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2 Corinthians 1:12

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 the Corinthians have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity. Frankness. Paul has used no tricks on them, but has given them the plain truth. The false teacher distorted the truth to please certain people. Sincerity. "My motivation is Christian love and a true wish to bring everyone to Christ!" Compare 2 Corinthians 1:15-19.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    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...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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;...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _ 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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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:...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SIMPLICITY] RV 'holiness.' FLESHLY WISDOM] mere cunning. HAD OUR CONVERSATION] RV 'behaved ourselves.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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;...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PAUL'S VINDICATION OF HIS CONDUCT AND LIFE. The sincerity of his purpose:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    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

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    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 o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Corinthians 1:12 For G1063 our G2257 boasting G2746 is G2076 (G5748) this G3778 testimony G3142 our G2257

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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....

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 2:5;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    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...

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