2 Corinthians 10:14 BSB

2 Corinthians 10:14

We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

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ASV

For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

KJV

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1107)

Probably, the false apostles and those who went somewhere without any preaching boast of their mere arrival and ascribe everything to themselves. So the apostle says: we do not overextend ourselves, as though we had not reached you, for we reached you not merely, but …

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For we stretch not ourselves beyond - We have not proceeded straight from Macedonia through Thessaly, and across the Adriatic Gulf into Italy, which would have led us beyond you westward; but knowing the mind of our God we left this direct path, and came southward through Greece, down into Achaia, and there we planted the Gospel. The false apostle has therefore got into our province, and entered into our labors, and there boasts as if the conversion of the heathen Achaians had been his own work.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐφικνούμενοι	ephiknoumenoi	reaching	G2185 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ὑπερεκτείνομεν	huperekteinomen	we are overextending	G5239 →
ἑαυτούς·	he'autous	ourselves;	G1438 →
ἄχρι	achri	as far as	G891 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	you	G4771 →
ἐφθάσαμεν	ephthasamen	we came	G5348 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
εὐαγγελίῳ	euangeliō	gospel	G2098 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστοῦ·	Christou	of Christ;	G5547 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
leads to
- Mark 8:38
  If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the…
- 2 Timothy 1:8
  So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
- 1 Peter 4:16
  But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
- 2 Timothy 1:12
  For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have…
Through
2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
leads to
- John 12:40
  “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
- 2 Corinthians 3:14
  But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- Isaiah 6:10
  Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Corinthians

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 2 Corinthians