2 Corinthians 10:1--13:14
appeal <3870> [beseech.]
by <1223> [by.]
present <4383> [presence. or, outward appearance.]
<3303> [base.]
Rather, lowly, or humble, [tapeinos <\\See definition 5011\\>,] which some think refers to his lowness of stature.
am full of courage <2292> [bold.]
not <3361> [that I.]
I expect .......... consider <3049> [think. or, reckon. we walked.]
live <4043> [walk.]
we do ... wage war <4754> [we do.]
weapons <3696> [the weapons.]
our <2257> [our.]
made powerful <1415> [mighty.]
God <2316> [through God. or, to God. to the.]
<2507> [down.]
<3053> [imaginations. or, reasonings. and every.]
take .... captive <163> [bringing.]
every ................ every thought <3956 3540> [every thought.]
obey <5218> [the obedience.]
<1722> [in.]
whenever <3752> [when.]
You are looking at <991> [ye look.]
<1536> [If.]
too <2532> [even.]
if <1437> [though.]
not ...... I will not be ashamed <3756 153> [I should not.]
to terrify <1629> [terrify.]
say <5346> [say they. Gr. saith he.]
but <1161> [but.]
and ......... and ... speech <2532 3056> [and his.]
such ...... What <5108 3634> [such.]
we would not dare ............................ without <5111 3756> [we dare not.]
not ........................... they are without understanding <3756 4920> [are not wise. or, understand it not.]
we will ... boast <2249 2744 3780> [we will not.]
according to <2596> [according.]
<2583> [rule. or, line.]
not <5239 3756 3361> [we stretch not.]
gospel <2098> [the gospel.]
do ... boast <2744> [boasting.]
by ............... may be greatly ... among you <1722 5213 3170> [enlarged by you. or, magnified in you.]
may preach the gospel <2097> [preach.]
area <2583> [line. or, rule.]
not <3756> [not.]
approved <1384> [approved.]
but <235> [but.]
I wish <3785> [Would.]
you would be patient with me ........ you are being patient with me <3450 430> [bear with me a.]
foolishness <877> [in.]
[bear with me. or, ye do bear with me.]
I am jealous <2206> [jealous.]
I promised <718> [I have.]
to present <3936> [I may.]
pure <53> [a chaste.]
I am afraid <5399> [I fear.]
just as <5613> [as.]
<3779> [so.]
a sincere <572> [the simplicity.]
proclaims ........ we proclaimed <2784> [preacheth.]
you receive ........ you received <2983> [receive.]
another .............. different ......... a different gospel <243 2087 2098> [another gospel.]
[with him. or, with me.]
not .... inferior <5302 3367> [I was not.]
unskilled <2399> [rude.]
not <3756> [not.]
And ......... yet ......... Indeed ......... in ... in <1161 235 1722> [but we.]
humbling <5013> [in.]
was in need <5302> [wanted.]
When ... was .......... not <3918 3756> [I was.]
brothers <80> [the brethren.]
[See on ver.]
being a burden <4> [burdensome.]
truth <225> [the truth.]
me this boasting of .... not <1698 3756 4972 1519 3778 2746> [no man shall stop me of this boasting. Gr. this boasting shall not be stopped in me.]
regions <2824> [the regions.]
Because <3754> [because.]
God <2316> [God.]
what ............................... things <3739> [what.]
so that I may eliminate <2532 2443 1581> [that I may.]
want <2309> [them.]
they boast <2744> [they glory.]
false apostles <5570> [false.]
deceitful <1386> [deceitful.]
for <1063> [for.]
not <3756> [no.]
his ............... their <846> [his.]
servants ...... servants <1249> [the ministers.]
whose <3739> [whose.]
I say <3004> [say.]
think <1380> [Let.]
accept me <1511 1209 3165> [receive me. or, suffer me.]
I am saying ...... I do not say <2980 3756> [I speak it.]
with <1722> [foolishly.]
many <4183> [many.]
are boasting ........ will boast <2744> [I will.]
<5607> [seeing.]
makes slaves <1536 2615> [if a man bring.]
takes advantage <2983> [take.]
strikes <1194 1536> [a man smite.]
for <1722> [whereinsoever.]
I must say ................. I am speaking <3004> [I speak.]
Hebrews <1445> [Hebrews.]
descendants <4690> [the seed.]
servants <1249> [ministers.]
labors with ..... with ..... facing <1722 2873> [in labours.]
with ..... with .... beatings facing <1722 4127> [in stripes.]
with ..... with ..... facing <1722> [in prison.]
with ..... with ..... facing death <1722 2288> [in deaths.]
forty <5062> [forty.]
I was beaten with a rod <4463> [I beaten.]
Once <530> [once.]
Three times ............. Three times <5151> [thrice.]
journeys <3597> [journeyings.]
in dangers .... in dangers .... in dangers from ...... dangers from ... in dangers in .... in dangers in .... in dangers at ... in dangers from <2794 1537 1722> [in perils by mine.]
in dangers .... in dangers .... in dangers from ...... dangers from ... in dangers in .... in dangers in .... in dangers at ... in dangers from <2794 1537 1722> [in perils by the.]
in dangers .... in dangers .... in dangers ....... dangers .... in dangers in ... city in dangers in .... in dangers at ... in dangers from <2794 1722 4172> [in perils in the city.]
in hard work <2873> [weariness.]
through ... sleepless nights in ......... in <1722 70> [in watchings.]
through ..... in hunger ........ in <1722 3042> [in hunger.]
without food <3521> [fastings.]
without enough clothing <1132> [nakedness.]
other things <3924> [those.]
anxious concern <3308> [the care.]
is weak ... I am ... weak <770> [is weak.]
and ........... and I do ... burn with indignation <2532 1473 4448> [and I burn.]
must <1163> [must.]
I ... boast I will boast <2744> [I will.]
God <2316> [God.]
<3588> [which.]
knows <1492> [knoweth.]
Damascus <1154> [Damascus.]
Aretas <702> [Aretas.]
This Aretas was an Arabian king, and the father-in-law of Herod Antipas, upon whom he made war in consequence of his having divorced his daughter. Herod applied to Tiberius for help, who sent Vitellius to reduce Aretas, and to bring him alive or dead to Rome. By some means or other Vitellius delayed his operations, and in the mean time Tiberius died; and it is probable that Aretas, who was thus snatched from ruin, availed himself of the favourable state of things, and seized on Damascus, which had belonged to his ancestors.
I was let down <5465> [I let.]
is ... profitable <4851> [expedient.]
to go on boasting <2744> [to glory.]
I will go on <2064> [I will come. Gr. For I will come. visions.]
I know ................... I do ... know ... knows <1492> [knew.]
in Christ ....... in <1722 5547> [in Christ.]
[about.]
"A.D 46, at Lystra."
in ........ in ... body ...... body <1722 4983> [in the.]
God <2316> [God.]
was caught up <726> [caught.]
third <5154> [third.]
paradise <3857> [paradise.]
is ... permitted <1832> [lawful. or, possible.]
such an individual <5108> [such.]
but <1161> [yet.]
I wish <2309> [I would.]
I would be telling <2046> [I will.]
beyond what <5228 3739> [above that.]
<3363> [lest.]
extraordinary character <5236> [the abundance.]
a thorn <4647> [a thorn.]
a messenger <32> [the messenger.]
so that .................... to trouble ... so that <2443 2852> [to buffet.]
I asked <3870> [I besought.]
My grace <3450 5485> [My grace.]
for you for <4671 1063> [for.]
gladly <2236> [Most.]
I will boast <2744> [glory.]
power .................... power <1411> [the power.]
I am content <2106> [I take.]
with weaknesses with ... with ... with <1722 769> [in infirmities.]
for the sake of Christ for <5228 5547 1063> [for Christ's.]
for the sake of ... for whenever <5228 1063 3752> [for when.]
I have become <1096> [become.]
for ......... For .... nothing ........... nothing <1063 3762> [for in.]
<1499> [though.]
I myself <1473 846> [I myself.]
Forgive <5483> [forgive.]
third time <5154> [the third.]
That is, the third time I have purposed to visit you. See the parallel passages.
because I do ... want ...... For <1063 2212> [for I.]
children .......... parents ... parents .... children <1118 5043> [for the.]
most gladly <2236> [will.]
lives ..... you <5590 5209> [you. Gr. your souls.]
<1499> [though.]
I have not burdened <1473 2599 3756> [I did not.]
I was <5225> [being. That is, as my enemies represent.]
Titus ............. Titus <5103> [Titus.]
I sent .... along with <4882> [with.]
Did we not conduct ..... same spirit .... not <4043 3756 846 4151> [walked we not in the same spirit.]
same <846 2487> [in the same steps.]
Have you been thinking <1380> [think.]
We are speaking <2980> [we speak.]
and <1161> [but.]
dear friends <27> [dearly.]
I will not find ...... and ... will find ... not <2147 3756 2504> [I shall not.]
and <2504> [and that.]
quarreling <2054> [debates.]
gossip <5587> [whisperings.]
arrogance <5450> [swellings.]
I will grieve <3996> [that I.]
previously sinned <4258> [sinned.]
and ............ and have not repented ....... and <2532 3340 3361> [and have not.]
impurity <167> [uncleanness.]
third time <5154> [the third.]
By <1909> [In.]
I said before <4280> [told.]
absent <548> [being.]
sinned previously <4258> [heretofore.]
you are demanding <2212> [ye seek.]
Christ <5547> [Christ.]
<3739> [which.]
he was crucified <4717> [he was.]
but ............... but <235> [yet.]
indeed ................. we also <2249 2532> [we also.]
[in him. or, with him.]
but ............... but <235> [but.]
Put ... to the test <3985> [Examine.]
in ... faith ............... in <1722 4102> [in the faith.]
do you ... recognize <1921> [Know.]
Jesus Christ <2424 5547> [Jesus Christ.]
<5100> [reprobates.]
we pray <2172> [I pray.]
passed <1384> [approved.]
right <2570> [honest.]
whenever <3752> [when.]
you <5216> [even.]
I am writing <1125> [I write.]
<3363> [lest.]
by <2596> [according.]
rejoice <5463> [farewell.]
set things right <2675> [Be perfect.]
be encouraged <3870> [be of good.]
<846> [be of one.]
live in peace <1514> [live.]
God <2316> [the God.]
with <3326> [with.]
<5485> [The grace.]
<26> [the love.]
<2842> [the communion.]
<281> [Amen.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS. The most remarkable circumstance in this Epistle, observes Mr. Scott, is the confidence of the Apostle in the goodness of his cause, and in the power of God to bear him out in it. Opposed as he then was by a powerful and sagacious party, whose authority, reputation, and interest were deeply concerned, and who were ready to seize on every thing that could discredit him, it is wonderful to hear him so firmly insist upon his apostolical authority, and so unreservedly appeal to the miraculous power which he has exercised and conferred at Corinth. So far from shrinking from the contest, as afraid of some discovery being made, unfavourable to him and the common cause, he, with great modesty and meekness indeed, but with equal boldness and decision, expressly declares that his opposers and despisers were the ministers of Satan, and menaces them with miraculous judgments, when as many of their deluded hearers had been brought to repentance and re-established in the faith, as proper means could in a reasonable time effect. It is inconceivable that a stronger internal testimony, not only of integrity, but of divine inspiration, can exist. Had there been any thing of imposture among the Christians, it was next to impossible but such a conduct must have occasioned a disclosure of it. Of the effects produced by this latter epistle we have no circumstantial account; for the journey which St. Paul took to Corinth, after he had written it, is mentioned by St. Luke only in a few words, (Ac 20:2, 3.) We know, however, that St. Paul was there after he had written this Epistle; that the contributions for the poor brethren at Jerusalem were brought to him from different parts to that city (Ro 15:26;) and that, after remaining there several months, he sent salutations from some of the principal members of that church, by whom he must have been greatly respected, to the church of Rome (Ro 16:22, 23.) From this time we hear no more of the false teacher and his party; and when Clement of Rome wrote his epistle to the Corinthians, St. Paul was considered by them as a divine apostle, to whose authority he might appeal without fear of contradiction. The false teacher, therefore, must either have been silenced by St. Paul, by virtue of his apostolical powers, and by an act of severity which he had threatened, (2 Co 13:2, 3;) or this adversary of the apostle had, at that time, voluntarily quitted the place. Whichever was the cause, the effect produced must operate as a confirmation of our faith, and as a proof of St. Paul's divine mission.
