2 Corinthians 3:1
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2*Ye* are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
Cross References
Acts 18:27And when he purposed to go into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples engaging them to receive him, who, being come, contributed much to those who believed through grace.
1 Corinthians 4:15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings.
1 Corinthians 16:3And when I am arrived, whomsoever ye shall approve, these I will send with letters to carry your bounty to Jerusalem:
2 Corinthians 5:12[For] we do not again commend ourselves to you, but [we are] giving to you occasion of boast in our behalf, that ye may have [such] with those boasting in countenance, and not in heart.
2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.
2 Corinthians 12:19Ye have long been supposing that we excuse ourselves to you: we speak before God in Christ; and all things, beloved, for your building up.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:1
The apostle makes an apology for his seeming to commend himself, and is careful not to assume too much to himself, but to ascribe all praise unto God, ver. 1-5 . He then draws a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, and shows the excellency of the later above the former ( ver. 6-11 ), whence he infers what is the duty of gospel ministers, and the advantage of those who live under the gospel above those who lived under the law, ver. 12, to the end . Read the whole commentary →