2 Corinthians 12:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. ”

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? - see the note on 2 Corinthians 5:12 . The sense is, Do not suppose that this is said from mere anxiety to obtain your favor, or to ingratiate...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in (n) Christ: but [we do] all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. (7) He concludes that he does not write these thi...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - 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 12:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

excuse ourselves . are making an apology. Greek. apologeomai . See Acts 19:33 . speak . Greek. laleo, as in 2 Corinthians 12:4 . dearly beloved . Greek. agapetos. App-136. edifying . Gr...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. Do you again think. As those that are conscious to themselves of something wrong are sometimes more anxious than others to clear themselves, it is probable, that this, also, was turned i...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. Think ye that we excuse ourselves - Απολογουμεθα; That we...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Again, think ye that we excuse, &c.— He had before given the reason, ch. 2 Corinthians 1:23 for his not coming to them, with the same asseveration as in the present verse. If we trace the thr...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. Again. So C Delta g х palin ( G3825 )]: a correct...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - 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 12:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? — Many of the best MSS. present the reading palai (long ago), instead of palin (again). In this case the sentence is better taken as an assert...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - 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 12:19 - 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 12:19 - 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 12:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Again, think you that we excuse ourselves to you? .... The apostle would not have the Corinthians imagine, that by what he had said once and again in this epistle, he meant to excuse himself from co...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. Ver. 19. That we excuse ourselves ] And so yield a fau...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves That I say all this to insinuate myself into your esteem for any secular ends? We speak before God in Christ As if he had said, I have a higher end in vie...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - 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 12:19 - 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 12:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? Some of you may think, that I speak all this in my own defence, and seek only my own credit and reputation amongst you. I do not so. We speak before God...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

His Final Wake Up Call ( 2 Corinthians 12:19-21 ) ‘You think all this time that we are excusing ourselves to you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edif...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - 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 12:19 - 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 12:19 - 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 12:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul hopes for an edifying repentance on the part of the Corinthians:
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:14 ; 1 Corinthians 10:33 ; 1 Corinthians 14:26 ; 1 Corinthians 9:12-23 ; 2 Corinthians 10:8 ; 2 Corinthians 11:10 ; 2 Corinthians 11:31 ; 2 Corinthians 12:15 ; 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 12:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Think ye that we again excuse ourselves — That I speak this for my own sake? No. I speak all this for your sakes.

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes