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Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
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Confidence from the Covenant
Paul's boldness wasn't based on his personality but on a specific "hope." Commentators explain this hope is a deep confidence in the superiority of the New Covenant he served. Because the gospel is a permanent, life-giving, and glorious ministry from God, its ministers can proclaim it with unwavering assurance.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Seeing then that we have such hope. Hope, properly, is a compound emotion, made up of a desire for an object and an expectation o…
19th Century
Anglican
Seeing then that we have such hope.—The “hope” is essentially the same as the “confidence” of [Reference 2 Corinthians 3:…
As participants in the new covenant, Paul and his fellow apostles and fellow preachers had the certain hope that it was a permanent, irrevocable co…
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16th Century
Protestant
Having therefore this hope. Here he advances still further, for he is not merely treating of the nature of the law, or of that enduring qu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Seeing then that we have such hope Having this confidence, and being fully persuaded that God has made us able and suffic…
It is the duty of ministers of the gospel to use great plainness, or clearness, of speech. Old Testament believers had only cloudy and fleeting gli…
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13th Century
Catholic
Having presented what relates to commending the gift received from God, the Apostle now presents what relates to commending the confidence that com…
