“ Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: ”
Seeing then that we have such hope - Hope properly is a compound emotion, made up of a desire for an object, and an expectation of obtaining it. If there is no desire for it; or if the object is...
(3) Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: (3) He shows what this glory of the preaching of the Gospel consists in: that is, in that it sets forth plainly and evidentl...
This opens the way for a comparison between the ministry under the one covenant and the ministry under the other. The former, even though its issue was historically failure, condemnation, and death,...
Seeing... have . Having then. use. Greek chraomai. See Acts 27:3 , great . much. plainness of speech . outspokenness. Greek. parrhesia . Often translated boldly, or freely.
12. Having therefore this hope. Here he advances still farther, for he does not treat merely of the nature of the law, or of that enduring quality of which we have spoken, but also of its ab...
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: Seeing - we have such hope - Such glorious prospects as those blessings which the Gospel sets before us, producing such confidenc...
That we have such hope,— That St. Paul, by these words, means the honourable employment of an apostle and minister of the gospel, or the glory belongingto his ministryin the gospel, is evident fr...
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: Such hope - of the future glory, which shall result from the ministration of the Gospel ( 2 Corinthians 3:8-9 ). Plain...
This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct.
Seeing then that we have such hope. — The “hope” is in substance the same as the “confidence” of 2 Corinthians 3:4 ; but the intervening thoughts have carried his mind on to the future as well as...
Chapter 10 THE TRANSFIGURING SPIRIT 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (R.V) THE "hope" which here explains the Apostle's freedom of speech is to all intents and purposes the same as the "confidence" in 2...
the Veil upon the Heart 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 By a quick turn of thought, Paul passes from the idea of the fleshly tablets of the heart, where God writes His new name, to the Law graven on the a...
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...
(7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; whi...
Seeing then that we have such hope ,.... Having this confidence, and being fully persuaded that God has made us able and sufficient ministers of the Gospel, has called and qualified us for such serv...
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: Ver. 12. Plainness of speech ] Or, much evidence, as John 10:24 ; John 11:14 ; John 16:29 ; with much perspicuity and auth...
Seeing then Upon these grounds spoken of from 2 Corinthians 3:5-11 ; that we have such hope Such confidence of the excellence of our ministry, or such an assurance that the gospel excels the law...
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 h...
Superiority of the Gospel. A. D. 57. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great pla...
Hope here signifieth nothing but a confident, certain expectation of something that is hereafter to come to pass. The term such referreth to something which went before: the sense is: We being in...
Consideration of the Consequences of the Difference In the Two Covenants ( 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 ) ‘Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, and are not as Moses, who put a v...
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 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 3:12-18 Mirrors of Christ. I. Note first what St. Paul means when he speaks of why Moses put the veil upon his face. You think it was because it was too bright that he did so. Not a...
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 teacher...
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech The duty of outspokenness on religious questions True religion is very simple and very deep. A s simple as this statement,...
EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need ( 2 Corinthians 3:1-47 ). His sufficiency comes from God ( 2 Corinthians 3:4-47 ), who has made him min...
Seeing, the n, that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech;
1 Corinthians 14:19 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:2 ; 1 Timothy 3:13 ; 2 Corinthians 10:1 ; 2 Corinthians 4:13 ; 2 Corinthians 4:2 ; 2 Corinthians 4:3 ; 2 Corinthians 7:4 ; Acts 14:3 ; Acts 4:13 ; A...
Having therefore this hope — Being fully persuaded of this.