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AND I KNEW SUCH A MAN - It is not uncommon to repeat a solemn
affirmation in order that it may be made more emphatic. This is done
here. Paul repeats the idea, that he was intimately acquainted with
s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE THORN AND THE GRACE (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)...
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ΧΩΡῚΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΏΜΑΤΟΣ (BD) rather than ἐκτὸς τ.
σώμ. (D2D3FGKLMP), which comes from 2 Corinthians 12:2. B omits
οὐκ οἷδα, which might come from 2 Corinthians 12:2.
3. ΚΑῚ ΟἿΔΑ Κ.Τ.Λ. _And I_ KNOW _such a...
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_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...
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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...
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And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;)
'I know.'
OUT OF. So G [ ektos (G1622)]. B Delta [ chooris (G5565)] read 'apart
from.'...
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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...
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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...
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AND I KNEW] repetition of 2 Corinthians 12:2 for emphasis....
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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...
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AND I KNEW SUCH A MAN. — Better, as before, _I know.
_...
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CHAPTER 26
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS.
2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 12:1 (R.V)
THE difficulties of exposition in this passage are partly connected
with its form, partly with its substance: it will...
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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...
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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...
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Because of the false teachers, Paul continued boasting, though such
would not ordinarily be desirable. The visions of which he spoke would
have been given by God, while revelations were used to expose...
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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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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...
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AND I KNEW SUCH A MAN,.... The same man, namely himself, is here
designed, and the same rapture spoken of, and the condition he was in
expressed in the same words: which repetition is made for the mor...
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And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;)
Ver. 3. _Whether in the body, &c._] So far did he forget and neglect
his own body, which is so dear and n...
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_I knew a man in Christ_ That is, a Christian. He must undoubtedly
have meant himself, or the whole article had been quite foreign to his
purpose. Indeed, that he meant himself is plain from 2 Corinth...
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AND I KNEW SUCH A MAN, (WHETHER IN THE BODY OR OUT OF THE BODY, I
CANNOT TELL: GOD KNOWETH;)...
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PAUL'S BOAST OF HIS WEAKNESS.
Supernatural revelations:...
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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...
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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...
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Ver. 3,4. HOW THAT HE WAS CAUGHT UP INTO PARADISE: some by PARADISE
understand a place distinct from THE THIRD HEAVEN before mentioned,
and think the apostle here speaks of more visions than one; but...
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And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I
know not; God knoweth);...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
If they do maintain that they are more excellent than he, let them
prove themselves so by their works, for they have never pretended to
anything like [what he descri...
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2 Corinthians 12:3 And G2532 know G1492 (G5758) such G5108 whether
G1535 in G1722 body G4983 or G1535 ou
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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...
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‘I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I
know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knows), such a
one caught up even to the third heaven. And I know such a man ...
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2 Corinthians 12:3-4. AND I KNOW SUCH A MAN (WHETHER IN THE BODY OR
OUT OF THE BODY, [1] I KNOW NOT; GOD KNOWETH), HOW THAT HE WAS CAUGHT
UP INTO PARADISE. Are we to take this as expressive of a furth...
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I DO NOT KNOW
(ουκ οιδα). Paul declines to pass on his precise condition in
this trance. We had best leave it as he has told it....
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2 Corinthians 12:2
St. Paul's Vision of Paradise.
I. It is not difficult to conceive the impossibility of conveying any
adequate impression of the component elements of heaven to minds
encumbered wit...
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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...
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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...
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I REPEAT. Paul uses the word Paradise this time, which is _heaven
before the Judgment._ See notes on Luke 16:19-31. See_ also_ Luke
23:43; Revelation 2:7....
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 12:2 I KNOW A MAN... THIS MAN.
Paul’s hesitancy to boast of his visions is reflected in his use of
the third person (as if it had happened to someone else). the thi...
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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...
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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...
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_Whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell._ S. Athanasius
(_Serm._ 4 _contra Arian_.) thinks that Paul knew the mode in which he
was caught up, yet says: "I do not know," or, "I cannot tel...
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_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;...
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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
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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...
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Yea, I knew such a man — That at another time....