2 Corinthians 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

rejoicing. boasting Greek. kauchesis, the act of boasting, See Romans 3:22.

testimony. Greek. marturion. First occurance, Matthew 8:4, conscience. See Acts 23:1.

simplicity. guilelessness. Greek. haplotos, Elsewhere 2 Corinthians 8:2. 2Co 9:11, 2 Corinthians 9:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Romans 12:8; Ephesians 6:5.Colossians 3:22. The texts read hagiotes, holiness; not the Syriac.

godly sincerity. sincerity of God.

sincerity, Greek. eilikrineia. See 1 Corinthians 5:8.

with. in. Greek. en. App-104,

fleshly. Greek. sarkikos. See Romans 7:14 and 1 Peter 2:11.

by. in, as above.

have had our eonvereation. behaved, or lived. Greek anastrepho, Compare Ephesians 2:3; 1 Timothy 3:15 Hebrews 10:33; Hebrews 13:18. 1Pe 1:17. 2 Peter 2:18.

world. Greek kosmos. App-129.1.

more abundantly. Greek. perissoterds. Out of thirteen occurances, seven are in this Epistle. See 2 Corinthians 2:4. 2Co 7:13, 2 Corinthians 7:15; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Corinthians 11:24; 2 Corinthians 12:15,

to you-ward. towards (Greek. pros. App-104.) you.

2 Corinthians 1:12

12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.