2 Corinthians 5:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. ”

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For whether we be beside ourselves - This is probably designed to meet some of the charges which the false teachers in Corinth brought against him, and to furnish his friends there with a ready a...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) For whether we be beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we be sober, [it is] for your cause. (7) The meaning is: even when I am mad (as some men think of me), while I seem as a fool to bo...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The emphasis is on the opening words of 2 Corinthians 5:11 . Among the clouds of misrepresentation to which he was exposed was the sneering assertion that in some unworthy sense he persuades or gets...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

whether , or whether. Greek. eite . App-118. beside ourselves . See Acts 2:7 (amazed). be sober . be of sound mind. Greek. sophroneo. Here, Mark 5:15 . Luke 8:35 . Romans 12:3 . Titus 2:6...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Whether we are beside ourselves. This is said by way of concession; for Paul’s glorying was sane, or it was, if we may so term it, a sober and most judicious madness; (542) but as he ap...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. Beside ourselves - Probably he was reputed by some to be deranged. Festus thought so: Paul, thou ar...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whether we be beside ourselves,— From this verse to ch. 2 Corinthians 6:12 . St. Paul gives another reason for his disinterested carriage in preaching the gospel; and that is, his love to Christ,...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. Be, х exesteemen ( G1839 )] - 'have been' in your opinion. The contrast is between the sing...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual i...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For whether we be beside ourselves. — The recollection of one sneer leads on to another. This also had been said of him, and the intense sensitiveness of his nature made him wince under it. Some th...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S LOVE. 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 (R.V) THE Christian hope of immortality is elevated and solemnized by the thought of the judgment-seat of Christ. This is no stra...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Constrained by the Love of Christ 2 Corinthians 5:11-19 It was of small importance in Paul's eyes what his critics thought of him. He desired only to please his supreme Lord, whether he lived o...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Ma...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. (13) For whether...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For whether we be besides ourselves ,.... As some took them to be, and as Festus thought the Apostle Paul was, because of the doctrines they preached, and the self-commendation they were obliged to...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. Ver. 13. It is to God ] i.e. When to the world we seem mad of pride and vain glory, yet then...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For whether we be beside ourselves As they affirm we are, because we expose ourselves to so many sufferings, and even to the danger of imprisonment and death, by persevering in our work of preachin...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is o...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. A. D. 57. 12 For we commend not ourselves again unto...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It should seem, that some amongst the Corinthians, amongst other reproaches, had reproached Paul for a madman; either taking advantage of the warmth and fervour of his spirit, or of those ecstasies i...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Ministry of Reconciliation ( 2 Corinthians 5:11 to 2 Corinthians 6:2 ). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 5:1 .—Flow of thought quite continuous from 2 Corinthians 4:18 . For ( 2 Corinthians 4:15 ).… For (17).… For ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 ).… For (2).… For...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13-15 Paul's Passion for Christ. I. The Apostle affirms that the distinctive inspiration of his passionate fervour and entire consecration is the person and mission of Jesus Chris...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Is not this grand courage on the par...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:1 . We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens. The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

For we commend not ourselves again unto you. Paul’s self-commendation 1. St. Paul has been magnifying his ministry. It had been, he says, a ministry of the Spirit, not of the letter ( 2 Corinth...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-47 ). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation ( 2 Cor...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul an Ambassador of Christ. The love of Christ his ruling motive:
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:10-13 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:3-11 ; 2 Corinthians 11:1 ; 2 Corinthians 11:16 ; 2 Corinthians 11:17 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:6 ; 2 Corinthia...
2 Corinthians 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For if we are transported beyond ourselves — Or at least, appear so to others, treated of, 2 Corinthians 5:15-21 , speaking or writing with uncommon vehemence. It is to God — He understands (if me...

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes