2 CORINTHIANS 1:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;”
For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we also boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus — Paul claims transparency in his letters (nothing is esoteric or hidden). The Corinthians' growing comprehension of his character is incomplete but will mature, enabling mutual boasting at the eschaton.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 1:13
“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 says, 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 you read, you acknowledge that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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