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2 Corinthians 12:6

For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth; but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    2 CORINTHIANS 12:6 avkou,ei @ti# On the one hand, the shorter reading, avkou,ei, is supported by a strong combination of witnesses (a* B Dc Fgr G 33 424c itg vg syrp copsa, bo arm). On the other...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Corinthians 12:6. _I SHALL NOT BE A FOOL_] Who that had got such honour from God would have been fourteen years silent on the subject? _I WILL SAY THE TRUTH_] I speak nothing but truth; and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THOUGH I WOULD DESIRE TO GLORY - I take this to be a solemn and serious declaration of the irony which precedes; and that Paul means to say seriously, that if he had a wish to boast as other peopl...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE THORN AND THE GRACE (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THOUGH. if, App-118. DESIRE. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. FOOL. Greek. _aphron._ See Luke 11:40. This is the eighth occurance of the word, and the ninth is in 2 Corinthians 12:11. FORBEAR. spare. Greek....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _For though I would desire to glory_ St Paul here identifies himself with the man who saw the visions. -I shall not be foolish, even if I do boast, for I shall only be speaking the truth. But I refrai...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἈΚΟΎΕΙ (אBD3FG 17, 37, 67, g Copt. Arm. Aeth.) rather than ἀκούει τι (א3DKLP, d f Vulg. Goth.). 6. ἘᾺΝ ΓᾺΡ ΘΕΛΉΣΩ. If he chooses to glory of matters in which he was _not_ a mere passive recipient, or...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΆΝ (G1437) если. Вводит _conj._, в котором условие считается возможным, ΘΕΛΉΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать, хотеть, выбирать. Этот стих несет в себе оттенок предпочтения (Barrett), КАΥ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR THOUGH I WOULD DESIRE TO GLORY... He had said in the preceding verse that he will glory only in his infirmities. He is about to lay bare to their gaze the greatest of all those infirmities. “If I...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐὰν γὰρ θελήσω καυχ. κ. τ. λ.: we must supply a suppressed clause: “And yet, as you see, if I _did_ choose to boast, I should keep within the truth” is the sense. _For if I should desire to glory, I s...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    THE APOSTLE'S VISION: IF HE CHOSE, HE COULD BOAST OF IT....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    VERSE 6 Boasting was foolish if one exaggerated his ability. Paul could boast without that, but chose to stand on his speech and actions. He did not want men to honor him for what God had given....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._For if I should desire. _Lest what he had said, as to his having no inclination to glory, should be turned into an occasion of calumny, and malevolent persons should reply — “You are not inclined f...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THOUGH I WOULD DESIRE TO GLORY,..... Had a mind to it, chose it, and was fond of it, thought fit to proceed in this way concerning this vision, or this with many others: I SHALL NOT BE A FOOL; in...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but _now_ I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me _to be_, or _that_ he heareth of...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    TO GLORY; in stating still further the honor God had bestowed upon him. I FORBEAR; to mention any thing more about visions and revelations. ABOVE THAT WHICH HE SEETH ME TO BE, OR THAT HE HEARETH OF...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    If I should have a mind to glory, I should not be a fool; for I would not glory in things that were not true. And though a man, in speaking things of himself which are true, may sometimes betray folly...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me to be, or heareth from me. [Now, if...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Corinthians 12:6 For G1063 though G1437 desire G2309 (G5661) boast G2744 (G5664) will G2071 not G3756

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he sees me to be, or hears from me.' He could g...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    2 Corinthians 12:6. FOR IF I SHOULD DESIRE TO GLORY, I SHOULD NOT BE FOOLISH; FOR I SHALL SPEAK THE TRUTH: BUT I FORBEAR, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD ACCOUNT OF ME ABOVE THAT WHICH HE SEETH ME _TO BE, _ OR HE...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    I SHALL NOT BE FOOLISH (ουκ εσομα αφρων). Apparent contradiction to 2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:16. But he is here speaking of the Paul "caught up" in case he should tell the things heard ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    I WOULD BE TELLING THE TRUTH. He can truthfully boast of many such things!!! But his appointment as an apostle is not based on this! Also, such things can be easily faked and are impossible to test. T...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _But now I forbear lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be._ Lest he should think me an angel or some god, as the Lycaonians did (Act 14:10). He could have related more wond...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 1:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For if I should resolve to glory — Referring to, I might glory of such a glorious revelation. I should not be a fool — That is, it could not justly be accounted folly to relate the naked truth. But I...

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