2 Corinthians 3:2

Ye are our recommendatory letter — More convincing than bare words could be. Written on our hearts — Deeply engraven there, and plainly legible to all around us.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye are our epistle - compare 1 Corinthians 9:2 . This is a most beautiful and happy turn given to the whole subject. The sense is plain. It is,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 4:10 . The Splendour of the Apostolic Ministry in Spite of its Outward Lowliness. 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 . One...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

written . Cr. engrapho. Only here and 2 Corinthians 3:3 . in. Greek. en , App-104. known. Greek ginosko. App-132. read. Greek anagin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Ye are our Epistle. There is no little ingenuity in his making his own glory hinge upon the welfare of the Corinthians. “So long as you s...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2005 CHRISTIANS ARE EPISTLES OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 . If are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: for...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Ye are our epistle - I bear the most ardent love to you. I have no need to be pu...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye are our epistle, &c.— "I may well say, that you are yourselves our epistle, the best recommendation from God himself; his testimonial, as it...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Our letter - of recommendation. Written in our hearts - not borne me...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine) letter...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Our epistle ] i.e. of commendation. Known and read ] better, known and acknowledged: the Church was an unmistakable witness to the Apostle's labou...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts. — This is an answer. They, the Corinthian converts, are written on his heart. In his thoughts and prayers...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 LIVING EPISTLES. 2 Corinthians 3:1-3 (R.V) "ARE we beginning again to commend ourselves?" Paul does not mean by these words to admit...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Savor of the Knowledge of Christ 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 , imagines himself as part of...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? (2) Ye...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye are our epistle ,.... Here a reason is given why they stood in no need of letters of commendation, to or from the church at Corinth, because that...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Ver. 2. You are our epistle ] The fruitfulness of the people is the preacher...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Do we begin again While we thus speak and avow our integrity; to commend Or recommend; ourselves As some insinuate we do? Is it needful to do s...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 ne...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Your Christianity, and embracing of the gospel of Christ, your fiath and holiness, are instead of an epistle to me, to let the world know, both with...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? You are our letter, written in o...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Is Not Speaking Like This To Commend Himself. Indeed The Corinthians Themselves Are His Letter of Recommendation, Written By The Spirit of God (...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES N.B. A continuous outpour of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, from 2 Corinthian...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:1-5 I. There is a peculiar writing on the tablet of the Christian's soul. The old covenant, with its precepts and penalties, was e...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:2 The Two Ministrations the Law and the Gospel. I. There is perhaps something that, on the first mention, jars with our feelings...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 c...
The Biblical Illustrator

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we … epistles of commendation? A pastor’s claim 1. The voluntary relations of men are founded...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need ( 2 Corinthians 3:1-47 ). His sufficiency comes from...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Glory of the New Testament Ministry. The apostle's letter of commendation:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:10 ; 1 Corinthians 9:1 ; 1 Corinthians 9:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:8 ; 2 Corinthians 11:11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:15 ; 2 Corinthians 7...

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Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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