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2 Corinthians 3:12
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Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness.
Seeing then that wee haue such hope, we vse great plainnesse of speech.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,
Therefore, having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,
We have this hope, so we are very bold.
Since we have such a [glorious] hope and confident expectation, we speak with great courage,
Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,
Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness,
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
This wonderful hope makes us feel like speaking freely.
Therefore, with a hope like this, we are very open —
Having therefore such hope, we use much boldness:
We are so sure of this hope that we can speak very openly.
Seeing then that we haue such trust, we vse great boldnesse of speach.
Seeing therefore that we have such hope, we conduct ourselves bravely:
Because we have this hope, we are very bold.
Therefore, because we have such a hope, we use much boldness,
Then having such hope, we use much boldness.
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we speak with great boldness,2 Corinthians 7:4; Ephesians 6:19;">[xr]
Therefore because we have this hope, we speak the more boldly,
Seeing therefore we have this hope, we the more speak with boldness;
Seyng then that we haue such truste, we vse great boldnesse:
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Having therefore this hope, we use great plainness of speech.
Therefore, cherishing a hope like this, we speak without reserve, and we do not imitate Moses,
Therfor we that han suche hope, vsen myche trist;
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,
Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech--
We speak without fear because our trust is in Christ.
Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness,
Having, then, such hope as this, great openness of speech, do we use; -
Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence.
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,
Seynge then that we have soche trust we vse gret boldnes
Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
Seynge then that we haue soch trust, we vse greate boldnesse,
Having then such an opinion of my ministry, I use great plainness of speech.
With that kind of hope to excite us, nothing holds us back. Unlike Moses, we have nothing to hide. Everything is out in the open with us. He wore a veil so the children of Israel wouldn't notice that the glory was fading away—and they didn't notice. They didn't notice it then and they don't notice it now, don't notice that there's nothing left behind that veil. Even today when the proclamations of that old, bankrupt government are read out, they can't see through it. Only Christ can get rid of the veil so they can see for themselves that there's nothing there.
We can talk openly about this new hope without being ashamed. In fact, it gives us confidence and boldness we never had before.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
we use: 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:13, John 10:24, John 16:25, John 16:29, 1 Corinthians 14:19, Colossians 4:4
plainness: or, boldness, 2 Corinthians 7:4, 2 Corinthians 10:1, Acts 4:13, Acts 4:29-31, Acts 9:27, Acts 9:29, Acts 14:3, Ephesians 6:19, Ephesians 6:20, Philippians 1:20, 1 Thessalonians 2:2, 1 Timothy 3:13
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:8 - very plainly Psalms 49:4 - dark Habakkuk 2:2 - make Matthew 10:27 - I tell Acts 4:11 - you Philemon 1:8 - bold
Cross-References
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him."
He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
Then the Lord God asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied. "That's why I ate it."
And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.
And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
"Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?
People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord .
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Seeing then that we have such hope,.... Having this confidence, and being fully persuaded that God has made us able and sufficient ministers of the Gospel, has called and qualified us for such service; and since we have such a ministry committed to us, which so much exceeds in glory the ministry of Moses, a ministry not of death and condemnation, but of the Spirit and of righteousness; not which is abolished and done away, but which does and will remain, in spite of all the opposition of hell and earth:
we use great plainness of speech; plain and intelligible words, not ambiguous ones: or "boldness"; we are not afraid of men nor devils; we are not terrified by menaces, stripes, imprisonment, and death itself: or "freedom of speech"; we speak out all our mind, which is the mind of Christ; we declare the whole counsel of God, hide and conceal nothing that may be profitable to the churches; we are not to be awed by the terror, or drawn by the flatteries of men to cover the truth; we speak it out plainly, clearly, with all evidence and perspicuity. The apostle from hence passes on to observe another difference between the law and the Gospel, namely, the obscurity of the one, and the clearness of the other.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Seeing then that we have such hope - Hope properly is a compound emotion, made up of a desire for an object, and an expectation of obtaining it. If there is no desire for it; or if the object is not pleasant and agreeable, there is no hope, though there may be expectation - as in the expectation of the pestilence, of famine, or sickness, or death. If there is no expectation of it, but a strong desire, there is no hope, as in cases where there is a strong desire of wealth, or fame, or pleasure; or where a man is condemned for murder, and has a strong desire but no prospect of pardon; or where a man is shipwrecked, and has a strong desire, but no expectation of again seeing his family and friends. In such cases, despondency or despair are the results. It is the union of the two feelings in proper proportions which constitutes hope. There has been considerable variety of views among expositors in regard to the proper meaning of the word in this place. Mr. Locke supposes that Paul here means the honorable employment of an apostle and minister of the gospel, or the glory belonging to the ministry in the gospel; and that his calling it “hope,” instead of “glory,” which the connection would seem to demand, is the language of modesty. Rosenmuller understands it of the hope of the perpetual continuance of the gospel dispensation. Macknight renders it” persuasion,” and explains it as meaning the full persuasion or assurance that the gospel excels the Law in the manner of its introduction; its permanency, &c, A few remarks may, perhaps, make it clear:
(1) It refers primarily to Paul, and the other ministers of the gospel. It is not properly the Christian hope as such to which he refers, but it is that which the ministers of the gospel had.
(2) It refers to all that he had said before about the superiority of the gospel to the Law; and it is designed to express the result of all that on his mind, and on the minds of his fellow-laborers.
(3) It refers to the prospect, confidence, persuasion, anticipation which he had as the effect of what he had just said. It is the prospect of eternal life; the clear expectation of acceptance, and the anticipation of heaven, based on the fact that this was a ministry of the Spirit 2 Corinthians 3:8; that it was a ministry showing the way of justification 2 Corinthians 3:9; and that it was never to be done away, but to abide forever 2 Corinthians 3:11. On all these this strong hope was founded; and in view of these, Paul expressed himself clearly, not enigmatically; and not in types and figures, as Moses did. Everything about the gospel was clear and plain; and this led to the confident expectation and assurance of heaven. The word “hope,” therefore, in this place will express the effect on the mind of Paul in regard to the work of the ministry, produced by the group of considerations which he had suggested, showing that the gospel was superior to the Law; and that it was the ground of more clear and certain confidence and hope than anything which the Law could furnish.
We use - We employ; we are accustomed to. He refers to the manner in which he preached the gospel.
Great plainness of speech - Margin, boldness. We use the word “plainness” as applied to speech chiefly in two senses:
- To denote boldness, faithfulness, candor; in opposition to trimming, timidity, and unfaithfulness; and,
- To denote clearness, intelligibleness, and simplicity, in opposition to obscurity, mist, and highly-worked and labored forms of expression.
The connection here shows that the latter is the sense in which the phrase here is to be understood: see 2 Corinthians 3:13. It denotes openness, simplicity, freedom from the obscurity which arises from enigmatical and parabolical, and typical modes of speaking. This stands in opposition to figure, metaphor, and allegory - to an affected and labored concealment of the idea in the manner which was common among the Jewish doctors and pagan philosophers, where their meaning was carefully concealed from the common, and from all except the initiated. It stands opposed also to the necessary obscurity arising from typical institutions like those of Moses. And the doctrine of the passage is, that such is the clearness and fulness of the Christian revelation, arising from the fact, that it is the last economy, and that it does not look to the future, that its ministers may and should use clear and intelligible language. They should not use language abounding in metaphor and allegory. They should not use unusual terms. They should not draw their words and illustrations from science. They should not use mere technical language. They should not attempt to veil or cloak their meaning. They should not seek a refined and overworked style. They should use expressions which other people use; and express themselves as far as possible in the language of common life. What is preaching worth that is not understood? Why should a man talk at all unless he is intelligible? Who was ever more plain and simple in his words and illustrations than the Lord Jesus?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 3:12. Seeing - we have such hope — Such glorious prospects as those blessings which the Gospel sets before us, producing such confidence, as the fulfilment of so many promises has already done, that God will still continue to work for us and by us;
We use great plainness of speech — πολλη παρρησια χρωμεθα. We speak not only with all confidence, but with all imaginable plainness; keeping back nothing; disguising nothing; concealing nothing: and here we differ greatly from the Jewish doctors, and from the Gentile philosophers, who affect obscurity, and endeavour, by figures, metaphors, and allegories, to hide every thing from the vulgar. But we wish that all may hear; and we speak so that all may understand.
