2 Corinthians 3:1
Do we again begin to commend ourselves? or whether have we need of commendatory letters to you or from you, as some do?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
Cross References
Acts 18:27And he wishing to go into Achaia, the brethren having sent him forth wrote to the disciples to receive him. Who, being present, conferred much on those having believed through grace.
1 Corinthians 4:15For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 16:3But when I may be present, whomsoever you may approve by your letters, these will I send to carry away your benefaction to Jerusalem:
2 Corinthians 5:12We are not commending ourselves to you, but giving you occasion of boasting in our behalf, in order that you may have response to those who glory in appearance, and not in heart.
2 Corinthians 10:12For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain ones of those who recommend themselves: but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves to themselves, are not wise.
2 Corinthians 12:19For a long time you were thinking that I am apologizing to you. We speak before God in Christ; but all things, beloved, are for your edification.
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 →