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2 Korintus 10:2

Aku meminta kepada kamu: jangan kamu memaksa aku untuk menunjukkan keberanianku dari dekat, sebagaimana aku berniat bertindak keras terhadap orang-orang tertentu yang menyangka, bahwa kami hidup secara duniawi.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Minister, Christian;   The Topic Concordance - War/weapons;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - War, Holy War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 2 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boldness;   Presence;   Walk (2);   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Flesh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corinthians, Second Epistle to the;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 11;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Aku meminta kepada kamu: jangan kamu memaksa aku untuk menunjukkan keberanianku dari dekat, sebagaimana aku berniat bertindak keras terhadap orang-orang tertentu yang menyangka, bahwa kami hidup secara duniawi.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Aku mintalah, supaya jangan, apabila aku datang, terpaksa menunjukkan beraniku dengan kekerasan, sebagaimana aku niatkan ke atas beberapa orang yang membilangkan kami seolah-olah kami melakukan diri kami menurut hawa nafsu dunia.

Contextual Overview

1 I Paul my selfe beseche you by the mekenesse & gentlenesse of Christ, whiche when I am present among you, am lowlye: but am bolde towarde you beyng absent. 2 I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe. 3 For though we walke in the fleshe, yet we do not warre according to ye flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall, but myghtie through God, to cast downe strong holdes, 5 Wherwith we ouerthrowe counsels, and euery hye thyng, that is exalted agaynst the knowledge of God, & bryng into captiuitie all imagination, to the obedience of Christe, 6 And are readie to take vengeaunce on all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfylled.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that I: 2 Corinthians 12:20, 2 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 1 Corinthians 4:19-21

think: or, reckon

we walked: 2 Corinthians 11:9-13, 2 Corinthians 12:13-19, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:5, Galatians 5:16-25, Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 2:3

Reciprocal: Acts 5:5 - hearing 1 Corinthians 4:21 - shall 2 Corinthians 1:12 - not 2 Corinthians 1:17 - according 2 Corinthians 1:23 - that 2 Corinthians 7:4 - my boldness 2 Corinthians 10:1 - beseech 2 Corinthians 11:21 - as though 2 Corinthians 12:16 - being Galatians 5:10 - bear 1 Thessalonians 2:6 - when Philemon 1:8 - bold

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
Of these were the Iles of the gentiles deuided in their landes, euery one after his tongue, and after his kinrede, in their nations.
Genesis 10:7
And the children of Chus: Seba, and Hauilah, and Sabthah, and Raamah, and Sabtheca.
Genesis 10:12
Resen also betweene Niniue & Chalah, and it is a great citie.
Genesis 10:14
Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philisthiim) & Capthorim.
Genesis 10:21
Unto Sem also the father of all the children of Heber, and elder brother of Iapheth, there were chyldren borne.
Isaiah 66:19
Unto them shall I geue a token, and sende certayne of the that be deliuered among the gentiles, into Cilicia, Affrica, and Lydia, where men can handle bowes, into Italie, and also Greeke lande: The Isles farre of that haue not hearde speake of me, and haue not seene my glorie, shall preache my prayse among the gentiles.
Ezekiel 27:7
Fine linnen with broidred worke out of Egypt was spread ouer thee to be thy sayle: blewe silke and purple out of the iles of Elishah was thy couering.
Ezekiel 27:19
Dan, Iauan, & Meuzal haue brought vnto thy markets wrougth iron, Cassia, and Calamus were among thy marchaundise.
Ezekiel 38:6
Gomer and all his hoastes, the house of Togarma out of the north quarters and all his hoastes, yea and much people with thee.
Ezekiel 38:15
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north partes, thou and much people with thee, which ride al vpon horses, [euen] a great multitude and a mightie armie.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present,.... That is, he entreated them that they would so behave for the future, that he might have no occasion, when he came among them, to use that power and authority they called boldness, which he had received from Christ for edification, and not destruction; as for that asperity and roughness with which he wrote, and which was thought to be too severe, it was in order to reclaim them, and so prevent that sharpness he was empowered by Christ to use: for though he had said in his former epistle, 1 Corinthians 4:21 "shall I come unto you with a rod or in love? and in the spirit of meekness?" he chose to come in the latter, rather than with the former; namely, not

with that confidence wherewith, says he,

I think to be bold: by "confidence" he means the faith of miracles he was possessed of, and particularly the power he, and other apostles had, of striking dead or blind incorrigible offenders, or of delivering them to Satan to undergo some corporeal punishment; which he had been thinking of, and reasoning about in his own mind, and was almost come to a conclusion concerning it, to inflict it upon, and with it to be bold,

against some which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh; who not barely thought so within themselves, but reasoned the matter with others, and would fain persuade them to believe that they did walk in a carnal manner; not that they had the face to say, that they walked after the dictates of corrupt nature, or lived in open vice and profaneness; but that they walked in craftiness, had their conversation in the world with fleshly wisdom, seeking their own worldly interest and secular advantage; which is denied by the apostle, 2 Corinthians 1:12 and was the real case, and true picture of the false teachers themselves.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That I may not be bold - I entreat you so to act that I may not have occasion to exercise the severity which I fear I shall be compelled to use against those who accuse me of being governed wholly by worldly motives and policy. In other words, that I may not be compelled to be bold and decisive in my measures by your improper conduct.

Which think of us - Margin, “reckon.” They suppose this; or, they accuse me of it. By the word “us” here Paul means himself, though it is possible also that he speaks in the name of his fellow apostles and laborers who were associated with him, and the objections may have referred to all who acted with him.

As if we walked - As if we lived or acted. The word “walk” in the Scriptures is often used to denote the course or manner of life; see the Romans 4:12, note; 2 Corinthians 5:7, note.

According to the flesh - see the note on 2 Corinthians 1:17. As if we were governed by the weak and corrupt principles of human nature. As if we had no higher motive than carnal and worldly policy. As if we were seeking our own advantage and not the welfare of the world. The charge was, probably, that he was not governed by high and holy principles, but by the principles of mere worldly policy; that he was guided by personal interests, and by worldly views - by ambition, or the love of dominion, wealth, or popularity, and that he was destitute of every supernatural endowment and every evidence of a divine commission.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 10:2. Some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. — As it is customary for cowards and overbearing men to threaten the weak and the timid when present; to bluster when absent; and to be very obsequious in the presence of the strong and courageous. This conduct they appear to have charged against the apostle, which he calls here walking after the flesh- acting as a man who had worldly ends in view, and would use any means in order to accomplish them.


 
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