1Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
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Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here we may observe, I. The mild and humble manner in which the blessed apostle addresses the Corinthians, and how desirous he is that no occasion may be given him to use severity. 1. He addresses them in a very mild and humble manner: I Paul myself beseech you , 2 Cor. 10:1. We find, in the introduction to this epistle, he joined Timothy with himself; but now he speaks only for himself, against w…
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