I know a man, &c. He speaks of himself, as it were of a third person. --- Whether in the body, I know not. If St. Paul himself knew not, how can we pretend to decide, whether his soul was for some moments separated from his body, or in what manner he saw God. (Witham) --- It appears that this took place about the period when the Holy Ghost commanded that he should be separated for the work whereunto he was called. (Acts xiii. 2.)
Verse 2 Corinthians 12:2. _I KNEW A MAN IN CHRIST_] I knew a Christian, or a Christian man; for to such alone God now revealed himself, for vision and prophecy had been shut up from the Jews. _FOURT...
I KNEW A MAN IN CHRIST - I was acquainted with a Christian; the phrase “in Christ” meaning nothing more than that he was united to Christ or was a Christian; see Romans 16:7. The reason why Paul did n...
3. REVELATION IN WHICH HE MIGHT GLORY. HIS APOSTLESHIP. CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Caught up to the Third Heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:1)_ 2. The Thorn in the Flesh. (2 Corinthians 12:7) 3. The Marks of His Apos...
A SPECIAL REVELATION AND ITS SEQUEL. By an account of a great spiritual experience which he had enjoyed, Paul explains the reason why he has been called on to suffer, and the Divine interpretation of...
I must continue to boast. It is not good for me to do so, all the same I will come to visions and revelations given to me by the Lord. I know a man in Christ, who, fourteen years ago--whether it was i...
THE THORN AND THE GRACE (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)...
KNEW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. The 2nd Perf. with sense of the Present Tense. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-129. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. CHRIST. App-98. ABOVE, &c. Literally before (Greek. _pro._...
_I knew a man_ That this is the Apostle is proved by 2 Corinthians 12:7. The word _knew_should, both here and in 2 Corinthians 12:3, be rendered know. _in Christ_ i.e. after his conversion, when he h...
ΟἿΔΑ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ ἘΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ͂Ι ΠΡῸ ἘΤΩ͂Ν ΔΕΚΑΤΕΣΣΆΡΩΝ … ἉΡΠΑΓΈΝΤΑ Κ.Τ.Λ. _I_ KNOW _a man in Christ fourteen years ago, … such a one caught up &c_. The A.V. is misleading. The Apostle does not say that four...
_A VISION OF PARADISE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1-6:_ Paul felt that there was nothing to be gained by his boasting. He said that he would only tell them about the visions and revelations that he had received...
ΆΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ (G444) человек. Для раввинистического стиля было характерно заменять безличным словом ("человек") формы 1 и 2 лица, когда человек говорил о себе (SB, 3:530f). ΈΤΟΣ (G2094) год. ΔΕΚΑΤΈΣΣΑΡΕΣ...
I KNOW A MAN IN CHRIST— St. Paul must undoubtedly mean himself, or the whole article had been quite foreign to his purpose. It hence appears, that the Apostle had concealed this extraordinary event _f...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Weaknesses in the Body (2 Corinthians 12:1-10 12 I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2I know a man...
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. Oida (G1492...
20 Paul's patient and forbearing behavior among them was in striking contrast to the course of his detractors. They treated the Corinthians like slaves, while Paul served them like a slave. They devou...
12:2 know (c-2) Conscious knowledge; and so all through. to (d-32) _ Heos_ , 'as far as.' see Luke 24:50 ; Acts 11:22 ....
HIS PRIVILEGES AND TRIALS The Apostle unwillingly resumes his boasting and tells of a revelation he received from God; but returns again to dwell on his weaknesses, and especially on his bodily infir...
I KNEW (RV 'know') a man] St. Paul is speaking of himself, of course, as 2 Corinthians 12:7 shows. IN CHRIST] so much devoted to Christ and under His influence, that Christ completely dominated him an...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 12 V1 It is not good to be proud. But I need to tell you about *visions and *revelations of the *Lord. V2 I know a man in...
I KNEW A MAN IN CHRIST ABOVE FOURTEEN YEARS AGO. — Better, _I know a man._ The Greek verb, though a perfect tense in form, is invariably used with the force of a present. It is all but impossible to c...
CHAPTER 26 STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS. 2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 12:1 (R.V) THE difficulties of exposition in this passage are partly connected with its form, partly with its substance: it will...
οἶδα ἄνθρ. ἐν Χρ. κ. τ. λ.: _I know_ (not “I knew” as the A.V. has it) _a man in Christ, i.e._, a Christian (see reff.), _fourteen years ago_ (for the constr. πρὸ ἐτ. δεκ. _cf._ John 12:1) _whether in...
THE APOSTLE'S VISION: IF HE CHOSE, HE COULD BOAST OF IT....
THE SECRET OF STRENGTH 2 Corinthians 12:1 It is a sublime phrase- _a man in Christ._ We reach our full stature only when we are in Him. We are but fragments of manhood until the true man is formed in...
The boasting continues. However, it takes on a new and startling characteristic. In his apostleship there had been something supernatural, something not to be finally explained. Of this, he will glory...
Because of the false teachers, Paul continued boasting, though such would not ordinarily be desirable. The visions of which he spoke would have been given by God, while revelations were used to expose...
I knew a man (a) in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the (b) third heaven. (a) I...
2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to the Corinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strong contrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
_LIFE IN CHRIST_ ‘In Christ.’ 2 Corinthians 12:2 We are to believe that, if we have the faith to accept it, we are so completely united with Christ that God Himself sees us _ as one_—‘accepted in t...
2._I knew a man in Christ _As he was desirous to restrain himself within bounds, he merely singles out _one _instance, and that, too, he handles in such a way as to show, that it is not from inclinati...
Nevertheless, though forced to speak of himself, the apostle would glory only in his infirmities. But he is, as it were, outside his natural work. His past life unfolds before his eyes. The Corinthian...
I KNEW A MAN IN CHRIST ABOUT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO,.... Which is to be understood of himself, as appears from 2 Corinthians 12:7, where he speaks in the first person; and the reason why he here speaks in...
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. Ver. 2. _I kn...
_I knew a man in Christ_ That is, a Christian. He must undoubtedly have meant himself, or the whole article had been quite foreign to his purpose. Indeed, that he meant himself is plain from 2 Corinth...
A MAN IN CHRIST; a Christian, meaning himself. THE THIRD HEAVEN; the place where God peculiarly manifests his presence....
I KNEW A MAN IN CHRIST ABOVE FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, (WHETHER IN THE BODY, I CANNOT TELL; OR WHETHER OUT OF THE BODY, I CANNOT TELL: GOD KNOWETH;) SUCH AN ONE CAUGHT UP TO THE THIRD HEAVEN....
PAUL'S BOAST OF HIS WEAKNESS. Supernatural revelations:...
If in chapter 11 we have seen God's grace in sustaining the vessel through all adversity, Paul now speaks of the other side of this, the grace which gives unspeakable blessedness in being "caught up...
1-6 There can be no doubt the apostle speaks of himself. Whether heavenly things were brought down to him, while his body was in a trance, as in the case of ancient prophets; or whether his soul was...
OLBGrk; Some doubt whether en cristw, in this place, be so well translated IN CHRIST, (so signifying, that the person spoken of was a Christian, one that had embraced the gospel), as by Christ, (as th...
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II For that there are spiritual creatures in the heavens, all the Scriptures loudly proclaim; and Paul expressly testifies that there are spiritual things when he decla...
2 Corinthians 12:2 know G1492 (G5758) man G444 in G1722 Christ G5547 fourteen G1180 years G2094 whether G1535
‘I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knows), such a one caught up even to the third heaven. And I know such a man ...
HE GLORIES IN WONDROUS EXPERIENCES, DREADFUL WEAKNESS AND THE MANIFESTATION OF MIRACLES, IN ALL OF WHICH HE IS A MATCH FOR HIS OPPONENTS (2 CORINTHIANS 12:1) Having stressed the differences between hi...
2 Corinthians 12:2. I KNOW A MAN IN CHRIST not “knew” (as in the Authorised Version), which the word never signifies. In fact, the whole point of the statement lies in its being _present:_ ‘I know suc...
I KNOW A MAN (οιδα ανθρωπον). Paul singles out one incident of ecstasy in his own experience that he declines to describe. He alludes to it in this indirect way as if it were some other personality...
THIRD HEAVEN FIRST HEAVEN, of clouds; SECOND HEAVEN, of stars; THIRD HEAVEN, God's abode....
2 Corinthians 12:2 St. Paul's Vision of Paradise. I. It is not difficult to conceive the impossibility of conveying any adequate impression of the component elements of heaven to minds encumbered wit...
CONTENTS: God's dealing with Paul. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Satan. CONCLUSION: The exalted experiences of the Spirit-filled Christian overbalance all he is called upon to be...
2 Corinthians 12:1. _It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord._ To disclosures of the divine pleasure, which cannot be known by any researches...
WHO FOURTEEN YEARS AGO. It is a Jewish form to speak in the third person. 2 Corinthians 12:7 identifies this man as Paul. The date must have been in 41 or 42 A.D. (by the corrected calendar). _Johnson...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 12:2 I KNOW A MAN... THIS MAN. Paul’s hesitancy to boast of his visions is reflected in his use of the third person (as if it had happened to someone else). the thi...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Because his opponents boast in their spiritual experiences as well as in their ethnic identity, Paul is also forced to boast, however foolishly, in his own vis...
CHAPTER 12 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. That the Corinthians may esteem him above the false apostles, he describes his being carried up into the third heaven. II. He goes on to say (ver. 7) that to p...
_I knew a man in Christ._ A Christian. He thus describes him, says Theophylact, that it may be clear that Paul was taken up by the grace of Christ, and not, like Simon Magus, by the power of the devil...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ (_No break, except that of a new paragraph_.) 2 Corinthians 12:1.—Note _reading;_ probably, as in R.V. Remember how full is Paul’s sense of “_expedient_” (1 Corinthians 6:12;...
EXPOSITION The revelations vouchsafed to him (2 Corinthians 12:1). The counteracting "thorn in the flesh" (2 Corinthians 12:7). One more apology for glorying (2 Corinthians 12:11
It is not expedient [necessary] for me doubtless to glory. [But] I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above [about] fourteen years ago (2 Corinthians 12:1-2), Or...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Kings 8:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:17;...
l knew [ο ι δ α]. Rev., correctly, I know. Above fourteen years ago [π ρ ο ε τ ω ν δ ε κ α τ ε σ σ α ρ ω ν]. Above, of A. V., is due to a misunderstanding of the Greek idiom. Lit., before fourteen ye...
I knew a man in Christ — That is, a Christian. It is plain from 2 Corinthians 12:6, that he means himself, though in modesty he speaks as of a third person. Whether in the body or out of the body I kn...
Observe, 1. That the person here spoken of was doubtless himself, otherwise it had been no cause or ground of glorying to him at all; yet he speaks in the name of. third person. Thence note, That the...