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Corinthians 3:2"> 2 Nuestras letras sois vosotros, escritas en nuestros corazones, sabidas y le�das de todos los hombres; Corinthians 3:3"> 3 Siendo manifiesto que sois letra de Cristo administrada de nosotros, escrita no con tinta, mas con el Esp�ritu del Dios vivo; no en tablas de piedra, sino en tablas de carne del coraz�n. Corinthians 3:4"> 4 Y tal confianza tenemos por Cristo para con Dios: Corinthians 3:5"> 5 No que seamos suficientes de nosotros mismos para pensar algo como de nosotros mismos, sino que nuestra suficiencia es de Dios; Corinthians 3:6"> 6 El cual asimismo nos hizo ministros suficientes de un nuevo pacto: no de la letra, mas del esp�ritu; porque la letra mata, mas el esp�ritu vivifica. Corinthians 3:7"> 7 Y si el ministerio de muerte en la letra grabado en piedras, fu� con gloria, tanto que los hijos de Israel no pudiesen poner los ojos en la faz de Mois�s � causa de la gloria de su rostro, la cual hab�a de perecer, Corinthians 3:8"> 8 �C�mo no ser� m�s bien con gloria el ministerio del esp�ritu? Corinthians 3:9"> 9 Porque si el ministerio de condenaci�n fu� con gloria, mucho m�s abundar� en gloria el ministerio de justicia. Corinthians 3:10"> 10 Porque aun lo que fu� glorioso, no es glorioso en esta parte, en comparaci�n de la excelente gloria. Corinthians 3:11"> 11 Porque si lo que perece tuvo gloria, mucho m�s ser� en gloria lo que permanece. Corinthians 3:12"> 12 As� que, teniendo tal esperanza, hablamos con mucha confianza; Corinthians 3:13"> 13 Y no como Mois�s, que pon�a un velo sobre su faz, para que los hijos de Israel no pusiesen los ojos en el fin de lo que hab�a de ser abolido. Corinthians 3:14"> 14 Empero los sentidos de ellos se embotaron; porque hasta el d�a de hoy les queda el mismo velo no descubierto en la lecci�n del antiguo testamento, el cual por Cristo es quitado. Corinthians 3:15"> 15 Y aun hasta el d�a de hoy, cuando Mois�s es le�do, el velo est� puesto sobre el coraz�n de ellos. Corinthians 3:16"> 16 Mas cuando se convirtieren al Se�or, el velo se quitar�. Corinthians 3:17"> 17 Porque el Se�or es el Esp�ritu; y donde hay el Esp�ritu del Se�or, all� hay libertad. Corinthians 3:18"> 18 Por tanto, nosotros todos, mirando � cara descubierta como en un espejo la gloria del Se�or, somos transformados de gloria en gloria en la misma semejanza, como por el Esp�ritu del Se�or.
�Comenzamos otra vez a recomendarnos a nosotros mismos? �O tenemos necesidad como algunos, de cartas de recomendaci�n para vosotros, o de recomendaci�n de vosotros?
�Comenzamos otra vez a alabarnos a nosotros mismos? �O tenemos necesidad, como algunos, de letras de recomendaci�n para vosotros, o de recomendaci�n de vosotros para otros ?
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
begin: 2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 5:12, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 10:12, 2 Corinthians 12:11, 2 Corinthians 12:19, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 10:33
epistles: Acts 18:27, 1 Corinthians 16:3
Reciprocal: Romans 15:18 - which Romans 16:1 - commend 1 Corinthians 9:2 - for 2 Corinthians 10:14 - we stretch not 2 Corinthians 10:18 - not 2 Corinthians 13:3 - which Galatians 1:1 - but
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Do we begin again to commend ourselves?.... The apostle having asserted that he and his fellow ministers always triumphed in Christ, and made manifest the savour of his knowledge in every place; were a sweet savour of Christ to God, did not corrupt the word of God, as some did, but sincerely and faithfully preached Christ; some might insinuate from hence, that he was guilty of arrogance and vain glory; wherefore to remove such a charge, or prevent its being brought, he asks, "do we begin again to commend ourselves?" we do not; what we say, we say honestly, sincerely, in the simplicity of our hearts, without any view to our own glory and applause among men, or for any worldly profit and advantage, or to ingratiate ourselves into your affections; we have no such views: some read these words without an interrogation, "we do begin again to commend ourselves"; as we have done already, in this and the former epistles; and as it is but just and right that we should vindicate our characters, support our good name and reputation, and secure and maintain our credit, which some would maliciously deprive us of:
though we have no need, as some others, of epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you; our persons, characters, and usefulness are too well known, to require commendatory letters front others to you, or from you to others. The false apostles are here struck at, whose practice it was to get letters of commendation from place to place; which they carried about and made use of for their temporal advantage, having nothing truly good and excellent in them to recommend them to others. The apostle does not hereby condemn letters of recommendation, which in proper cases may be very lawfully given, and a good use be made of them; only that he and other Gospel ministers were so well known, as to stand in no need of them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Do we begin again - This is designed evidently to meet an objection. He had been speaking of his triumph in the ministry 2 Corinthians 2:14, and of his sincerity and honesty, as contrasted with the conduct of many who corrupted the Word of God, 2 Corinthians 2:17. It might be objected that he was magnifying himself in these statements, and designed to commend himself in this manner to the Corinthians. To this he replies in the following verses.
To commend ourselves? - To recommend ourselves; do we speak this in our own praise, in order to obtain your favor.
Or need we, as some others - Probably some who had brought letters of recommendation to them from Judea. The false teachers at Corinth had been originally introduced there by commendatory letters from abroad. These were letters of introduction, and were common among the Greeks, the Romans, and the Jews, as they are now. They were usually given to persons who were about to travel, as there were no inns. and as travelers were dependent on the hospitality of those among whom they traveled.
Of commendation from you - To other congregations. It is implied here by Paul, that he sought no such letter; that he traveled without them; and that he depended on his zeal, and self-denial, and success to make him known, and to give him the affections of those to whom he ministered - a much better recommendation than mere introductory letters. Such letters were, however, sometimes given by Christians, and are by no means improper, Acts 18:27. Yet, they do not appear to have been sought or used by the apostles generally. They depended on their miraculous endowments, and on the attending grace of God to make them known.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER III.
The apostle shows, in opposition to his detractors, that the
faith and salvation of the Corinthians were sufficient
testimony of his Divine mission; that he needed no letters of
recommendation, the Christian converts at Corinth being a
manifest proof that he was an apostle of Christ, 1-3.
He extols the Christian ministry, as being infinitely more
excellent than that of Moses, 4-12.
Compares the different modes of announcing the truth under the
law and under the Gospel: in the former it was obscurely
delivered; and the veil of darkness, typified by the veil which
Moses wore, is still on the hearts of the Jews; but when they
turn to Christ this veil shall be taken away, 13-16.
On the contrary, the Gospel dispensation is spiritual; leads to
the nearest views of heavenly things; and those who receive it
are changed into the glorious likeness of God by the agency of
his Spirit, 17, 18.
NOTES ON CHAP. III.
Verse 2 Corinthians 3:1. Do we begin again to commend ourselves — By speaking thus of our sincerity, Divine mission, c., is it with a design to conciliate your esteem, or ingratiate ourselves in your affections? By no means.
Or need we - epistles of commendation — Are we so destitute of ministerial abilities and Divine influence that we need, in order to be received in different Churches, to have letters of recommendation? Certainly not. God causes us to triumph through Christ in every place and your conversion is such an evident seal to our ministry as leaves no doubt that God is with us.
Letters of commendation — Were frequent in the primitive Church; and were also in use in the apostolic Church, as we learn from this place. But these were, in all probability, not used by the apostles; their helpers, successors, and those who had not the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, needed such letters and they were necessary to prevent the Churches from being imposed on by false teachers. But when apostles came, they brought their own testimonials, the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit.
