2 CORINTHIANS 10:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.”
and that we will be able to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another man's territory — Paul's *ambition* (*epithyméō*, desire) to evangelize *beyond* established churches is not *usurpation* but *legitimate expansion*. To boast *en allotríois kópois*, in another's labors, is *precisely what his opponents do*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 10:16
“Not glorying beyond” our “measure,” that is, “in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto further abundance, so as to preach the Gospel even unto the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.” He sets forth a large accusation of them on these grounds, both that they boasted of things without their measure, and of other men's labors; and that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!