2 CORINTHIANS 12:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.”
Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening — Paul's entire *apologetic* is *not for self-vindication* but *for the Corinthians' edification*. *Endurance before God* (*enantion tou theou*) grounds apostolic discourse. Every word aims at *oikodomen*, building up.
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