2 Corinthians 12:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. ”

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For what is it ... - This verse contains a striking mixture of sarcasm and irony, not exceeded, says Bloomfield, by any example in Demosthenes. the sense is,” I have given among you the most ampl...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not (m) burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. (m) I was not slothful with my own hands, so that I migh...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Retrospect of the Boasting. This paragraph is marked by rapid oscillation of feeling. Now that he has made and proved his claim, the same doubt seizes him as when he began ( 2 Corinthians 11:1 ; 2...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were inferior . Greek. hetiaomai . Only here and 2 Peter 2:19-20 . Literally, "were worsted". to . beyond. Greek. huper. App-104. Other. = the rest of. App-124 2Co 124:3. churches . App-1...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. What is there in which. Here is an aggravation of their ingratitude — that he had been distinguished, that they might receive benefit — that they had derived advantage from the attestati...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. For what is it wherein you were inferior - This is a fine, fo...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. Wherein you were inferior - i:e., were treated with les...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 in...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches? — His mind travels back to the insinuation that he cared less for them than he did for the churches of Macedonia, because he had maintained hi...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 27 NOT YOURS, BUT YOU. 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 (R.V) EXPOSITORS differ widely in characterising the three or four brief paragraphs into which this passage may be divided: (1) 2 Corint...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“I Seek not Yours, but You” 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 “The long burst of passionate self-vindication has now at last expended itself,” says Dean Stanley, and Paul returns to the point whence he di...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 glor...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches ,.... The apostle here suggests, and appeals to themselves for the truth of it, that in nothing they came short of other churches; that as h...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. Ver. 13. Forgive me this wrong ] A pleasant irony, such a...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Truly the signs of an apostle The signs whereby a person was known to be an apostle, were his performing great and evident miracles openly in the view of the world, especially his healing diseases,...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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"...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Expostulations. A. D. 57. 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: fo...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wherein have not you been used as any other gospel churches were, where Peter, or James, or any other of the apostles have laboured? Hath not the same doctrine been preached to you? Have not as great...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 12:1-13 ) Having stressed the differences b...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ;...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 research...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The revelations vouchsafed to him ( 2 Corinthians 12:1-47 ). The counteracting "thorn in the flesh" ( 2 Corinthians 12:7-47 ). One more apology for glorying ( 2 Corinthians 12:11 , 2...
2 Corinthians 12:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

What Paul Expects of the Corinthians. Their love should have commended him in his love for them:
2 Corinthians 12:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:12 ; 1 Corinthians 9:15-18 ; 1 Corinthians 9:6 ; 2 Corinthians 11:7 ; 2 Corinthians 11:8 ; 2 Corinthians 11:9 ; 2 Corinthians 12:14

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 12:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge