Verse 12 Paul did not say this to boast, but to give his friends full enough knowledge to compare his actions with those opposing him. While those opposing him gloried in outward show (like letters of recommendation), he, Paul, had spiritual facts to stand in his behalf.
Verse 2 Corinthians 5:12. _FOR WE COMMEND NOT OURSELVES?_] I do not say these things to bespeak your good opinion, to procure your praise; but _to give you an occasion to glory_ - to exult on our beh...
FOR WE COMMEND NOT OURSELVES AGAIN UNTO YOU - This refers to what he had said in the previous verse. He had there said that he had such a consciousness of integrity that he could appeal to God, and th...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
The emphasis is on the opening words of 2 Corinthians 5:11. Among the clouds of misrepresentation to which he was exposed was the sneering assertion that in some unworthy sense he persuades or gets ro...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
So then, it is because we know the fear of the Lord that we keep on trying to persuade men, but to God we are already known through and through, and I hope that in your conscience, too, we will come t...
COMMEND. See Romans 3:5. OCCASION. See Romans 7:8. TO GLORY. of boasting. Romans 4:2, ON OUR BEHALF. on behalf of (App-104) us. TO _ ANSWER_= towards, or against. App-104. GLORY. b
_For we commend not ourselves_ -For" is omitted by the best editors, and its omission clears the sense. "We are not endeavouring once more to recommend ourselves to you by what we have said. (For -aga...
The Christian Ministry one of Reconciliation 11. _the terror of the Lord_ i.e. "His to-be-dreaded judgment." Beza. This translation is due to the Geneva Version, following Beza and Calvin (Wiclif, _d...
ΟΥ̓ ΠΆΛΙΝ (אBCDFG, Latt. Syrr. Copt. Arm.) rather than οὐ γὰρ πάλιν (D3KL); and ΚΑῚ ΜΉ (אB and some cursives, Theodoret) rather than καὶ οὐ (CD3KLP) or καὶ οὐκ (DFG); and ἘΝ ΚΑΡΔΊΑΙ (אBDFG) rather tha...
_THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINS US 2 CORINTHIANS 5:11-15:_ Judgment is pictured as the "terror of the Lord." Certainly coming judgment should cause us to persuade men to repent and to live righteous li...
ΣΥΝΙΣΤΆΝΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G4921) представлять, ΑΦΟΡΜΉ (G874) возможность, основание для действия, стартовая точка (Plummer). В папирусах это слово используется в _знач._ возбужден...
FOR WE COMMEND NOT OURSELVES AGAIN— From this place, and several others in the epistle, it cannot be doubted but that St. Paul's speaking well of himself had been objected to him as a fault; and in th...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Frustration of the Human Soul (2 Corinthians 5:6-15) 6 So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for w...
_APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS_ Motivating Forces Scripture 2 Corinthians 5:11-17 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manife...
For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. FOR. The reason why...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
5:12 countenance, (a-31) As 'appearance,' ch. 10.1....
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is e...
PARAPHRASE. 'Seeing, then, that we realise the awe inspired by Christ our judge, we try to convince men of our faithfulness and unselfishness: to God, indeed, our sincerity is already manifest, and al...
GLORY IN APPEARANCE] The false teachers boasted of external advantages (perhaps of having seen the Lord), which were no evidence of character and spiritual life....
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
FOR WE COMMEND NOT OURSELVES AGAIN UNTO YOU. — The better MSS. omit “For,” which may have been inserted for the sake of an apparent sequence of thought. In reality, however, what follows is more intel...
CHAPTER 14 THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S LOVE. 2 Corinthians 5:11 (R.V) THE Christian hope of immortality is elevated and solemnized by the thought of the judgment-seat of Christ. This is no strange thoug...
REITERATION OF HIS SINCERITY OF PURPOSE....
οὐ γὰρ πάλιν κ. τ. λ.: _we are not again_ (see 2 Corinthians 3:1, and the note there; he takes up this theme again after a long digression) _commending ourselves to you, but_ [write these things] _as...
CONSTRAINED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 5:11 It was of small importance in Paul's eyes what his critics thought of him. He desired only to please his supreme Lord, whether he lived or died, w...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
(6) For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to [answer] them which glory in (k) appearance, and not in heart. (6) He remov...
_We commend not, nor desire to commend ourselves, but they who may do harm to others, and to the progress of the gospel, make it necessary to speak what may give you an occasion to answer their object...
(12) For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. (13) For whether w...
12._For we commend not ourselves. _He confirms what he had said immediately before, and at the same time anticipates a calumny that might be brought against him. For it might seem as if he were too ca...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
FOR WE COMMEND NOT OURSELVES AGAIN TO YOU,.... We have no need to do so, being well known to you; nor do we intend it when we thus speak of ourselves, and of our ministrations: BUT GIVE YOU OCCASION...
For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to _answer_ them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. Ver. 12. _Which glor...
_Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord_ The strict judgment which must then pass on all impenitent sinners; _we_ the more earnestly _persuade men_ To repent and believe the gospel, that, instead of...
COMMEND NOT OURSELVES; Paul means that he did not say this to gain their applause. OCCASION TO GLORY ON OUR BEHALF; just ground of commending us as true and faithful servants of Christ. IN APPEARANC...
FOR WE COMMEND NOT OURSELVES AGAIN UNTO YOU, BUT GIVE YOU OCCASION TO GLORY ON OUR BEHALF, THAT YE MAY HAVE SOMEWHAT TO ANSWER THEM WHICH GLORY IN APPEARANCE, AND NOT IN HEART....
PAUL AN AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST. The love of Christ his ruling motive:...
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
IN APPEARANCE: _ Gr._ in the face...
9-15 The apostle quickens himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful security. Let all consider the judgment to come, which is called, The t...
I do not speak this to commend myself unto you; he had before declared, that he trusted that he was made manifest to their consciences, and so needed not further to commend himself. But (saith he) I s...
We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you occasion [literally a "starting-point," or, in warfare, "a base of operations"] _of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have whe...
2 Corinthians 5:12 For G1063 not G3756 commend G4921 (G5719) ourselves G1438 again G3825 you G5213 but G235
‘We are not again commending ourselves to you, but speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that you may have that by which to answer those who glory in appearance, and not in heart.' H...
GOD'S MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION (2 CORINTHIANS 5:11 TO 2 CORINTHIANS 6:2). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of the Chri...
2 Corinthians 5:12. WE ARE NOT AGAIN COMMENDING OURSELVES UNTO YOU (see chap. 2 Corinthians 3:1), BUT _SPEAK _ AS GIVING YOU OCCASION OF GLORYING ON OUR BEHALF enabling you to meet all unworthy attack...
AS GIVING YOU OCCASION OF GLORYING (αφορμην διδοντες υμιν καυχηματος). An old Greek word (απο, ορμη, onset, rush), a base of operations, material with which to glory, as we say "a tip" only much mo...
1. _For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
2 Corinthians 5:9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house ma...
WE ARE NOT. It may be that in the strong letter, Paul seemed to boast about his work (see 2 Corinthians 11:16_ to_ 2 Corinthians 12:13). But Paul is very sensitive to the accusation that he has done t...
_For we commend not ourselves again unto you._ PAUL’S SELF-COMMENDATION 1. St. Paul has been magnifying his ministry. It had been, he says, a ministry of the Spirit, not of the letter (2 Corinthians...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:12 On Paul’s COMMENDING himself, see note on 4:2. ⇐...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 10:8;...
We do not say this, as if we thought there was any need of again recommending ourselves to you, but to give you an occasion of rejoicing and praising God, and to furnish you with an answer to those fa...
As if our apostle had said, "We commend not ourselves to you upon our own account, as if there were any need of it, with respect to us; but only to give you an occasion to vindicate us; and to glory t...