2 Corinthians 3:1
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
Cross References
Acts 18:27When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
1 Corinthians 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 16:3Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 5:12For we are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
2 Corinthians 10:12We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
2 Corinthians 12:19Do you still think that we are making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you 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 →