Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
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Gill's Exposition
And lest when I come again,.... Another thing which he feared would be the case when he came again to them, that he himself should be afflicted and distressed, seeing them in a disorderly and…
Barnes' Notes
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? - see the note on 2Co 5:12. The sense is, Do not suppose that this is said from mere anxiety to obtain your favor, or to ingratiate ourselves into…
Adam Clarke
Think ye that we excuse ourselves - Απολογουμεθα; That we make an apology for our conduct; or, that I have sent Titus and that brother to you because I was ashamed or afraid to come myself?
We speak…
In these verses the apostle addresses himself to the Corinthians two ways: -
I. He blames them for what was faulty in them; namely, that they had not stood up in his defence as they ought to have…
Cambridge Bible
2Co 12:19 to 2Co 13:10. The Apostle's intentions on his arrival
19. Again, think you that we excuse ourselves. Rather, Do ye think that we are defending ourselves again? Many MSS. and versions read,…
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