2 Corinthians 10:2 - Exposition

I beseech you. The "beseech" is here right (deomai). The "you" is not in the Greek, but is rightly supplied. It rests with them to avert the necessity of personal severity, and he entreats them to do so. Against some. He leaves these undefined till the vehement outburst of 2 Corinthians 11:13 , 2 Corinthians 11:14 . As if we walked according to the flesh (see note on 2 Corinthians 5:16 ). To say this of St. Paul was to charge him with being insincere and not disinterested.