to know again · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person plural
or
ἢē
G2228
disjunctive · conjunction
acknowledge
ἐπιγινώσκετε·epiginōskete
G1921
to know upon some mark · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person plural
and
δὲde
G1161
but · conjunction
trust
ἐλπίζωelpizō
G1679
to expect or confide · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
acknowledge
ἐπιγνώσεσθε,epignōsesthe
G1921
to know upon some mark · verb — future middle deponent indicative, 2nd person plural
even
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
to
ἕωςhe'ōs
G2193
a conjunction · preposition
end
τέλουςtelous
G5056
properly · noun — genitive singular neuter
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Cross-references
2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestatio…
Philemon 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your con…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:12-14
The apostle in these verses attests their integrity by the sincerity of their conversation. This he does not in a way of boasting and vain-glory, but as one good reason for desiring the help of prayer, as well as for the more comfortably trusting in God (Heb 13:18), and for the necessary vindication of himself from the aspersions of some persons at Corinth, who reproached his person and questioned his apostleship. Here,
I. He appeals to the testimony of conscience with rejoicing (Co2 1:12), in which observe, 1. The witness appealed to, namely, conscience, which is instead of a thousand witnesses. This God's deputy in the soul, and the voice of conscience is the voice of God. They rejoiced in…
We write none other things (in this Epistle) than what ye read (in my former Epistle [BENGEL]; present, because the Epistle continued still to be read in the Church as an apostolic rule). CONYBEARE and HOWSON think Paul had been suspected of writing privately to some individuals in the Church in a different strain from that of his public letters; and translates, "I write nothing else to you but what ye read openly (the Greek meaning, 'ye read aloud,' namely, when Paul's Epistles were publicly read in the congregation, Th1 5:27); yea, and what you acknowledge inwardly."
or acknowledge--Greek, "or even acknowledge." The Greek for "read" and for "acknowledge" are words kindred in sound and ro…
Than what ye read - Viz. In the first epistle which he had sent them.
Or acknowledge - To be the truth of God; and which he hoped they would continue to acknowledge, and not permit themselves to be turned aside from the hope of the Gospel.
John Gill on 2 Corinthians 1:13
For we write none other things to you,.... The things we write unto you concerning our conduct; and behaviour, are no other
than what you read; not in our letters to you, but in our lives and conversations, when we were among you, and which you must own and acknowledge to be just and right; we can appeal to you, that what we say, and are obliged to say of ourselves, in our own defence, is what, upon a recollection, you will easily remember to have seen and observed:
and I trust; or "hope", through the grace of God, we shall be enabled so to walk, as that
you shall acknowledge even to the end; that our conversations are as become the Gospel of Christ, and are clear of that hypocrisy and de…
The Church Fathers
What Paul says is backed up by his actions. It is through actions that we learn what a person really thinks.
Paul says that, in spite of the accusations leveled against him, he does not preach one thing and think another. The facts speak for themselves and prove that he is right.
"For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge." For since he spoke great things of himself and seemed to be bearing witness to himself, an odious thing, he again appeals to them as witnesses of what he says. For, he saith, let no one think that what I say is a boastful flourish of writing; for we declare unto you what yourselves know; and that we lie not ye more than all others can bear us witness. For, when ye read, ye acknowledge that what ye know that we perform in our actions, this we say also in our writings, and your testimony doth not contradict our epistles; but the knowledge which ye had before of us is in harmony with your reading. "As also ye did acknowledge us in part." For your knowledge of us, he saith, is not from hearsay but from actual experience. The words "in part" he added from humility. For this is his wont, when necessity constraineth him to say any high-sounding thing, (for he never doth so otherwise,) as desiring quickly to repress again the elation arising from what he had said. "And I hope ye will acknowledge even to the end." Seest thou again how from the past he draws pledges for the future; and not from the past only, but also from the power of God? For he affirmed not absolutely, but cast the whole upon God and his hope in Him. "That we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." Here he cuts at the root of the envy that his speech might occasion, by making them sharers and partners in the glory of his good works. "For these stick not with us, but pass over unto you also, and again from you to us." For seeing he had extolled himself, and produced proof of the past and given security for the future; lest his hearers should reflect on him for talking proudly, or be hurried to enviousness, he makes the rejoicing a common one and declares that this crown of praises is theirs.
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Dictionary and topics
Corinthians, Second Epistle to the — Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense excitement had been aroused against him, the evidence of his great success, and proceeded to Macedonia.…
Corinth · .Paul’s letters to — .Paul’s letters to
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
2 Corinthians 1:12-14
12. For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
12. Nam gloriatio nostra haec est: testimonium conscientiae nostrae, quod in simplicitate et puritate [257] Dei, non in sapientia carnali, sed in gratia Dei versati sumus in mundo; abundantius autem erga vos.
13. For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
13. Non enim alia scribimus vobis quam quae recognoscitis vel etiam agnoscitis: spero autem, quod usque in…
Paul’s travel plans and his unfulfilled promise of a visit to Corinth were criticized; he was charged with being fickle like persons of the world “who say ‘Yes’ when they really mean ‘No’” (1:17). Before responding to that charge, he clarifies his motives in his ministry and in his letters.
1:12 holiness: Some manuscripts read honesty. The difference is only two letters in Greek (hagiotēti, “holiness”; haplotēti, “honesty”).
