2 Corinteni 10:2

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

-vă rog, dar, să nu mă faceţi ca, atunci cînd voi fi de faţă, să alerg cu hotărîre la îndrăzneala aceea, pe care am de gînd s'o întrebuinţez împotriva unora, cari îşi închipuiesc că noi sîntem mînaţi de firea pămîntească.

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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

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.