Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
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Gill's Exposition
Great is my boldness of speech towards you,.... Or "liberty of speaking", which I use with you; I very freely, and without any disguise, open my mind to you; I faithfully tell you your faults; I am…
Barnes' Notes
Great is my boldness of speech toward you - This verse seems designed to soften the apparent harshness of what he had said 2Co 6:12, when he intimated that there was a lack of love in them toward him…
Adam Clarke
Great is my boldness of speech - He seems to refer to the manner in which he spoke of them to others.
Great is my glorying of you - They had probably been very loving and affectionate previously to…
These verses contain a double exhortation: -
I. To make a progress in holiness, or to perfect holiness in the fear of God, Co2 7:1. This exhortation is given with most tender affection to those who…
Cambridge Bible
Great is my boldness of speech toward you Cf. note on ch. 2Co 3:12.
great is my glorying of you See notes on ch. 2Co 1:14 and ch. 2Co 5:12. The word here signifies not the groundof rejoicing or…
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