21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold,(I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
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For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
Now 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: …
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-21)Here we have a further excuse that the apostle makes for what he was about to say in his own vindication. 1. He would not have them think he was guilty of folly, in saying what he said to vindicate himself: Let no man think me a fool , 2 Cor. 11:16. Ordinarily, indeed, it is unbecoming a wise man to be much and often speaking in his own praise. Boasting of ourselves is usually not only a sign of a…
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