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as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
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Mutual Joy in Christ
Commentators highlight the beautiful reciprocity Paul describes. He is their reason for 'glorying' or boasting, and they are his. Charles Spurgeon notes this is the ideal state for a church—when leaders and members mutually rejoice in one another. This relationship is not only profitable for all involved but also glorifies God, standing in stark contrast to the damage caused by discord and fault-finding.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As also you have acknowledged us. You have had occasion to admit my singleness of aim, and purity of intention and of life, by your former…
As also ye did acknowledge us in part (καθως κα επεγνωτε ημας απο μερους). Gracious acknowledgment (second aorist active indicativ…
19th Century
Anglican
As also you have acknowledged.—The parenthetical clause (better, you did acknowledge) comes in to qualify the fear which…
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Baptist
That we are your rejoicing, even as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
What a happy condition it is when the teacher a…
Before defending himself against the specific charges of vacillation and domineering leveled against him by his opponents (1:15–2:4), Paul deals wi…
16th Century
Protestant
For we are your glorying. We have briefly referred to the manner in which it is allowable for saints to glory in God’s benefits—when they …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As also you have acknowledged us in part This may refer either to the thing known and acknowledged, namely, the inte…
Though, as a sinner, the apostle could only rejoice and glory in Christ Jesus, yet, as a believer, he might rejoice and glory in truly being what h…
13th Century
Catholic
After speaking of the comfort he had received from God following his persecution, the Apostle assigns the cause of this comfort, which is hope in G…
