E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 12:10
reproaches = insults. Greek. hubris. See Acts 27:10 . distresses . Greek. steuachoria. See 2 Corinthians 6:4 . for. sake. Greek. huper. App-104 . read more
2 Corinthians 12:10 Niv
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:10
Wherefore I take pleasure in weakness, injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.Wherefore ... This verse describes Paul's living with the thorn unremoved; and there is not a word of sickness, disease, or near-sightedness, or anything of the kind. It is "injuries, persecutions, etc." of which he speaks; and what were these but the multiplied efforts of the hardened Israel against the gospel of Christ? Nevertheless, Paul... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:10
2 Corinthians 12:10. For when I am weak, &c.— "For when, viewed in my outward state, I appear weak, then, by the power of Christ, which dwelleth in me, I am found to be strong." read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:10
10. take pleasure in—too strongly. Rather as the Greek, "I am well contented in." infirmities—the genus. Two pairs of species follow, partly coming from "Satan's messenger," partly from men. reproaches—"insults." when—in all the cases just specified. then—then especially. strong—"powerful" in "the power of Christ" (2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Hebrews 11:34). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
4. Special revelations Paul received 12:1-10Paul had cited his freedom to minister without the Corinthians’ financial support and his sufferings in ministry as grounds for boasting. He next mentioned the special visions and revelations that God had granted him. He referred to these here to bolster his readers’ confidence in his apostolic calling and authority further. read more
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 12:9-10
Here is an example of God denying a prayer request because He wanted to give something better (though not more comfortable). What we must learn from what Paul told us about this messenger of Satan is that God used it to teach the apostle dependence on Himself and the sufficiency of His grace."What is grace? It is God’s provision for our every need when we need it." [Note: Wiersbe, 1:675.] So thoroughly had Paul learned this lesson that he even boasted about his afflictions. He realized that... 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 12:10
(10) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities.—The thoughts of the Apostle go back to the sufferings of which he had spoken fully in 2 Corinthians 11:0 and elsewhere. One new word is added, “reproaches” (better, insults), which elsewhere in the New Testament meets us only in Acts 27:10; Acts 27:21, in the sense of material damage. Here the reference is probably to the taunts and sneers to which we have traced allusions in 2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 7:8; 2 Corinthians... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
A genuine case for boasting (12:1-10)Before leaving the subject of boasting, Paul wants to give one more example (12:1). Fourteen years previously he had seen a vision, but because he does not want to exalt himself, he speaks about his experience in the third person, referring to himself simply as ‘a man’. By some unknown means he was taken up into Paradise, where he heard and saw things that God does not normally allow people to know (2-4). He is not telling this story so that the Corinthians... read more