2 Corinthians 10:15

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not boasting of things without our measure - There is here probably an allusion to the false teachers at Corinth. They had come after Paul had be...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Not boasting of things (m) without [our] measure, [that is], of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of . in. Greek. en. App-104. other men's , Greek. attotrios. App-124. faith . Greek. pistil. App-150. enlarged . magnified. Greek. mega...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. In the labors of others. He now reproves more freely the false Apostles, who, while they had put forth their hand in the reaping of anot...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2038 THE FAITHFUL MINISTER’S DESIRES 2 Corinthians 10:15-16 . Having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Not boasting of things without our measure, that is , of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enla...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Not boasting, &c.— That is, "Not intermeddling, or assuming to myself an authority to meddle, or any honour for doing so." St. Paul here visibl...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enla...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

( B ) Chapter s 10-13. St. Paul's Defence of his Ministry As explained in the Introduction, this section is regarded as part of the intermediate l...
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

Not boasting, etc.] RV 'not glorying beyond our measure, that is, in other men's labours; but having hope that as your faith groweth, we shal...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Not boasting of things without our measure... — The words are not merely defensive. He presses home the charge of intrusion. They, not he, were fin...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 23 COMPARISONS. 2 Corinthians 10:7-18 (R.V) THIS passage abounds with grammatical and textual difficulties, but the general import and...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Enlarging One's Sphere of Influence 2 Corinthians 10:8-18 There is marvelous power in the weakest of men, when governed by a single purpose and...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the third division of the epistle, in which the writer vindicates his authority. Here he seems to have more especially in mind the minori...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CONCERNING THE COLLECTION ‘For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you al...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Not boasting of things without our measure ,.... The apostle here asserts what he had done before, 2 Corinthians 10:13 with a view to explain it,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Not boasting of things without our measure, that is , of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enla...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We stretch not , &c. In preaching at Corinth, we do not, like the false teacher, go out of our line, as not reaching to you; but we are come e...
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

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So that although we have boasted of you, we have not boasted of things without our measure; that is, of things that are not, or (as the apostle exp...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not to you, for we came even as far as to you in the gospel of Christ, not glorying beyo...
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

2 Corinthians 10:1 . Who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold towards you. Paul retorts ironically the unworthy insinuations of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION With this chapter begins the last great section of the Epistle (verse 1- 2 Corinthians 13:10 ), which contains an impassioned vindica...
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

not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labors, but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Having hope, now your faith is increased — So that you can the better spare us. To be enlarged by you abundantly — That is, enabled by you to go st...

¹⁵ Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlargedg by you according to our rule abundantly,

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 10:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 10:15