2 Corinthians 1:14
in 2 Corinthians 1as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
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ASV
as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
KJV
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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This verse in 2 Corinthians 1
Commentary
13 notes on this verseHave acknowledged us in part - Απο μερους may signify here not in part, but some of you; and it is evident, from the distracted state of the Corinthians, and the opposition raised there against the apostle, that it was only a part of them that did acknowledge him, and receive and profit by his epistles and advice. We are your rejoicing, etc. - You boast of us as the ministers of Christ through whom ye have believed; as we boast of you as genuine converts to the Christian faith, and worthy members of the Church of God.
This site's exposition
Our conscience testifies
on 2 Corinthians 1:12-14
Our conscience testifies, Paul writes, and his defense against the rival teachers opens with how he has lived. He lived in the holiness and sincerity that are from God, in the grace of God.
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already understood us in part
Paul says the Corinthians have already understood us in part, which may mean that only part of the church yet stood with him. The boasting on both sides waits for the day of our Lord Jesus.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
A commentator
Theodoret of CyrusCOMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 292 · Written before 458.
proposed
Paul says that the Corinthians have understood only in part, because they have not yet rejected the false accusations which had been made against him.
"For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge." For since he spoke great things of himself and seemed to be bearing witness to himself, an odious thing, he again appeals to them as witnesses of what he says. For, he saith, let no one think that what I say is a boastful flourish of writing; for we declare unto you what yourselves know; and that we lie not ye more than all others can bear us witness. For, when ye read, ye acknowledge that what ye know that we perform in our actions, this we say also in our writings, and your testimony doth not contradict our epistles; but the knowledge which ye had before of us is in harmony with your reading. "As also ye did acknowledge us in part." For your knowledge of us, he saith, is not from hearsay but from actual experience. The words "in part" he added from humility. For this is his wont, when necessity constraineth him to say any high-sounding thing, (for he never doth so otherwise,) as desiring quickly to repress again the elation arising from what he had said. "And I hope ye will acknowledge even to the end." Seest thou again how from the past he draws pledges for the future; and not from the past only, but also from the power of God? For he affirmed not absolutely, but cast the whole upon God and his hope in Him. "That we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." Here he cuts at the root of the envy that his speech might occasion, by making them sharers and partners in the glory of his good works. […]
Paul asserts that his boasting over his obedient children is noticed and that this will be to their advantage on the day of judgment.
The Medieval Church2 voices
The reason for this is that when we see someone starting well, we should hope that he will always progress well. And why? Because "he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6). …
He places everything upon God. I hope, he says, in God that you know us to be such as our epistles and our past life show us to be. "As also you have acknowledged us in part," that is, you know from experience, because we …
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
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Ye have acknowledged us in part - Though not so fully as ye will do. That we are you rejoicing - That ye rejoice in having known us. As ye also are ours - As we also rejoice in the success of our labours among you; and we trust shall rejoice therein in the day of the Lord Jesus.
As also you have acknowledged us in part,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hence arises the difference of tone in different parts of this Epistle. See Introduction. your rejoicing--your subject of glorying or boast. "Are" (not merely shall be) implies the present recognition of one another as a subject of mutual glorying: that glorying being about to be realized in its fulness "in the day (of the coming) of the Lord Jesus."
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
As also ye have acknowledged us - You have had occasion to admit my singleness of aim, and purity of intention and of life by your former acquaintance with me; and you have cheerfully done it. “In part” (ἀπὸ μέρους apo merous). Tyndale renders this: “as ye have found us partly.” The sense seems to be, “as part of you acknowledge;” meaning that a portion of the church was ready to concede to him the praise of consistency and uprightness, though there was a faction, or a part that denied it. That we are your rejoicing - That we are your joy, and your boasting. That is, you admit me to be an apostle. You regard me as your teacher, and guide. You recognize my authority, and acknowledge the benefits which you have received through me. Even as ye also are ours - Or, as you will be our rejoicing in the day when the Lord Jesus shall come to gather his people to himself. Then it will be seen that you were saved by our ministry; and then it will be an occasion of abundant and eternal thanksgiving to God that you were converted by our labors. And as you now regard it as a matter of congratulation and thanksgiving that you have such teachers as we are, so shall we regard it as a matter of congratulation and thanksgiving - as our chief joy - that we were the instruments of saving such a people. The expression implies that there was mutual confidence, mutual love, and mutual cause of rejoicing. It is well when ministers and people have such confidence in each other, and have occasion to regard their connection as a mutual cause of rejoicing and of καύχημα kauchēma or boasting.
The words behind it
21 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καθὼς | kathos | even as | G2531 → | 182 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐπέγνωτε | epegnote | you have understood | G1921 → | 44 times |
| ἡμᾶς | hemas | us | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| ἀπὸ | apo | in | G575 → | 640 times |
| μέρους | merous | part | G3313 → | 42 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| καύχημα | kauchema | boasting | G2745 → | 11 times |
| ὑμῶν | humon | of you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἐσμεν, | esmen | we are, | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| καθάπερ | kathaper | even as | G2509 → | 13 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | you [are] | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἡμῶν | hemon | ours | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῇ | tea | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἡμέρᾳ | hemera | day | G2250 → | 389 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| ἡμῶν | hemon | of us | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| Ἰησοῦ.¶ | iesou | Jesus. | G2424 → | 908 times |
καθὼςeven as
kathosG2531 →182 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐπέγνωτεyou have understood
epegnoteG1921 →44 times
ἡμᾶςus
hemasG3165 →1936 times
ἀπὸin
apoG575 →640 times
μέρουςpart
merousG3313 →42 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
καύχημαboasting
kauchemaG2745 →11 times
ὑμῶνof you
humonG4771 →2973 times
ἐσμεν,we are,
esmenG1510 →2333 times
καθάπερeven as
kathaperG2509 →13 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὑμεῖςyou [are]
humeisG4771 →2973 times
ἡμῶνours
hemonG3165 →1936 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῇthe
teaG3588 →19766 times
ἡμέρᾳday
hemeraG2250 →389 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κυρίουLord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἡμῶνof us
hemonG3165 →1936 times
Ἰησοῦ.¶Jesus.
iesouG2424 →908 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13
so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Colossians 1:22
But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Jude 1:24–25
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13
Through
Philippians 1:10so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
- Romans 2:18
if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES; Charles Hodge, An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily 3 on 2 Corinthians; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 292; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 2 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 2 Corinthians.