Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
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Gill's Exposition
Seeing then that we have such hope,.... Having this confidence, and being fully persuaded that God has made us able and sufficient ministers of the Gospel, has called and qualified us for such…
Barnes' Notes
Seeing then that we have such hope - Hope properly is a compound emotion, made up of a desire for an object, and an expectation of obtaining it. If there is no desire for it; or if the object is not…
Adam Clarke
Seeing - we have such hope - Such glorious prospects as those blessings which the Gospel sets before us, producing such confidence, as the fulfillment of so many promises has already done, that God…
In these verses the apostle draws two inferences from what he had said about the Old and New Testament: -
I. Concerning the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness or clearness of…
Cambridge Bible
Seeing then that we have such hope i.e. the hope that the Christian covenant is one of which the glory is permanent.
we use great plainness of speech] Trist(i.e. trust) Wiclif. Boldness, Tyndale and…
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