Whether we are beside ourselves (ειτε εξεστημεν). Second aorist active indicative of εξιστημ, old verb, here to stand out of onese…

For whether we are beside ourselves. This statement is probably intended to addre some of the charges that the false teachers in Corinth b…

For whether we be beside ourselves.—The recollection of one sneer leads to another. This also had been said of him, and t…

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to what he has done…

Whatever the background to this difficult verse, its general message seems clear. Paul disowns self-interest as a motive for any of his actions; al…

Whether we are beside ourselves. This is said by way of concession; for Paul’s glorying was sane, or it was, if we may so term it, a sober…

For whether we be besides ourselves
As some took them to be, and as Festus thought the Apostle Paul was, because of …

The apostle urges himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful complacency. Let all consid…

Having shown how the saints prepare for the reward of eternal glory by pleasing God, the Apostle now shows how they prepare for this by helping the…