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Verse 18. _I DESIRED TITUS_] I never sent any to you but _Titus_ and
_another brother_; 2 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 8:18. And did
_Titus make a gain of you_? Did he get any thing from you, eithe...
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I DESIRED TITUS - To go and complete the collection which you had
commenced; see 2 Corinthians 8:6.
AND WITH HIM I SENT A BROTHER - see note on 2 Corinthians 8:18.
Did Titus make a gain
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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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RETROSPECT OF THE BOASTING. This paragraph is marked by rapid
oscillation of feeling. Now that he has made and proved his claim, the
same doubt seizes him as when he began (2 Corinthians 11:1; 2
Corin...
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I have become a fool--you forced me to it. I ought to have been
commended by you, not by myself. I am in no way inferior to the
super-apostles, even if I am nothing. The signs of an apostle have
been...
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THE THORN AND THE GRACE (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)...
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WITH, &c. Greek. _sunopostello._ App-174. Only here.
A. the. See 2 Corinthians 8:18.
SPIRIT. App-101. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ for mind. The
internal purpose, in contrast with the external...
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Continuation of the Defence
11. _I am become a fool in glorying_ Or perhaps, with some, _Have_I
become a fool? The words in _glorying_are not in the best MSS. and
versions. Thus Wiclif, following the...
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_I desired Titus_ See ch. 2 Corinthians 8:6. This has also been
thought to be the Epistolary aorist, and to have a present
signification, as though the present letter had been sent by Titus,
but the r...
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17, 18. By a series of rapid questions (comp. 2 Corinthians 6:14-16; 2
Corinthians 11:22) he shows how baseless the insinuation is. In his
eager refutation of the slander he breaks the construction, a...
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ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΕΣΑ ΤΊΤΟΝ. _I_ EXHORTED _Titus, and I sent with
him_ THE (see on 2 Corinthians 2:16) _brother_. This cannot refer to
the mission of Titus alluded to in 2 Corinthians 2:13;...
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14–18. He changes from irony to affectionate earnestness, telling
them that he must continue the ἀδικία of working for nothing,
and explaining why this must be so. It is still quite evident that he
is...
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_ PAUL'S CONCERN FOR CORINTH 2 CORINTHIANS 12:14-21:_ Paul planned a
third visit to Corinth. Even then he did not want to be a burden to
them. He said, "What I really want is you, and not what you hav...
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I DESIRED TITUS,— "To go to you....
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Paul's Intended Visit
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 12:14-21. Behold, this is the third time I am ready to
come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours,
but y...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 2
Weakness in Bearing (2 Corinthians 12:11-18)
11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been
commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to the...
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I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain
of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same
steps?
I DESIRED TITUS - namely, to go unto you. Not the mi...
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14 What a fund of fatherly affection is revealed in his protest, "I am
not seeking _ yours _ but _ you_!" And it must have humbled them to
think of their own lack of care and consideration. They deser...
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I DESIRED (RV 'exhorted') TITUS] This visit of Titus must have been
made at an earlier period than that referred to in 2 Corinthians 2:13
and 2 Corinthians 7:6 and that intimated in 2 Corinthians
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PARAPHRASE. 'I am now about to pay you a third visit, and, as on
former occasions, I shall accept nothing for my support. It is not
your possessions but your very selves that I want; for you are my
sp...
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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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I DESIRED TITUS, AND WITH HIM I SENT A BROTHER. — Better, _the
brother._ The Greek has the article, and he refers definitely to the
first of the two unnamed brethren alluded to in 2 Corinthians 8:18....
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CHAPTER 27
NOT YOURS, BUT YOU.
2 Corinthians 12:11 (R.V)
EXPOSITORS differ widely in characterising the three or four brief
paragraphs into which this passage may be divided:
(1) 2 Corinthians 12:...
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παρεκάλεσα Τίτον κ. τ. λ.: _I exhorted Titus_ (see
on 2 Corinthians 8:6), _and I sent the brother with him_. This was the
mission from which Titus' return is recorded above (2 Corinthians
7:6), We do...
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THAT HE DID NOT CLAIM MAINTENANCE AT CORINTH WAS DISINTERESTED ON HIS
PART....
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“I SEEK NOT YOURS, BUT YOU”
2 Corinthians 12:11
“The long burst of passionate self-vindication has now at last
expended itself,” says Dean Stanley, and Paul returns to the point
whence he diverged at...
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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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VERSES 17-18. Since he had taken no money personally, they apparently
accused him of using Titus and the others to take money for a false
collection. Paul wants to know if Titus received wages of them...
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I caught you by guile. He answers an objection or suspicion of his
adversaries, as if he took no presents himself, but employed others to
do it for him: he appeals to them, if Titus did not serve them...
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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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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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I DESIRED TITUS, AND WITH HIM I SENT A BROTHER,.... The apostle
proceeds to mention one or two persons that he had sent unto them, and
desires to know whether they could charge them with any such
prac...
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I desired Titus, and with _him_ I sent a brother. Did Titus make a
gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? _walked we_ not in the
same steps?
Ver. 18. _In the same spirit_] Who worketh with hi...
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_Be it so_, &c. But some may object; though _I did not burden you_
Though I did not take any thing of you myself; yet _being crafty, I
caught you with guile_ I did secretly by my messengers what I wou...
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I DESIRED TITUS, AND WITH HIM I SENT A BROTHER. DID TITUS MAKE A GAIN
OF YOU? WALKED WE NOT IN THE SAME SPIRIT? WALKED WE NOT IN THE SAME
STEPS?...
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Paul hopes for an edifying repentance on the part of the Corinthians:...
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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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11-21 We owe it to good men, to stand up in the defence of their
reputation; and we are under special obligations to those from whom we
have received benefit, especially spiritual benefit, to own the...
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SEE POOLE ON "2 CORINTHIANS 12:17...
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I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any
advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in
the same steps? [Now let us look at the facts and see where I...
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2 Corinthians 12:18 urged G3870 (G5656) Titus G5103 and G2532 sent
G4882 (G5656) brother G80 Did G3387
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HE ASSURES THEM OF HIS CARE FOR THEM (2 CORINTHIANS 12:14).
He declares that he intends shortly to visit them for a third time.
But when he does he will again not be a burden on them. (This suggests
t...
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‘I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take
any advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not
walk in the same steps?'
It was he who encouraged Titus to come...
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2 Corinthians 12:17. DID I TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU BY ANY ONE OF THEM
WHOM I HAVE SENT UNTO YOU?
2 Corinthians 12:18. I EXHORTED (or charged) TITUS, AND I SENT THE
BROTHER WITH HIM (probably one of the...
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THE BROTHER
(τον αδελφον). Probably the brother of Titus (cf. 2
Corinthians 8:18).DID TITUS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU?
(μητ επλεονεκτησεν υμας Τιτοσ?). That puts
the issue squarely.BY THE SAME SPIRIT...
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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 BEGGED TITUS TO GO. Evidently the attack has all been against Paul,
and the Corinthians continued to trust Titus, and also the unnamed
brother. WOULD YOU SAY? "Certainly you would not accuse Titus o...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 12:16 CRAFTY... DECEIT... TAKE
ADVANTAGE. Paul rejects the idea that he used the collection to take
money from the Corinthians. There is no evidence for such a char...
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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 Peter 2:21; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; 2 Corinthians 2:12;...
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I desired Titus — To go to you....