Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:17
17. Paul's reply: You know well I did not. My associates were as distinterested as myself. An important rule to all who would influence others for good. read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 12:1-18
B. Claims made by Paul 11:1-12:18In this section Paul gave further evidence that he possessed apostolic authority to encourage the whole Corinthian church to continue to respond positively to his ministry. Some writers refer to 2 Corinthians 11:1 to 2 Corinthians 12:13 as Paul’s "Fool’s Speech" because of the recurring "foolishness" terminology in this passage (aphrosyne, aphron, paraphron; cf. 2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:16 [twice], 17, 19, 23; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 12:11-18
5. Paul’s supernatural miracles and paternal love 12:11-18In this pericope Paul concluded his claims to be a genuine apostle by citing the miracles that God had done and the love that He had manifested to the Corinthians through Paul. He did this to dispel any lingering reservations any of his readers might have had concerning his apostolic credentials. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 12:14-18
Paul’s proposed conduct in Corinth 12:14-18 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 12:16-18
Whether the Corinthians showed Paul proper filial love or not he would continue to sacrifice for them.Some in Corinth had evidently accused Paul of craftily obtaining money from the Corinthians indirectly through his agents such as Titus. They may have regarded the collection for the poor Jerusalem saints as one way that Paul was stealthily getting money from them for himself. If that was their charge, he may have used his critics’ terms in irony to show that he had been crafty. However, he was... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:1-21
His Privileges and TrialsThe Apostle unwillingly resumes his boasting and tells of a revelation he received from God; but returns again to dwell on his weaknesses, and especially on his bodily infirmity, through which Christ’s grace was manifested.Paraphrase. ’(1) It is not expedient for me to boast again: I have really been compelled to do it. I will now mention my experiences of divine visions and revelations, (2) Fourteen years ago I experienced such a divine ecstasy that I knew not whether... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 12:17
(17) By any of them whom I sent unto you?—The English expresses the meaning of the Greek, but does not show, as that does, the vehement agitation which led the writer, as he dictated the letter, to begin the sentence with one construction and finish it with another. Did any of those I sent . . . did I by this means get more out of you than I ought? He has in his mind, as far as we know, Timotheus, who had been sent before the First Epistle (1 Corinthians 4:17); Stephanus, Fortunatus and... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 12:1-21
The Dignity of Suffering 2 Corinthians 12:5 It was a strange catalogue out of which St. Paul made his one solitary 'glory' he, who could boast such learning, such teaching, such influence, such spiritual triumph as never, perhaps, fell to any other man! 'Thrice beaten,' 'stoned,' 'shipwrecked,' 'journeyings,' 'perils,' 'weariness,' 'painfulness,' 'watchings,' 'hunger,' 'thirst,' 'fastings,' 'nakedness,' 'weakness,' 'cares,' 'a thorn'. Never hero goes so low to gather all his laurels. He knew... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 12:11-21
Chapter 27NOT YOURS, BUT YOU.2 Corinthians 12:11-21 (R.V)EXPOSITORS differ widely in characterising the three or four brief paragraphs into which this passage may be divided:(1) 2 Corinthians 12:11-13;(2) 2 Corinthians 12:14-15, and 2 Corinthians 12:16-18;(3) 2 Corinthians 12:19-21.What is clear is, that we feel in it the ground-swell of the storm that has raged through the last two chapters, and that it is not till the beginning of 2 Corinthians 13:1-14. that the Apostle finally escapes from... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:17
Did I take advantage of you by any of them whom I have sent unto you?Paul's reply here indicates the nature of the "guile" in 2 Corinthians 12:16.As David Lipscomb interpreted this:His contemptible enemies not only stated that Paul did not dare accept support, but insinuated that there was something suspicious about the collection he was taking, and that perhaps he had a secret personal interest in it.[35]Also in this same vein, many commentators have remembered the words of John Calvin: "It is... read more