2 Korintus 5:12

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Dengan ini kami tidak berusaha memuji-muji diri kami sekali lagi kepada kamu, tetapi kami mau memberi kesempatan kepada kamu untuk memegahkan kami, supaya kamu dapat menghadapi orang-orang yang bermegah karena hal-hal lahiriah dan bukan batiniah.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dengan ini kami tidak berusaha memuji-muji diri kami sekali lagi kepada kamu, tetapi kami mau memberi kesempatan kepada kamu untuk memegahkan kami, supaya kamu dapat menghadapi orang-orang yang bermegah karena hal-hal lahiriah dan bukan batiniah.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka tak usah lagi kami menyatakan hal diri kami sendiri kepada kamu, melainkan kami memberi kamu suatu sebab bagi memegahkan pihak kami, supaya dapat kamu menjawab kepada orang yang memegahkan diri dari hal perkara lahir, tetapi bukannya dari hal perkara batin.

Contextual Overview

¹² For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart. ¹³ For yf we be to feruent, to God are we to feruent: Or yf we kepe measure, for your cause kepe we measure. ¹⁴ For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead. ¹⁵ And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we: 2 Corinthians 3:1, 2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 10:12, 2 Corinthians 10:18, 2 Corinthians 12:11, Proverbs 27:2

give: 2 Corinthians 1:14, 2 Corinthians 11:12-16, 2 Corinthians 12:1-9

appearance: Gr. the face, Galatians 6:12-14

Reciprocal: Romans 4:2 - he hath 2 Corinthians 10:7 - ye look 2 Corinthians 12:19 - think Philippians 1:26 - General

Cross-References

Luke 3:37
Whiche was the sonne of Mathusala, whiche was the sonne of Enoch, which was the sonne of Iared, whiche was the sonne of Maleleel, whiche was the sonne of Cainan:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For we commend not ourselves again to you,.... We have no need to do so, being well known to you; nor do we intend it when we thus speak of ourselves, and of our ministrations:

but give you occasion to glory on our behalf; suggest some things to you which you may make use of in our favour, for the vindicating of our characters and conduct:

that you may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart; by whom are meant the false apostles who gloried in an outward show, in their learning, eloquence, and popular applause they had acquired, and not in the sincerity of their hearts, and the testimony of a good conscience, things which the true apostles of Christ were most ambitious of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For we commend not ourselves again unto you - This refers to what he had said in the previous verse. He had there said that he had such a consciousness of integrity that he could appeal to God, and that he was persuaded that the Corinthians also approved his course, or admitted that he was influenced by right motives. He here states the reason why he had said this. It was not to commend himself to them. It was not to boast of his own character, nor was it in order to secure their praise or favor. Some might be disposed to misrepresent all that Paul said of himself, and to suppose that it was said for mere vain-glory, or the love of praise. He tells them, therefore, that his sole aim was necessary self-defense, and in order that they might have the fullest evidence that he, by whom they had been converted, was a true apostle; and that he whom they regarded as their friend and father in the gospel was a man of whom they need not be ashamed.

But give you occasion - This is a very happy turn of expression. The sense is, “You have been converted under my labors. You profess to regard me as your spiritual father and friend. I have no reason to doubt of your attachment to me. Yet you often hear my name slandered, and hear me accused of wanting the evidence of being an apostle, and of being vain-glorious, and self-seeking. I know your desire to vindicate my character, and to show that you are my friends. I, therefore, say these things in regard to myself in order that you may be thus able to show your respect for me, and to vindicate me from the false and slanderous accusations of my enemies. Thus doing, you will be able to answer them; to show that the man whom you thus respect is worthy of your confidence and esteem.”

On your behalf - For your own benefit, or as it were in self-vindication for adhering to me, and evincing attachment to me.

That ye may have somewhat to answer them - That you may be furnished with a ready reply when you are charged with adhering to a man who has no claims to the apostleship, or who is slandered in any other way.

Which glory in appearance - The false teachers in Corinth. Probably they boasted of their rank, their eloquence, their talents, their external advantages; but not in the qualities of the heart - in sincerity, honesty, real love for souls. Their consciences would not allow them to do this; and they knew themselves that their boasting was mere vain pretence, and that there was no real and solid ground for it. The margin is, “in the face.” The meaning is, probably, that their ground of boasting was external, and was such as can be seen of people, and was not rather the secret consciousness of right, which could exist only in the conscience and the heart. Paul, on the other hand, gloried mainly in his sincerity, his honesty, his desire for their salvation; in his conscious integrity before God; and not in any mere external advantages or professions, in his rank, eloquence, or talent. Accordingly, all his argument here turns on his sincerity, his conscious uprightness, and his real regard for their welfare. And the truth taught here is, that sincerity and conscious integrity are more valuable than any or all external advantages and endowments.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 5:12. For we commend not ourselves? — I do not say these things to bespeak your good opinion, to procure your praise; but to give you an occasion to glory - to exult on our behalf; and to furnish you with an answer to all those who either malign us or our ministry, and who only glory in appearance - have no solid ground of exultation, and whose heart is dishonest and impure. St. Paul probably speaks here concerning the false apostle, who had been dividing the Church and endeavouring to raise a party to himself, by vilifying both the apostle and his doctrine.