2 Coríntios 12:14-19 NVT

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:15

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you - I will continue to act as a loving father, who spends all he has upon his children, and expends his own strength and life in providing for them the things necessary for their preservation and comfort. Though the more abundantly I love you - I will even act towards you with the most affectionate tenderness, though it happen to me, as it often does to loving fathers, that their disobedient children love them less, in proportion as their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:16

But be it so, I did not burden you - That is: You grant that I did not burden you, that I took nothing from you, but preached to you the Gospel freely; but you say that, Being Crafty, I caught you with guile; i.e. getting from you, by means of others, what I pretended to be unwilling to receive immediately from yourselves. Many persons suppose that the words, being crafty, I caught you with guile, are the words of the apostle and not of his slanderers; and therefore have concluded that it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:17

Did I make a gain of you - Did any person I ever sent to preach the Gospel to you, or help you in your Christian course, ever get any thing from you for me? Produce the proof if you can. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:18

I desired Titus - I never sent any to you but Titus and another brother; 2 Corinthians 8:6 , 2 Corinthians 8:18 . And did Titus make a gain of you? Did he get any thing from you, either for himself or for me? You know he did not. He was actuated by the same spirit, and he walked in the same steps. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:19

Think ye that we excuse ourselves - Απολογουμεθα ; That we make an apology for our conduct; or, that I have sent Titus and that brother to you because I was ashamed or afraid to come myself? We speak before God in Christ - I have not done so; I speak the truth before God; he is judge whether I was actuated in this way by any sinister or unworthy motive. For your edifying - Whatever I have done in this or any other way, I have done for your edifying; not for any emolument to myself... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:14

Verse 14 14.Behold, this third time He commends his own deed, for which he had received a very poor requital from the Corinthians. For he says, that he refrained from taking their worldly substance for two reasons first, because he sought them, not their wealth; and secondly, because he was desirous to act the part of a father towards them. From this it appears, what commendation was due to his modesty, which occasioned him contempt among the Corinthians. I seek not yours. It is the part of a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:15

Verse 15 15.And I will most gladly spend This, certainly, was an evidence of a more than fatherly affection — that he was prepared to lay out in their behalf not merely his endeavors, and everything in his power to do, but even life itself. Nay more, while he is regarded by them with coldness, he continues, nevertheless, to cherish this affection. What heart, though even as hard as iron, would such ardor of love not soften or break, especially in connection with such constancy? Paul, however,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:16

Verse 16 16.But be it so. These words intimate, that Paul had been blamed by malevolent persons, as though he had in a clandestine way procured, through means of hired persons, what he had refused to receive with his own hands (934) — not that he had done any such thing, but they “measure others,” as they say, “by their own ell.” (935) For it is customary for the wicked impudently to impute to the servants of God, whatever they would themselves do, if they had it in their power. Hence, Paul is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:19

Verse 19 19.Do you again think. As those that are conscious to themselves of something wrong are sometimes more anxious than others to clear themselves, it is probable, that this, also, was turned into a ground of calumny — that Paul had in the former Epistle applied himself to a defense of his ministry. Farther, it is a fault in the servants of Christ, to be too much concerned as to their own reputation. With the view, therefore, of repelling those calumnies, he declares in the first place,... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 12:1-21

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