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2 CORINTHIANS 10:12-13 ouv sunia/sin) h`mei/j de, {B}
The absence of ouv sunia/sin) h`mei/j de, in several witnesses of the
Western text (D* G itd, g, ar Ambrosiaster Vigilius Sedulius Scotus)
is dou...
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Verse 2 Corinthians 10:13. _THINGS WITHOUT_ OUR _MEASURE_] There is a
great deal of difficulty in this and the three following verses, and
there is a great diversity among the MSS.; and _which_ is th...
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BUT WE WILL NOT BOAST OF THINGS WITHOUT OUR MEASURE - Tyndale renders
this:” But we will not rejoice above measure.” There is great
obscurity in the language here, arising from its brevity. But the
ge...
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III. THE APOSTLE'S SELF-DEFENSE AND VINDICATION. CHAPTER S 10-13
1. The Vindication of His Authority
CHAPTER 10
The apostle now turns to vindicate the authority, which he had
received from the Lord....
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PAUL'S CLAIM IS ABSOLUTE, YET LIMITED IN ITS SCOPE; FOR IT ARISES FROM
AND IS GOVERNED BY HIS DEPENDENCE UPON GOD. This paragraph is full of
allusion to the assertions, claims, and criticisms of his o...
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Look at what lies in front of you. If anyone confidently believes that
he belongs to Christ, let him examine his own case again, because,
just as he belongs to Christ, so do we also. If I make what mi...
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PAUL BEGINS TO ANSWER HIS CRITICS (2 Corinthians 10:1-6)...
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NOT. Greek. _ouchi_, App-105.
OF. with reference to. Greek. _eis._ App-104.
THINGS WITHOUT OUR MEASURE. Literally the unmeasured (Greek.
_ametros,_ only here and 2 Corinthians 10:15) things.
RULE. G...
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Caution to those who judge by outward appearance
7. _Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?_ The words
here translated _outward appearance_are translated _when I am
present_in 2 Corinthia...
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_of things without our measure_ Literally, UNTO THE MEASURELESS
THINGS, i.e. -beyond the measure which God has meted out to us,"
-beyond the region of our own work, which was ever, save in the case
of...
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ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ΔῈ ΟΥ̓Κ ΕἸΣ ΤᾺ ἌΜΕΤΡΑ
ΚΑΥΧΗΣΌΜΕΘΑ. _But we_ (in emphatic contrast to αὐτοί)
_will not_ GLORY BEYOND MEASURE. For this use of εἰς comp. εἰς
τρίς, εἰς τὰ μάλιστα. He does not say’ we _do_ not
glo...
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12–16. The difficulty of this passage has often been pointed out.
Theodoret suggests that S. Paul has deliberately written obscurely,
because he did not wish to be too definite in convicting his accus...
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_ SEEKING THE GLORY OF GOD 2 CORINTHIANS 10:12-14:_ Those that
criticized Paul were inclined to think highly of themselves and praise
themselves. He said, "But when they measure themselves by one anot...
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ΆΜΕΤΡΟΣ (G280) неумеренный,
несоразмерный. Фраза может значить:
"мы не будем неумеренно хвастаться"
(Barrett; IBG, 71).
ΚΑΥΧΗΣΌΜΕΘΑ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΥΧΆΟΜΑΙ
(G2744) (_см._ 2 Corinthians 1...
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WITHOUT OUR MEASURE,— The original word Αμετρα, here and in 2
Corinthians 10:15 does not signify _immense,_ or _immoderate,_ but
something which had not been measured out and allotted to him;
somethin...
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_APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS_
The Standard By Which The Apostle Boasted
Scripture
2 Corinthians 10:13-18. But we will not glory beyond our measure, but
according to the measure of the province which God app...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 3
Sane (2 Corinthians 10:12-18)
12Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those
who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one
an...
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But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to
the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to
reach even unto you.
NOT BOAST OF THINGS WITHOUT OUR MEA...
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11 Even forbearance and gentleness have their limits. The apostle
makes it clear that. when he came to them again he would act quite as
severely as he wrote in dealing with those who still opposed him...
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10:13 measure, (c-8) There is a double meaning in the words here. They
signify 'out of measure, immoderately,' but allude also here to the
false teachers going where God had not sent them. see ver.15....
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WITHOUT _our_ MEASURE] outside our province. He will only boast of
work done by himself, and that included preaching the gospel in
Corinth. THE MEASURE OF THE RULE, etc.] RV 'The measure of the
provin...
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(_B_) CHAPTER S 10-13. ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MINISTRY
As explained in the Introduction, this section is regarded as part of
the intermediate letter, referred to in 2 Corinthians 2:3 and 2
Corinthi...
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PARAPHRASE. 'Others may boast without reason, but we will make no
boast which cannot be justified by our work—a work which includes
your conversion. (14) For in claiming you as our converts we are not...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 10
V1 I, Paul make an appeal to you by the *gentleness and kindness of
Christ. When I am with you, you suppose me to be w...
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BUT WE WILL NOT BOAST OF THINGS WITHOUT OUR MEASURE. — The words
imply, of course, that his opponents were doing this. He refers in it
to the _concordat_ established between himself and Barnabas, on t...
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CHAPTER 23
COMPARISONS.
2 Corinthians 10:7 (R.V)
THIS passage abounds with grammatical and textual difficulties, but
the general import and the purpose of it are plain. The self-assertion
of αυτος ε...
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ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐχὶ κ. τ. λ.: _but we will not glory
beyond our measure_ (εἰς τὰ representing the direction and
extent of his boasting), _but according to the measure of the rule
which_ (οὗ for ὅν by attrac...
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DESPITE ALL APPEARANCES, HIS APOSTOLICAL AUTHORITY IS WEIGHTY; HIS
MISSION TO THE GREEKS IS A DIVINE TRUST....
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ENLARGING ONE'S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
2 Corinthians 10:8
There is marvelous power in the weakest of men, when governed by a
single purpose and filled with the consciousness and the power of God.
Weak a...
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Here begins the third division of the epistle, in which the writer
vindicates his authority. Here he seems to have more especially in
mind the minority who have been opposed to him. While walking in t...
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VERSE 13 Paul did not measure himself by men. Rather, he measured
himself by the area God had given him to work in. His sphere of
preaching was the area where Christ had not been named (Romans 15:20),...
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But we will not boast of things without [our] (l) measure, but
according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us,
a measure to reach even unto you.
(l) Of those things which God h...
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The apostle here reprehends the vain boasting of false teachers. I
will not, like them, say, that I have carried the light of the gospel
to the utmost limits of the globe, that I have converted millio...
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(7) Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man
trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this
again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. (8) For
t...
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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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13._But we will not boast beyond our measure _He now contrasts his own
moderation with the folly of the false Apostles, (780) and, at the
same time, he shows what is the true measure of glorying — whe...
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The apostle returns to the subject which pre-occupied him his
connections with the Corinthians, and the truth of his apostleship,
which was questioned by those who seduced them, throwing contempt on
h...
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BUT WE WILL NOT BOAST OF THINGS WITHOUT OUR MEASURE,.... Or things
unmeasurable; meaning not doctrines, the knowledge of which they had
not attained to, and which were not to be measured by reason or...
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But we will not boast of things without _our_ measure, but according
to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure
to reach even unto you.
Ver. 13. _But we will not boast, &c...
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_But we will not_, like them, _boast of things without measure_ Assume
the credit of other men's labours, (2 Corinthians 10:15,) nor meddle
with those converted by them; _but according to the measure...
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WITHOUT OUR MEASURE; beyond the measure of our actual labors, as was
done by the opponents of Paul, who intruded themselves upon the field
of other men's labors, and took to themselves the credit of w...
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Paul appeals to the work actually done by him as apostle:...
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BUT WE WILL NOT BOAST OF THINGS WITHOUT OUR MEASURE, BUT ACCORDING TO
THE MEASURE OF THE RULE WHICH GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO US, A MEASURE TO
REACH EVEN UNTO YOU....
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Though his First Epistle had had good effect upon "the many" at
Corinth, yet Paul finds it necessary, as led of the Spirit of God, to
earnestly press the serious matter of God's establishing him as an...
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RULE:
Or, line...
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12-18 If we would compare ourselves with others who excel us, this
would be a good method to keep us humble. The apostle fixes a good
rule for his conduct; namely, not to boast of things without his...
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OLBGrk;
The apostle may be understood as speaking both of spiritual gifts, and
also of his travels to the several places whither he had gone
preaching the gospel. He reflecteth still upon the false te...
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But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure
of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach
even unto you. [Paul got no false idea of his own stature by m...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
), which is the perfection of faith, goes beyond catechetical
instruction, in accordance with the magnitude of the Lord's teaching
and the rule of the Church.[3...
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2 Corinthians 10:13 We G2249 however G1161 will G2744 not G3780 boast
G2744 (G5695) beyond G1519 measure G
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‘But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the
measure of the province (boundary, area within boundaries) which God
apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even to you.'
Paul on the...
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2 Corinthians 10:13. BUT (unlike all these) WE WILL NOT GLORY BEYOND
_OUR_ MEASURE, BUT (only) ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF THE RULE WHICH
GOD APPORTIONED TO US AS A MEASURE, TO REACH EVEN TO YOU: ‘We...
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BEYOND OUR MEASURE
(εις τα αμετρα). "Into the unmeasured things," "the
illimitable." Old word, here only in N.T.OF THE PROVINCE
(του κανονος). Old word (καννα like Hebrew) a reed, a
measuring rod....
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CONTENTS: Vindication of Paul's apostleship, and his appeal to
Corinthians as brethren in Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The servants of Christ should be sensible of their own
inf...
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2 Corinthians 10:1. _Who in presence am base among you, but being
absent am bold towards you._ Paul retorts ironically the unworthy
insinuations of the false teachers, sent out by the sanhedrim of
Jer...
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AS FOR US. "We will not go beyond the limits which God has set." He
has not seized authority over the Corinthians, like a church-Boss! God
himself appointed Paul apostle to the Gentiles....
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 10:13 In contrast to his
opponents, Paul does NOT BOAST BEYOND LIMITS (that is, beyond the
sphere of his God-given apostolic authority). His apostolic authority
in...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 10:12 Paul now turns to
reestablishing his authority in Corinth by (1) defining the proper
standard for apostolic authority and (2) demonstrating that his
ministry...
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_But we will not boast of things without our measure._ This is the
second charge brought by S. Paul against the false Apostles. They
boast so largely that one would think they have preached the Gospel...
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CHAPTER 10
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. In this and the two next Chapter s Paul defends his apostleship
against the false apostles, who held him up to contempt as vile and
despicable, and accused him o...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
REMARKABLE CHANGE OF TONE here, and henceforward. So remarkable
that—in last century, for the first time, then in beginning of this,
and again, after a respite, during the last fifty...
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EXPOSITION
With this chapter begins the last great section of the Epistle (verse
1-2 Corinthians 13:10), which contains an impassioned vindication of
the apostle's position as compared with that of hi...
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Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of
Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent [I am]
bold toward you (2 Corinthians 10:1):
This is one of the charges that...
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1 Corinthians 12:11; 1 Peter 4:10; 2 Corinthians 10:14; 2 Corinthians
10:15;...
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Of things without measure [ε ι ς τ α α μ ε τ ρ α]. Of
things is wrong; the translators failing to see that the article
forms, with the following word, an adverbial phrase. Rev., correctly,
glory beyon...