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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:4-6

The power, and the agency it uses. The apostle here dwells upon the confidence he has in the Corinthian Church as the all sufficient commendation of his ministry and apostleship. But he will take no honour to himself over his successes at Corinth. He had but been the agent, and the power and sufficiency were altogether of God. St. Paul was always before men firm, confident, bold; but always before God humble and dependent. The expression, "through Christ to God-ward," probably means... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:4

And such trust have we - Such confidence have we that we are appointed by God, and that he accepts our work. Such evidence have we in the success of our labors; such irrefragable proof that God blesses us; that we have trust, or confidence, that we are sent by God, and are owned by him in our ministry. His confidence did not rest on letters of introduction from people, but in the evidence of the divine presence, and the divine acceptance of his work.Through Christ - By the agency of Christ.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 3:3-4

2 Corinthians 3:3-4. Forasmuch as ye Some of whom were once so immoral, but who are now so pious and virtuous; are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ Which he has formed and published to the world; ministered by us Whom he has used herein as his instruments; therefore ye are our letter also; written, not with ink As epistles generally are; but with the Spirit of the living God Influencing your hearts, and producing that variety of graces and virtues, which render many... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

3:1-6:13 TRUE CHRISTIAN SERVICEThe servant and the message (3:1-18)Some of the teachers who came to Corinth brought with them letters of recommendation from their home churches, and claimed that these letters gave them authority to teach. Paul carried no such letters, with the result that his opponents suggested he had no right to teach. Paul replies that pieces of paper do not guarantee the truth of people’s ministry. A better means of judging is by the fruit of their work. The Corinthian... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 3:4

trust = confidence. Greek. pepoithesis . App-130 ., through . Greek. dia. App-104 . Christ = the Christ. to God-ward = toward (Greek. pros. App-104 .) God. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:4

And such confidence have we through Christ to Godward."The changed lives at Corinth confirm Paul's confidence of his divine appointment."[13] Thus, not merely all people, but Paul himself also could read the proof of his apostolic commission in the great harvest of souls won for the Lord in Corinth. How natural, therefore, it was for him to point out to others what was so starkly clear to himself. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:4-5

2 Corinthians 3:4-5. And such trust have we, &c.— As if he had said, "But mistake me not, as if I boasted of myself. This so great boasting which I use is only my confidence in God, through Christ; for it was God who made me a minister of the gospel, who borrowed on me the ability for it; and whatever I perform in it is wholly from him." Πεποιθησις, trust, is a milder term for boasting. So St. Paul uses it, ch. 2Co 10:7 compared with 2 Corinthians 5:8. See also Romans 2:19. The word... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:4

4. And—Greek, "But." "Such confidence, however (namely, of our 'sufficiency,' 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 2:16 —to which he reverts after the parenthesis—as ministers of the New Testament, 'not hinting,' 2 Corinthians 2:16- :), we have through Christ (not through ourselves, compare 2 Corinthians 2:16- :) toward God" (that is, in our relation to God and His work, the ministry committed by Him to us, for which we must render an account to Him). Confidence toward God is... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 3:1-10

B. Exposition of Paul’s view of the ministry 3:1-6:10The apostle proceeded to explain his view of Christian ministry further so his readers would appreciate and adopt his viewpoint and not lose heart. read more