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2 CORINTHIANS 12:1 kauca/sqai dei/ {A}
The difficulty of understanding the meaning of the verse led at an
early date to various scribal emendations. The original text appears
to be preserved in î46 B...
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CHAPTER XII.
_St. Paul mentions some wonderful revelations which he had_
_received from the Lord_, 1-5.
_He speaks of his suffering in connection with these_
_extraordinary revelations, that his c...
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IT IS NOT EXPEDIENT - It is not well; it does not become me. This may
either mean that he felt and admitted that it did not become him to
boast in this manner; that there was an impropriety in his doi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE THORN AND THE GRACE (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)...
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NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105.
GLORY. Greek. _kauchaomai._ See Romans 2:19.
I WILL. But. will.
TO. unto. Greek. _eis_. App-104.
VISIONS. Greek. _optasia._ See Acts 26:19
REVELATIONS. Greek. _apokalup...
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2 Corinthians 12:1-6. The Visions and Revelations vouchsafed to St
Paul
1. _It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come_ The
Greek text here is in the most utter confusion. Out of the...
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1. The text of this difficult verse is in exceptional confusion, the
result of accidental mistakes and conjectural emendations. About
ΕἸΣ ὈΠΤΑΣΊΑΣ … ΚΥΡΊΟΝ there is no doubt; but in
the first half of...
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_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...
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I WILL COME TO VISIONS, &C.— The Apostle's speaking of his _visions_
and _revelations,_ which, indeed, did him the highest honour, could
not be a proof that he was determined not to vindicate himself:...
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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...
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It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions
and revelations of the Lord.
He illustrates the 'glorying in infirmities' (2 Corinthians 11:30).
He gave one instance which mig...
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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...
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IT IS NOT EXPEDIENT, etc.] RV 'I must needs glory though it is not
expedient'; i.e. in self-defence....
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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...
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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...
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XII.
(1) IT IS NOT EXPEDIENT FOR ME DOUBTLESS TO GLORY. I WILL COME... —
The English “doubtless” corresponds to a Greek illative particle.
_To boast, then, is not expedient for me._ The MSS., however,...
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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...
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THE APOSTLE'S VISION: IF HE CHOSE, HE COULD BOAST OF IT....
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With Tisch., W.H. and the R.V. we adopt the reading (see crit. notes):
καυχᾶσθαι δεῖ · οὐ συμφέρον μέν,
ἐλεύσομαι δὲ κ. τ. λ.: _I must needs glory, though it
is not expedient_ (_sc._, my opponents dri...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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It (1) is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord.
(1) He continues in his purpose, and because those braggarts boasted
of revelations, he reckons...
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_If I must glory. St. Paul in the whole of this discourse shews the
repugnance he had of speaking in his own praise, and that if he did
it, it was only through constraint, and for the advantage of the...
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CONTENTS
Paul is here speaking of Visions and Revelations, with which the Lord
favored him. He speaks of his Infirmities.
2 Corinthians 12:1
(1) It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I wil...
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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...
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1._It is not expedient for me to glory _Now, when as it were in the
middle of the course, he restrains himself from proceeding farther,
and in this way he most appropriately reproves the impudence of...
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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...
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IT IS NOT EXPEDIENT DOUBTLESS FOR ME TO GLORY,.... Though it was
lawful for him to glory, and was necessary in the present
circumstances of things, in vindication of himself, and to preserve
the Corin...
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It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions
and revelations of the Lord.
Ver. 1. _It is not expedient for me_] Because it carries a show at
least of pride and folly; and Chr...
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After enumerating, in the former chapter, his almost incredible
labours and sufferings for the gospel, the apostle, in this, proceeds
to speak of some visions and revelations that had been made to him...
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IT IS NOT EXPEDIENT FOR ME DOUBTLESS TO GLORY; for him to state
further with regard to his labors and sufferings.
REVELATIONS; which the Lord made to him of the glories of heaven....
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IT IS NOT EXPEDIENT FOR ME DOUBTLESS TO GLORY. I WILL COME TO VISIONS
AND REVELATIONS OF THE LORD....
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PAUL'S BOAST OF HIS WEAKNESS.
Supernatural revelations:...
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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...
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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...
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2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Paul showeth that, though
he had been favoured with visions and revelations, 2 CORINTHIANS 12:5
yet for commendation of his apostleship he chose rather to g...
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I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord. [I feel constrained to go on with
my boosting, though I recognize that it is not expedient for m...
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Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third
Hear, then, the parables of the tower; for I will reveal all to you,
and give me no more trouble in regard to revelation: for these
revelations have an end, for they h...
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2 Corinthians 12:1 is G4851 doubtless G1211 not G3756 profitable G4851
(G5719) me G3427 boast G2744 (G5738
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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...
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‘I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord.'
His glorying must necessarily go on in order to combat his opponents,
even though in other cir...
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_Visions and_ _Revelations,_ 1 - 10.
2 Corinthians 12:1. I MUST NEEDS GLORY, THOUGH IT IS NOT EXPEDIENT;
[1] BUT I WILL COME TO VISIONS AND REVELATIONS: ‘Distasteful it is
to continue in a strain so u...
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I MUST NEEDS GLORY
(καυχασθα δε). This is the reading of B L Latin Syriac, but
Aleph D Bohairic have δε while K M read δη. The first is probably
correct. He must go on with the glorying already beg...
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2 Corinthians 12:1
Visions and Revelations.
The words carry us at once to an age of miracle. They place us in the
midst of a time when the eye and the ear were each occasionally opened
to sights and...
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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...
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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...
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I HAVE TO BOAST. Paul personally feels the whole thing of boasting is
a waste of time! Yet he must go on with it, because he must destroy
false arguments and pull down proud obstacles. ABOUT VISIONS A...
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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...
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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...
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_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;...
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 John 5:20; 2 Corinthians
11:16;...
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Revelations [α π ο κ α λ υ ψ ε ι ς]. See on Revelation 1:1....
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It is not expedient — Unless on so pressing occasion. Visions are
seen; revelations, heard....
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That is, "I acknowledge it neither decent nor advantageous, with
respect to myself, to go on in farther boasting and glorying; but
since it may be necessary with respect to you,. will declare what
vis...