E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 12:9
unto = to. grace. App-184 . My. The texts omit. strength . Greek dunamis. App-172 . is made perfect . Greek. teleioo. App-125 . Most gladly . Greek. hedista . Neut. Plural Superlative of hedus; used adverbially. power . Greek. dunamis , as above. rest , i.e. as a tent is spread over one. Greek. episkenoo. Only here. John uses skenoo in 2 Corinthians 1:14 . See note there. upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . read more
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