2 CORINTHIANS 3:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:”
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold — Paul's courage (parrēsia, frank speech) is grounded in the permanence of the Spirit's work. He will speak truth without fear or compromise.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3:12
“Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech.” For since when he had heard so many and so great things concerning the New [Covenant,] the hearer would be desirous of seeing this glory manifested to the eye, mark whither he hurls him, [even] to the world to come. Wherefore also he brought forward the “hope,” saying, “Having therefore such a hope.” Such? Of what nature? That we have been counted worthy of greater things than Moses; not we the Apostles only,…
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