Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Corinthians 12:5
Of such an one] He can boast of these experiences because they do not glorify him as an individual. Of myself] He will not boast, as he might, of what he has done.
Of such an one] He can boast of these experiences because they do not glorify him as an individual. Of myself] He will not boast, as he might, of what he has done.
Verse 2 Corinthians 12:5. _OF SUCH A ONE WILL I GLORY_] Through modesty he does not mention _himself_, though the account can be understood of no other person; for, did he mean any other, the whole ac...
OF SUCH AN ONE WILL I GLORY - Of such a man it would be right to boast. It would be admitted that it is right to exult in such a man, and to esteem him to be uniquely favored by God. I will boast of h...
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...
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...
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...
THE THORN AND THE GRACE (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)...
OF. On behalf of. Greek. _huper._ App-104. BUT. except. Greek. _ei me_. INFIRMITIES. weaknesses. Same word in 2 Corinthians 9:10....
_Of such a one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory_ St Paul desires to put the fact in the background that it is of himself he is speaking (see next verse). He has been compelled by the folly...
5. After ΤΑΙ͂Σ� אD3FGKLMP, f g Vulg. Aeth. Goth. add μου: BD 17, 67, 109, d e Syrr. Copt. Arm. omit. Such insertions for smoothness or completeness are common; comp. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Ephesians 3...
_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...
ΎΠΈΡ (G5228) от имени, на благо, ΚΑΥΧΉΣΟΜΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΥΧΆΟΜΑΙ (G2744) славить, ΕΊ ΜΉ кроме, ΆΣΘΕΝΕΊΑΙΣ (G769) слабость....
BUT IN MINE INFIRMITIES— "In those things which carry the marks of weakness, though, in a certain connection, they will appear honourable too....
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...
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. OF MYSELF - concerning myself. Self is put in the background, except his infirmities. His glorying in his othe...
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...
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...
OF SUCH AN ONE WILL I GLORY. — There is, if we rightly understand it, an almost exquisite sadness in the distinction which is thus drawn by the Apostle between the old self of fourteen years ago, with...
THE APOSTLE'S VISION: IF HE CHOSE, HE COULD BOAST OF IT....
ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου κ. τ. λ.: _on behalf of such an one will I glory, but on mine own behalf, i.e._, of myself in my normal state, _I will not glory save in my weaknesses_, as he has already done, 2 Cor...
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...
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...
VERSE 5 Such a man had certainly been honored and Paul could boast about the man's honor. As for himself, he would only glory in his weakness....
(2) Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. (2) To remove all suspicion of seeking glory, he witnesses that he brags not of those things as though they w...
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...
5._Of such a man _It is as though he had said “I have just ground for glorying, but I do not willingly avail myself of it. For it is more in accordance with my design, to _glory in my infirmities _If,...
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...
OF SUCH AN ONE WILL I GLORY,.... The apostle in great modesty seems to speak of some other person, and not himself, as caught up into the third heaven, when he yet means himself; and does as it were d...
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. Ver. 5. _Yet of myself I will not glory_] _Non nisi coactus, ut supra._ Paul was a model of modesty, a very cruci...
_Of such a one will I_, or, I might, _glory_ As a person highly favoured of Christ; _yet of myself_ Considered as in myself; _I will not glory_ Willingly; _but in my infirmities_ See on 2 Corinthians...
OF SUCH A ONE-OF MYSELF; he purposely speaks of Paul caught up to the third heavens as one person; and himself-Paul dwelling in the flesh, and subject to all its infirmities-as another. Of the former...
OF SUCH AN ONE WILL I GLORY; YET OF MYSELF I WILL NOT GLORY BUT IN MINE INFIRMITIES. What a disagreeable task the apostle found this matter of glorying to which the attitude of the Corinthians had dri...
PAUL'S BOAST OF HIS WEAKNESS. Supernatural revelations:...
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...
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...
OF SUCH AN ONE WILL I GLORY: the apostle, as appeareth by what followeth, speaketh of himself; but he does it in a third person. The meaning is, that that man who had been thus dignified of God, in su...
On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses. [Here Paul speaks of an experience of his, but declines to name himself, or use the first person,...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book I -thereby teaching us that greatness has its proofs in lowliness, just as (according to the apostle)there is power even in infirmity[170]...
2 Corinthians 12:5 Of G5228 one G5108 boast G2744 (G5695) yet G1161 of G5228 myself G1683 will G2744 not
‘On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on my own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.' Yet he seeks no glory because of his experience. Let them consider the reality and glory certainly...
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...
2 Corinthians 12:5. ON BEHALF OF SUCH A ONE WILL I GLORY; BUT ON MINE OWN BEHALF I WILL NOT GLORY, SAVE IN MY WEAKNESSES. So entirely does he wish himself to be regarded as _passive_ in this whole exa...
BUT ON MINE OWN BEHALF (υπερ δε εμαυτου). As if there were two Pauls. In a sense there were. He will only glory in the things mentioned above, the things of his weaknesses (2 Corinthians 11:30)....
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...
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...
SO I WILL BOAST. What God allowed Paul to see, gave him great courage! Yet because the false teachers seem to think visions and revelations prove a person to be a true disciple of Christ, Paul speaks...
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...
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...
_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;...
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
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...
2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:9...
Of such an one I will — I might, glory; but I will not glory of myself — As considered in myself....
Here the apostle declares, that although this foretaste of the heavenly glory was worthy to be gloried in, and though he might boast of himself as thus exalted, yet he being purely passive in it, and...