY_] Ειλικρινειᾳ Θεου· _The sincerity of God_: that is, such a sincerity as comes

FOR OUR REJOICING IS THIS - The source or cause of our rejoicing. “I have a just cause of rejoicing, and it is, that I have endeavored to live a life of simplicity and godly sincerity, and have not been actuated by the principles of worldly wisdom.” The connection here is not very obvious, and it is not quite easy to trace it. Most expositors, as Doddridge, Locke, Macknight, Bloomfield, etc., suppose that he mentions the purity of his life as a reason why he had a right to expect their prayers, as he had requested in 2 Corinthians 1:11. They would not doubt, it is supposed, that his life had been characterized by great simplicity and sincerity, and would feel, therefore, a deep interest in his welfare, and be disposed to render thanks that be had been preserved in the day of peril. But the whole context and the scope of the passage is rather to be tak

EXPOSITION Address and greeting (2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:2). Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympathetically shared (2 Corinthians 1:3). He has earned a right to their sympathy by his sincerity (2 Corinthians 1:12). His change of purpose with respect to a visit to Corinth, with digression on the unchangeableness of the gospel (2 Corinthians 1:15). Explanation of his Reasons ...

FOR OUR REJOICING IS THIS, THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE,.... This rejoicing or glorying of the apostle's in the testimony of their consciences, to the goodness of their hearts, actions, conduct, and behaviour, was not before God, and in his sight, but before men, who were ready to accuse their good conversation in Christ: nor are these words to be considered as they generally are by interpreters, as if it was the testimony of a good conscience, which was the ground of their faith and confidence, that God would deliver them, and was an helping cause, together with the prayers of the saints, of their present deliverance. They refer to the charge exhibited against the apostle, that he had falsified his word in not coming to Corinth according to his promise; under which charge he could sit easy, having a witness within him, which was better than a thousand others, that WE HAVE HAD OUR CO...

2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,_ Paul is very careful to remind the Corinthians of that fact, since some of them had gone the length of denying his apostleship altogether. 2 Corinthians 1:1. _And Timothy our brother,_ Whom, in all humility, he associates with himself, although he was a younger man, of far less consequence; but Paul loved him very much, and therefore he put his name at the beginning of this Epistle side by side with his own: «and Timothy our brother,» 2 Corinthians 1:1. Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: grace be to you and peace

GRACE Grace (imparted). (2 Corinthians 4:15); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....

2 CORINTHIANS 1:12 a`plo,thti {B} It is difficult to decide between a`gio,thti and a`plo,thti, either of which could be easily confused with the other (agiotyti and aplotyti). Although the reading a`gio,thti has strong and early support (î46 a* A B C 33 1739 _al_), a majority of the Committee favored the Western and Byzantine reading a`plo,thti (ac D G 614 _Byz Lect_ itd, g, ar vg syrp, h goth) because (_a_) the context seems to require a word meaning “simplicity” rather than “holiness”; (_b_) t...