2 Corinthians 10:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rulef which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. ”

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 t...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 hi...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 glor...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Things without our measure - There...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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; som...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 o...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

( 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 2:3-4 and 2...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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, o...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 23 COMPARISONS. 2 Corinthians 10:7-18 (R.V) THIS passage abounds with grammatical and textual difficulties, but the general import and the purpose of it are plain. The self-assertion o...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Enlarging One's Sphere of Influence 2 Corinthians 10:8-18 There is marvelous power in the weakest of men, when governed by a single purpose and filled with the consciousness and the power of Go...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 measu...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 a...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. 12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, o...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 th...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 fi...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 th...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul appeals to the work actually done by him as apostle:
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:11 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; 2 Corinthians 10:14 ; 2 Corinthians 10:15 ; Ephesians 4:7 ; Isaiah 28:17 ; Matthew 25:15 ; Proverbs 25:14 ; Psalms 19:4 ; Romans 10:18 ; Romans 12:6 ;...
2 Corinthians 10:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But we will not, like them, boastingly extend ourselves beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God hath allotted us — To me, in particular, as the apostle of the gen...

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 10:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 10:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 10:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes