And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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Gill's Exposition
Where is then the blessedness you spake of?.... Or, as some copies read, "what was then your blessedness?" what, and how great was it? meaning, when the Gospel was first preached to them by him; when…
Barnes' Notes
And my temptation - “My trial,” the thing which was to me a trial and calamity. The meaning is, that he was afflicted with various calamities and infirmities, but that this did not hinder their…
Adam Clarke
And my temptation which was in my flesh - On this verse there are a great many various readings, as there are various opinions.
Instead of μου, My temptation, ABC*D*FG, some others, with the Coptic,…
That these Christians might be the more ashamed of their defection from the truth of the gospel which Paul had preached to them, he here reminds them of the great affection they formerly had for him…
Cambridge Bible
And my temptation The true reading is probably - yourtemptation". The Apostle's sickness was a trial of their faith. Like his Divine Master, he had no natural -form nor comeliness" (2Co 10:10), and…
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