Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV "For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of a good conscience, that in holiness and sincerity we know God" by this inconsiderable instance exhibiting the work of love, that "not in fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world."[141]
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...
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...
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 be...
2. PAUL'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATIONS. CHAPTER 1:8-24 _ 1. His Experience. (2 Corinthians 1:8)_ 2. His Explanations. (2 Corinthians 1:15) The Apostle speaks, first of all, of the trouble he had whe...
2 Corinthians 1:12 to 2 Corinthians 2:17. PAUL SEEKS TO REMOVE MISUNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE CORINTHIANS. 2 Corinthians 1:12. He has no hesitation in thus asking for their prayer
The only boast we make is this--and it is backed by the witness of our conscience--that in the world we have behaved ourselves with the holiness and the purity of God, not with a wisdom dominated by h...
COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
REJOICING. boasting Greek. _kauchesis_, the act of boasting, See Romans 3:22. TESTIMONY. Greek. _marturion_. First occurance, Matthew 8:4, conscience. See Acts 23:1. SIMPLICITY. guilelessness. Greek....
_For our rejoicing is this_ "It is this," says the Apostle, "which causes such a perennial flow of joy and consolation into my heart amid all my anxieties and distresses. I can feel in my conscience t...
The mutual interdependence of St Paul and the Corinthian Church 3. _Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_ Two feelings rise at once in the Apostle's mind. The first is an overwhel...
ἉΓΙΌΤΗΤΙ (אABC) rather than ἁπλότητι (DFL, Latt. Syrr. Goth.). 12. Ἡ ΓᾺΡ ΚΑΎΧΗΣΙΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΑὝΤΗ ἘΣΤΊΝ. _For our_ GLORYING _is this_. The triplet, καύχησις (2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 7:14;...
_ PAUL'S CHANGE OF PLANS 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12-18:_ Paul could rejoice because he had a clear conscience. He lived a simple, honest life with godly sincerity. His desire in all things was to be controlle...
ΚΑΎΧΗΣΙΣ (G2746) хвала, похвальба. Окончание имени означает "действие похвалы" но в ст. 14 это слово означает "то, чем хвалятся" (RWP). ΜΑΡΤΎΡΙΟΝ (G3142) свидетельство, доказательство (Plummer). Это...
DISCOURSE: 1999 THE TESTIMONY OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE 2 Corinthians 1:12. _Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by...
IN SIMPLICITY— _Plain-heartedness;_ not only meaning well on the whole, but declining an over-artful way of prosecuting a good end. What is meant by _fleshly wisdom,_ may be seen, ch. 2 Corinthians 2:...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's defense of His Conduct and Writing Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 1:12-14. For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Acrimony (2 Corinthians 1:12-24) 12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and...
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 mo...
1 Timothy is associated with Paul in this introduction, as Sosthenes is in the former epistle, yet it is evident that Paul himself wrote both epistles, for he continually refers to himself in them, an...
1:12 God, (d-17) Lit. 'simplicity and sincerity of God.' The force I take to be, 'such as God would have, and God would produce.' As we say, 'That is the stroke of a master,' 'the act of a prince.' 'G...
INTRODUCTORY SECTION 2 Corinthians 1:1. Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and gives tha...
SIMPLICITY] RV 'holiness.' FLESHLY WISDOM] mere cunning. HAD OUR CONVERSATION] RV 'behaved ourselves.'...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT 2 CORINTHIANS AUTHOR Paul wrote the letter called 2 Corinthians. See 2 Corinthians 1:1 and 2 Corinthians 10:1. The letter...
FOR OUR REJOICING IS THIS.... — Better, _our boast,_ as in Romans 3:17; Romans 15:17; 1 Corinthians 15:31. With the feeling of jubilant thankfulness which has hitherto characterised his language there...
CHAPTER 2 FAITH BORN OF DESPAIR. 2 Corinthians 1:8 (R.V) PAUL seems to have felt that the thanksgiving with which he opens this letter to the Corinthians was so peculiar as to require explanation. I...
THEY MUST ACKNOWLEDGE HIS SINCERITY OF PURPOSE. He claims that he has always been frank and open in his dealings with the Corinthian Christians: _cf._ 1 Thessalonians 2:3. ἡ γὰρ καύχησις κ. τ. λ.: _fo...
SINCERE LIKE HIS MASTER 2 Corinthians 1:12 The Apostle laid great emphasis on the witness of his conscience. See Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16. As we pass out of this life, and stand in the revealing dawn of...
The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sal...
(8) For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly (h) sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the (i) grace of God, we have had our conversation in the wo...
And sincerity of God, [4] which, according to the style of the Scriptures, seems the same as in great sincerity. --- In the grace of God. and more abundantly towards you: the sense seems to be, that G...
(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, an...
_‘THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE’_ ‘For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience.’ 2 Corinthians 1:12 Conscience is a power, perhaps it will not be too much to say the greatest power...
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 dese...
The apostle writes the second Epistle to the Corinthians under the influence of the consolations of Christ consolations experienced when the troubles which came upon him in Asia were at their height;...
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, an...
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 mor...
_For_, &c. I am more imboldened to look for this, because I am conscious of my integrity; seeing _our rejoicing is this_ Even in the deepest adversity, a rejoicing which no external calamities can imp...
IN SIMPLICITY; with a single view to the glory of God and the good of men. FLESHLY WISDOM; worldly, selfish, underhanded policy. HAD OUR CONVERSATION; conducted ourselves in all things; according to...
PAUL'S VINDICATION OF HIS CONDUCT AND LIFE. The sincerity of his purpose:...
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 MOR...
It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
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...
He declareth the confidence that he had, that he should not want their prayers, because his own heart told him, to his joy and satisfaction, that however others might reproach him, as if he had carrie...
For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience [it is often appealed to by Paul-- Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16; Romans 9:1; 1 Corinthians 4:4], that in hol
2 Corinthians 1:12 For G1063 our G2257 boasting G2746 is G2076 (G5748) this G3778 testimony G3142 our G2257
HE DECLARES THAT HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL TO THEM AND TO ALL (2 CORINTHIANS 1:12) ‘For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom...
2 Corinthians 1:12. FOR OUR GLORYING IS THIS, THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE, THAT IN HOLINESS [1] AND SINCERITY OF GOD ‘in purity of motive, and integrity of heart, as in the sight of the great Sear...
GLORYING (καυχησις). Act of glorying, while in verse 2 Corinthians 1:14 καυχημα is the thing boasted of.THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE (το μαρτυριον της συνειδησεως ημων). In apposition with καυ...
GRACE Grace (imparted). (2 Corinthians 4:15); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....
2 Corinthians 1:12 Simplicity and Sincerity. I. Simplicity. The word means singleness singleness of mind, purpose, character, life. The opposite of this is duplicity doubleness in speech, behaviour,...
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 apostleshi...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:_ Paul is ver...
CONTENTS: Paul's interest in the Corinthian Christians and his encouragement to them in Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Silvanus. CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's op...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul and Timothy our brother._ It was proper that Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth. _With all the saints which are in Achaia;_ in which peninsula t...
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROUD OF. Paul is not like the false teacher at Corinth. Rather than being proud of his Jewish heritage and the Law of Moses, Paul is proud that his life and his relationship with...
_For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience._ THE JOY OF A CLEAR CONSCIENCE I. When Christians have the testimony of conscience in their favour. When it testifies-- 1. That they hav...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12 Paul offers a detailed defense of why he had changed his mind more than once about returning to Corinth. The process included: (1) an initial plan to visit Mac...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 Paul’s Defense of His Ministry as an Apostle. Paul’s ministry reflects the work of the Holy Spirit. ⇐
SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS He consoles the Corinthians, whom in the First Epistle he had sharply rebuked, and absolves the excommunicated fornicator, who was now penitent....
_For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience._ "For" introduces the reason why the Corinthians should give thanks and pray for Paul. It is because he was their Apostle, who, with great...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 1:12. REJOICING.—stronger and more correct. Cognate word in Romans 5:2; Romans 5:11, where notice the varying translation; an exultant, sometimes defiantly exultant, joy...
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...
Tonight let's turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 1. The church of Corinth had been a divided church. There was a lot of carnality, a lot of problems in their doctrines that prompted Paul's first epistle,...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 2:5;...
Godly sincerity [ε ι λ ι κ ρ ι ν ε ι α τ ο υ θ ε ο υ]. Lit., sincerity of God, as Rev. See on 2 Peter 3:1. We have had our conversation [α ν ε σ τ ρ α φ η μ ε ν]. Rev., behaved ourselves. See on 1 Pe...
For I am the more emboldened to look for this, because I am conscious of my integrity; seeing this is our rejoicing — Even in the deepest adversity. The testimony of our conscience — Whatever others t...
Observe here, 1. That though St. Paul did not put confidence and trust in his sincerity and Christian grace, yet he did rejoice, and holily glory, in the evidence of his grace, and in the testimony of...