An epistle of Christ
(επιστολη Χριστου). He turns the metaphor round and round. They are Christ's letter to men as well as Paul's.Not with ink
(ου μελαν). Instrumental case of μελας, black. Plato uses το μελαν for ink as here. See also 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:13.Of stone
(λιθιναις). Composed of stone (λιθος and ending -ινος).Of flesh
(σαρκιναις). "Fleshen" as in 1 Corinthians 3:1; Romans 7:14.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:3 plaxi.n kardi,aij sarki,naij {A} In view of the awkward apposition of kardi,aij to plaxi,n, the genitive singular kardi,aj, found in several witnesses (F K 2 489 1912 _al_ it vg syr...
Verse 2 Corinthians 3:3. _MANIFESTLY DECLARED TO BE THE EPISTLE OF CHRIST_] Ye are in our hearts, and Christ has written you there; but yourselves are the _epistle of Christ_; the change produced in y...
FORASMUCH AS YE ARE MANIFESTLY DECLARED - You are made manifest as the epistle of Christ; or you, being made manifest, are the epistle, etc. They had been made manifest to be such by their conversion....
4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD. CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_ 2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4) 3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 4:10. THE SPLENDOUR OF THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN SPITE OF ITS OUTWARD LOWLINESS. 2 Corinthians 3:1. One of the charges laid against Paul had probably been that of
EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely you do not think that we need--as some people need--letters of commendation neither to you or from you? You are our letter, written on our hearts, k...
MANIFESTLY DECLARED. manifested. Greek. _phaneroo._ App-106. CHRIST. App-08. MINISTERED. Greek _diakaneo._ App-190. BY. Greek. _hupo_, as in 2 Corinthians 3:2. NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. WITH. No...
_Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared_ The Corinthians -fell short in no gift," but were -enriched by Christ in all utterance and in all knowledge," 1 Corinthians 1:7. These were notorious facts th...
1–6. These opening verses deal with a difficulty which had been growing at Corinth. He was so often obliged to speak of himself and his authority, that he laid himself open to the sneering reminder th...
ΚΑΡΔΊΑΙΣ (אABCDGLP) rather than καρδίας (FK, Vulg. Copt. Arm. Syr-Pesh., Iren-Lat. Orig. Chrys.). Westcott and Hort suspect that the second πλαξίν is a primitive clerical error. 3. ΦΑΝΕΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ. Nothi...
_EPISTLES WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1-5:_ At the close of 2 Corinthians two Paul said some good things about himself. "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved,...
ΦΑΝΕΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) прояснять, проявлять, ΔΙΑΚΟΝΗΘΕΊΣΑ _aor. pass. part. пот. fem. sing. от_ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΈΩ (G1247) служить, проповедовать. Этот гл. часто используется в _з...
DISCOURSE: 2005 CHRISTIANS ARE EPISTLES OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 3:2. _If are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of...
FORASMUCH AS YE ARE MANIFESTLY DECLARED— The sense of St. Paul here is plainly this: that he needed no letters of commendation to them; but that their conversion, and the gospel written, not with ink,...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 3:2-3. Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; 3 being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us,...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 It Dooms The Soul (2 Corinthians 3:1-6) 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2You yo...
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the...
21 The operation of God's Spirit is here seen under three distinct figures: the anointing, the seal, and the earnest. Prophets and priests and kings were anointed for their office. They were anointed...
3:3 be (e-4) Lit. '[ye] being manifested that ye are.'...
PARAPHRASE. 'In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine) letters of recommendation either to you or from you. (2) Yo...
This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
_Forasmuch as ye are_] omitted in RV. MINISTERED BY US] The Apostle regards himself as the scribe of Christ who wrote Christ's words on their hearts. NOT WITH INK, etc.] In this v. the figure is sligh...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
FORASMUCH, AS YE ARE MANIFESTLY DECLARED. — The metaphor appears to shift its ground from the subjective to the objective. It is not only as written in his heart, but as seen and known by others, that...
CHAPTER 8 LIVING EPISTLES. 2 Corinthians 3:1 (R.V) "ARE we beginning again to commend ourselves?" Paul does not mean by these words to admit that he had been commending himself before: he means that...
φανερούμενοι ὅτι ἐστὲ κ. τ. λ.: _being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ_ (_sc._, written by Christ), _ministered by us_ (the Apostle conceiving of himself as his Master's amanuensis). ἐγ...
THE CORINTHIANS ARE ST. PAUL'S “EPISTLE OF COMMENDATION”....
THE SAVOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14, imagines himself as part of his Master's procession passing through the world.
The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
PAUL'S LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION It seems Paul was criticized for using personal examples in his first epistle. The apostle makes it clear that he needs neither boasting nor letters of commendation as...
[Forasmuch as ye are] (a) manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ (b) ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the (c) living God; (1) not in tables of stone, but in fles...
Though the Scriptures be of the Holy Ghost, the proper book of Christ's doctrine is in the hearts of the faithful, the true mansions of the holy Spirit. Hence St. Irenæus says: "If the apostles had le...
(1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? (2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and re...
_LIVING EPISTLES_ ‘Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables o...
3._Ye are the Epistle of Christ _Pursuing the metaphor, he says that the Epistle of which he speaks was written by Christ, inasmuch as the faith of the Corinthians was his work. He says that it was _m...
These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
FORASMUCH AS YE ARE MANIFESTLY DECLARED,.... But lest it should be thought that the apostle attributed too much to himself, by saying that the Corinthians were our epistle; here he says, they were "ma...
_Forasmuch as ye are_ manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the...
_Forasmuch as ye_ Some of whom were once so immoral, but who are now so pious and virtuous; _are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ_ Which he has formed and published to the world; _minis...
MINISTERED BY US; written by our ministration, as his instruments. NOT IN TABLES OF STONE; as a mere outward law is. The allusion is to the ten commandments written on tables of stone. FLESHLY TABLES...
FORASMUCH AS YE ARE MANIFESTLY DECLARED TO BE THE EPISTLE OF CHRIST MINISTERED BY US, WRITTEN NOT WITH INK, BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD; NOT IN TABLES OF STONE, BUT IN FLESHY TABLES OF THE H...
THE GLORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT MINISTRY. The apostle's letter of commendation:...
Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
1-11 Even the appearance of self-praise and courting human applause, is painful to the humble and spiritual mind. Nothing is more delightful to faithful ministers, or more to their praise, than the s...
He had told them before that they were his epistle, his epistle recommendatory, the change which God had wrought in their hearts did more recommend him than all the epistles in the world could; but he...
being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh. [Do...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And that the Spirit lays hold on the flesh, he says in the same Epistle, "That ye axe the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, inscribed not with ink, but with the Sp...
2 Corinthians 3:3 clearly G5319 (G5746) G3754 are G2075 (G5748) epistle G1992 Christ G5547 ministered G1247
‘Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men, it being reve...
HE IS NOT SPEAKING LIKE THIS TO COMMEND HIMSELF. INDEED THE CORINTHIANS THEMSELVES ARE HIS LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, WRITTEN BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD (2 CORINTHIANS 3:1). He firmly points out that he does...
2 Corinthians 3:3. BEING MADE MANIFEST THAT YE ARE AN EPISTLE OF CHRIST. Nearly all modern interpreters take this to mean, ‘an epistle of which Christ is the _author.'_ But with Chrysostom we cannot b...
TABLES OF That is, the ten commandments....
2 Corinthians 3:1 I. There is a peculiar writing on the tablet of the Christian's soul. The old covenant, with its precepts and penalties, was engraven upon slabs of stone; but the new covenant, with...
CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and glorious character. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses. CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false teachers....
THAT CHRIST HIMSELF. "Christ himself wrote the letter and I delivered it by converting you to Christ and giving you the gifts from the Spirit!" IT IS WRITTEN. Paul purposely associates the letters of...
_Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ or need we … epistles of commendation? A PASTOR’S CLAIM 1. The voluntary relations of men are founded upon mutual confidence, and even those which are invol...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:2 LETTER FROM CHRIST. By the Corinthians’ changed lives, Christ testifies to Paul’s true apostleship because he is the one who brought the gospel to them (deliver...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 Paul makes it clear that, as an apostle, he was called to mediate the Spirit in fulfillment of the new covenant. ⇐...
CHAPTER III. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is, he says, sufficient co...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians 2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10. 2
EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2 Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians. Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always t...
1 Corinthians 8:5; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 6:16;...
An epistle of Christ ministered by us [ε π ι σ τ ο λ η χ ρ ι σ τ ο υ δ ι α κ ο ν η θ ε ι σ α υ φ η μ ω ν]. An epistle written by Christ through our ministry; that is, you, as the converted subjects of...
Manifestly declared to be the letter of Christ — Which he has formed and published to the world. Ministered by us — Whom he has used herein as his instruments, therefore ye are our letter also. Writte...