Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
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Gill's Exposition
Ye are our epistle,.... Here a reason is given why they stood in no need of letters of commendation, to or from the church at Corinth, because that church was their living epistle, and which was much…
Barnes' Notes
Ye are our epistle - compare 1Co 9:2. This is a most beautiful and happy turn given to the whole subject. The sense is plain. It is, that the conversion of the Corinthians, under the faithful labors…
Adam Clarke
Ye are our epistle - I bear the most ardent love to you. I have no need to be put in remembrance of you by any epistles or other means; ye are written in my heart - I have the most affectionate…
In these verses,
I. The apostle makes an apology for seeming to commend himself. He thought it convenient to protest his sincerity to them, because there were some at Corinth who endeavoured to blast…
Cambridge Bible
Ye are our epistle See note on last verse.
written in our hearts -Others bear their letters of commendation in their hands, we in our consciences, being fully aware that the existence of the Church of…
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