2 CORINTHIANS 10:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did come to you with the gospel of Christ — Paul's *metron*, measure, is grounded in *reality*: he *phthánō*, reached/arrived, the Corinthians *first* with the *euangelion*, gospel. Founders possess *peculiar authority* over their foundational communities.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 10:14
“For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in preaching the Gospel of Christ.” Not simply 'we came,' but, 'we announced, we preached, we persuaded, we succeeded.' For it is probable that they having merely come to the disciples of the Apostles, ascribed the whole to themselves, from their bare presence among them. 'But not so we: nor can any one say that we were not able to come as far as to you, and that we…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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