BUTLER'S COMMENTARY Chapter Ten THE PROBLEM OF MINISTERIAL METHODS (2 Corinthians 10:1-18) IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. Paul uses sarcasm in 2 Corinthians 10:1 should sarcasm be used in service to the Lord? 2. Is it right to think of Christian service as a warfare? 3. Is frightening people a p... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Spiritual (2 Corinthians 10:1-6) 10 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of ChristI who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away!2I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confiden... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Sanctioned (2 Corinthians 10:7-11) 7 Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ'S, let him remind himself that as he is Christ'S, so are we. 8For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you... [ Continue Reading ]
_APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS_ A Defense Of His Boasting About His Authority Scripture 2 Corinthians 10:7-12. Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ'S, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ'S, so also are we. 8 For th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 another, and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding. 13 But we will not b... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you. 14 For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as t... [ Continue Reading ]