2 Corinthians 10:14

stretch... beyond. Greek. huperekteino, stretch out over. Only

here. unto. Greek. eis. App-104.

gospel. Compare App-140.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure - In coming to preach to you we have not gone beyond the proper limits assigned us. We have not e...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Claim is Absolute, yet Limited in its Scope; for it Arises from and is Governed by his Dependence upon God. This paragraph is full of allusi...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. For we do not overstretch. He alludes to persons who either forcibly stretch out their arms, or raise themselves up on their feet, when...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure , as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For we are come as far, &c.— This seems to charge the false Apostle, the grand leader of the faction, who had caused all this disturbance in th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'Others may boast without reason, but we will make no boast which cannot be justified by our work—a work which includes your conversion...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

We are come ] He was the first to preach Christ in Corinth.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure ,.... They did not go beyond the bounds set them by the purpose and providence of God, by going to C...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure , as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Though his First Epistle had had good effect upon "the many" at Corinth, yet Paul finds it necessary, as led of the Spirit of God, to earnestly press...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Remarkable change of tone here, and henceforward. So remarkable that—in last century, for the first time, then in beginning of th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul appeals to the work actually done by him as apostle:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We are come even to you — By a gradual, regular process, having taken the intermediate places in our way, in preaching the gospel of Christ.

¹⁴ For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 10:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 10:14