Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
2 Corinthians 3:4
Through Christ
(δια του Χριστου). It is not self-conceit on Paul's part, but through Christ.
Through Christ
(δια του Χριστου). It is not self-conceit on Paul's part, but through Christ.
Verse 2 Corinthians 3:4. _SUCH TRUST HAVE WE_] We have the fullest conviction that God has thus accredited our ministry; and that ye are thus converted unto him, and are monuments of his mercy, and pr...
AND SUCH TRUST HAVE WE - Such confidence have we that we are appointed by God, and that he accepts our work. Such evidence have we in the success of our labors; such irrefragable proof that God blesse...
4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD. CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_ 2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4) 3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 4:10. THE SPLENDOUR OF THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN SPITE OF ITS OUTWARD LOWLINESS. 2 Corinthians 3:1. One of the charges laid against Paul had probably been that of
EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
We can believe this with such confidence because we believe it through Christ and in the sight of God. It is not that in our own resources we are adequate to reckon up the effect of anything that we h...
TRUST. confidence. Greek. _pepoithesis_. App-130., THROUGH. Greek. _dia._ App-104. CHRIST. the Christ. TO GOD-WARD. toward _(Greek. pros._ App-104.) GOD....
_such trust_ Better, perhaps, with the Rhemish version, CONFIDENCE (Vulgate and Calvin _fiducia_), i.e. the confidence which St Paul had above expressed (ch. 2 Corinthians 2:14-17) in the reality of h...
ΠΕΠΟΊΘΗΣΙΝ ΔῈ ΤΟΙΑΎΤΗΝ ἜΧΟΜΕΝ. _And_ CONFIDENCE _of this kind we have through Christ to God-ward_ (see on 2 Corinthians 1:15). ‘We did not get it through our ability in reference to our own work.’ The...
1–6. These opening verses deal with a difficulty which had been growing at Corinth. He was so often obliged to speak of himself and his authority, that he laid himself open to the sneering reminder th...
_EPISTLES WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1-5:_ At the close of 2 Corinthians two Paul said some good things about himself. "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved,...
ΠΕΠΟΊΘΗΣΙΣ (G4006) доверие. Это _subst._ образовано из формы perf. от ΠΕΊΘΩ. Слово эмфатическое по своему положению (Meyer)....
AND SUCH TRUST HAVE WE, &C.— As if he had said, "But mistake me not, as if I boasted of myself. This so great boasting which I use is only my confidence in God, through Christ; for it was God who made...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 It Dooms The Soul (2 Corinthians 3:1-6) 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2You yo...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's Glorious Ministry Under the New Covenant Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 3:4-11. And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves,...
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: AND - Greek, 'But.' 'Such confidence, however (namely, of our "sufficiency," 2 Corinthians 3:5; , to which he reverts after the parenthesis), as m...
21 The operation of God's Spirit is here seen under three distinct figures: the anointing, the seal, and the earnest. Prophets and priests and kings were anointed for their office. They were anointed...
PARAPHRASE. 'In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine) letters of recommendation either to you or from you. (2) Yo...
This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
SUCH TRUST] i.e. such confidence in you as our letters of commendation. THROUGH CHRIST TO GOD-WARD] my confidence is not in myself, but through Christ in God: i.e. I look to Him for strength and grace...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
SUCH TRUST HAVE WE. — The words carry us back to the expressions of 2 Corinthians 3:2, perhaps, also, to the assertion of his own sincerity and sufficiency implied in 2 Corinthians 2:16. He has this c...
CHAPTER 9 THE TWO COVENANTS. 2 Corinthians 3:4 (R.V) THE confidence referred to in the opening of this passage is that which underlies the triumphant Sentences at the end of the second chapter. The...
HIS SUCCESS IN THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS ALTOGETHER DUE TO GOD....
πεποίθησιν δὲ τοιαύτην κ. τ. λ.: _and such confidence have we through Christ towards God_ (_cf._ Romans 4:2; Romans 5:1 for a like use of πρὸς τὸν Θεόυ). That is “ _we_ are sufficient for these things...
THE SAVOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14, imagines himself as part of his Master's procession passing through the world.
The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
PAUL'S LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION It seems Paul was criticized for using personal examples in his first epistle. The apostle makes it clear that he needs neither boasting nor letters of commendation as...
And such (d) trust have we through Christ to God-ward: (d) This boldness we show, and thus may we boast gloriously of the worthiness and fruit of our ministry....
(1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? (2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and re...
4._And such confidence _As it was a magnificent commendation, that Paul had pronounced to the honor of himself and his Apostleship, lest he should seem to speak of himself more confidently than was be...
These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
AND SUCH TRUST HAVE WE,.... This refers to what he had said in the latter end of the foregoing chapter, and the beginning of this; as that they made manifest the savoury knowledge of God and Christ ev...
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Ver. 4. _Such trust have we_] _i.e._ Such boldness of holy boasting. If Cicero could say, Two things I have to bear me bold upon, the knowledge of g...
_Forasmuch as ye_ Some of whom were once so immoral, but who are now so pious and virtuous; _are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ_ Which he has formed and published to the world; _minis...
SUCH TRUST HAVE WE; in regard to the success of our ministry, as just stated. THROUGH CHRIST; not through our own power. TO GOD - WARD; in regard to God. In these words the apostle represents himsel...
The spirit contrasted with the letter:...
AND SUCH TRUST HAVE WE THROUGH CHRIST TO GOD-WARD;...
Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
1-11 Even the appearance of self-praise and courting human applause, is painful to the humble and spiritual mind. Nothing is more delightful to faithful ministers, or more to their praise, than the s...
We are not infallible in the case; but I tell you what confidence we have, hoping in God concerning you, through the merits of Jesus Christ....
And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:...
2 Corinthians 3:4 And G1161 have G2192 (G5719) such G5108 trust G4006 through G1223 Christ G5547 toward G4314
‘And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as...
HE IS NOT SPEAKING LIKE THIS TO COMMEND HIMSELF. INDEED THE CORINTHIANS THEMSELVES ARE HIS LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, WRITTEN BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD (2 CORINTHIANS 3:1). He firmly points out that he does...
2 Corinthians 3:4. AND SUCH CONFIDENCE HAVE WE THROUGH CHRIST... NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF (‘from') OURSELVES TO ACCOUNT ANYTHING AS FROM (‘out of') OURSELVES as though we were the source of our o...
2 Corinthians 3:4 The Divine Sufficiency. I. Here we have a conception of the Christian ministry what it is in its range, in its demands, in its difficulties, and in its trust upon God. The first wor...
2 Corinthians 3:1 I. There is a peculiar writing on the tablet of the Christian's soul. The old covenant, with its precepts and penalties, was engraven upon slabs of stone; but the new covenant, with...
CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and glorious character. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses. CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false teachers....
WE SAY THIS. "This kind of a boast, that you are a copy of our letter of recommendation, we have in the presence of God through the assistance of Christ!...
_Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ or need we … epistles of commendation? A PASTOR’S CLAIM 1. The voluntary relations of men are founded upon mutual confidence, and even those which are invol...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 Paul makes it clear that, as an apostle, he was called to mediate the Spirit in fulfillment of the new covenant. ⇐...
CHAPTER III. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is, he says, sufficient co...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians 2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10. 2
EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2 Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians. Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always t...
1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Exodus 18:19; Philippians 1:6...
Confidence. In the fact that he may appeal to them, notwithstanding their weaknesses and errors. Through Christ to God - ward [δ ι α τ ο υ χ ρ ι σ τ ο υ π ρ ο ς τ ο ν θ ε ο ν]. Through Christ who eng...
Such trust have we in God — That is, we trust in God that this is so....
Observe here, How the apostle encourages himself, from the experience he had of the present success of his ministry, to hope for the favour of farther and future success: SUCH TRUST or confidence have...