2 Corinthians 1:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:12-14

The apostle in these verses attests their integrity by the sincerity of their conversation. This he does not in a way of boasting and vain-glory, but as one good reason for desiring the help of prayer, as well as for the more comfortably trusting in God (Heb. 13:18), and for the necessary vindication of himself from the aspersions of some persons at Corinth, who reproached his person and questioned his apostleship. Here, I. He appeals to the testimony of conscience with rejoicing (2 Cor.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:12-14

1:12-14 The only boast we make is this--and it is backed by the witness of our conscience--that in the world we have behaved ourselves with the holiness and the purity of God, not with a wisdom dominated by human motives, but with the grace of God, and especially so towards you. We have written no other things to you than those which you read and understand, and I hope that you will go on to understand even their deepest meanings and significances, just as you have already understood them at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:14

As also you have acknowledged us in part ,.... This may refer either to the thing known and acknowledged, namely, the integrity of the apostle's conversation, and others; which though they did not know thoroughly and perfectly, yet did in part, and that so far as that they might acquit them from the charge brought against them; or to the persons who knew this, as that there were some in the church of Corinth, a part of them, though not all, who knew and had acknowledged them to be upright... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:14

Have acknowledged us in part - Απο μερους may signify here not in part, but some of you; and it is evident, from the distracted state of the Corinthians, and the opposition raised there against the apostle, that it was only a part of them that did acknowledge him, and receive and profit by his epistles and advice. We are your rejoicing, etc. - You boast of us as the ministers of Christ through whom ye have believed; as we boast of you as genuine converts to the Christian faith, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:14

Verse 14 14.For we are your glorying. We have briefly adverted to the manner in which it is allowable for saints to glory in God’s benefits — when they repose themselves in God alone, and have no other object of aim. Thus it was a ground of pious glorying on the part of Paul, that he had, by his ministry, brought the Corinthians under obedience to Christ; and of the Corinthians, on the other hand, that they had been trained up so faithfully and so virtuously by such an Apostle — a privilege... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:1-24

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:12-14

Vindication of his right to their sympathy. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:12-14

The conscience testimony. "For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience." This passage may be thus paraphrased: "It is this which causes such a perennial flow of joy and consolation into my heart amid all my anxieties and distresses. I can feel in my conscience that what knits us together in sympathy is a Divine and not a human bond. On my part there is the inspiration from above, on yours the verifying faculty which enables you to recognize the truth of what I deliver to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:12-24

Defence of himself; character of his preaching. "On our behalf" were the closing words of the preceding verse, and St. Paul would now impress upon the Corinthians that he was worthy of their confidence and affection. And yet, further, if their regard had been manifested by intercessions in his behalf, he wished to assure them that he had in his own mind a blessed witness to the truth and sincerity of his apostolic work. Conscience was this witness. It testified that, "in simplicity and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:14

In part. Not as a whole Church. Some only of the Corinthians had been faithful to his teaching and to himself. (For the phrase, see Romans 11:25 ; Romans 15:15 , Romans 15:24 ; 1 Corinthians 11:18 ; 1 Corinthians 12:27 ; 1 Corinthians 13:9 ) Rejoicing; rather, ground of boast, as in 2 Corinthians 9:3 ; Romans 4:2 , "whereof to glory;" 1 Corinthians 5:6 . In 1 Corinthians 5:12 the substantive means "the act of rejoicing." The word is characteristic of this group of... read more

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