2 Corinthians 3:1
DO we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, commendatory letters to you, or commendatory letters from you?
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Ye are our letter written in our hearts, acknowledged and read of all men:
Cross References
Acts 18:27And when he wished to pass over to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; who arriving, contributed much to confirm those who believed through grace.
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus through the Gospel I have begotten you.
1 Corinthians 16:3But when I come, whosoever you shall approve by letters, those will I send to carry your charity to Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 5:12For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have an answer for those who glory in countenance, and not in heart.
2 Corinthians 10:12For we will not presume to put ourselves on the level, or compare ourselves with some who vaunt themselves; but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, have no understanding.
2 Corinthians 12:19Think ye that we are again making an apology to you? In the sight of God speak we in Christ: but all things, beloved, 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 →