Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: I PAUL MYSELF - no longer "we," "us," "our" (2 Corinthians 9:11). But (so Greek: But, while I deal thus tenderly with you, I can and will exercise author... [ Continue Reading ]
But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. BUT - resuming the 'but' (Greek), 2 Corinthians 10:1. I BESEECH YOU - as I can beseech in letters, so I can be... [ Continue Reading ]
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: FOR. Reason why they should regard him 'beseeching' them () not to oblige him to have recourse to "bold" exercise of authority. "We walk IN the flesh," and so in weakness; but not "ACCORDING TO the flesh" (): though we WALK in it, w... [ Continue Reading ]
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Confutation of those who propagate their creed by persecution (cf. Luke 9:54-42). CARNAL. Translate, 'fleshly,' to preserve the allusion to 2 Corinthians 10:2, WEAPONS - for punishing not... [ Continue Reading ]
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS - a word alluding to 'reckon' (2 Corinthians 10:2), 'reckonings' [ logismous (G3053)], calculating 'r... [ Continue Reading ]
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. Translate, 'Having ourselves (i:e., being) in readiness to exact punishment for all disobedience,' etc. WHEN YOUR OBEDIENCE ... He charitably assumes that the Corinthian church will act obediently; therefor... [ Continue Reading ]
Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. Do ye regard mere outward appearance-person, voice, manner, oratory, presence face to face, such as they admir... [ Continue Reading ]
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 'For even though I boast somewhat exceedingly (2 Corinthians 10:3) of our (apostolic) authority (2 Corinthians 13:10) ... I shall not be p... [ Continue Reading ]
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. Billroth: 'I say this (that our authority is for your edification, not destruction) lest I should seem to frighten you.' But what Paul wished to refute was, not the idea of his severity, but that of his terrifying only "by letters" (), and... [ Continue Reading ]
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. LETTERS - therefore there had been already more letters (plural) of Paul received by the Corinthians than the one we have-namely, 1 Corinthians. They contained strong reproofs. SA... [ Continue Reading ]
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. THINK THIS - `consider this.'... [ Continue Reading ]
For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 'We do not presume (irony.) to judge ourselves among, or in comparison with, some of them tha... [ Continue Reading ]
But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. NOT BOAST OF THINGS WITHOUT OUR MEASURE, [ eis (G1519) ta (G3588) ametra (G280)] - 'to unmeasured bounds'. There is no limit to a man's... [ Continue Reading ]
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: 'We are not stretching ourselves beyond our measure, as if we should not have come unto you; for as far as even to you have we in fact come... [ Continue Reading ]
Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, Not boasting to unmeasured bounds of (literally, 'in') other men's labours. WHEN - `AS your faith goes o... [ Continue Reading ]
To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. TO - i:e., so as to preach ... beyond you (and) not to boast, etc. IN ANOTHER MAN'S LINE OF THINGS MADE READY TO OUR HAND. Do not connect "line of things," etc.; but 'boast... [ Continue Reading ]
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. GLORIETH. Translate, to accord with , 'boasteth.' In contrast to his opponents' boasting in another's sphere Paul declares the only true boasting is in the Lord (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. IS APPROVED - stands the test of the final trial [ Dokimos (G1384)]: a metaphor from testing metals (Romans 16:10; 1 Corinthians 11:19). On the other hand, those finally rejected by the Lord are termed 'reprobate silve... [ Continue Reading ]