ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 10 v1

BY LETTER AND IN PERSON. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is saying that he is the same person whether present or absent. He refers here to the meekness and gentleness of Christ because he does not want to appear to be harsher in person than in a letter. At the same time, he warns them that he can be severe with them if he has to be and that if they do not put things right in his absence, they may get an unpleasant surprise when he comes. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

HUMBLE BUT BOLD. CHRYSOSTOM: Here Paul is speaking ironically, using the words of his critics to good effect. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 21.1.

DEFLECTING THE JUDAIZERS. THEODORET OF CYR: Some Jewish believers were ordering Gentile converts to follow the law of Moses. They condemned Paul, calling him base and stupid, and claiming that although he kept the law in secret himself, he was prepared to dispense the Gentiles from it publicly, because he thought they were too ignorant to be able to keep it. Paul refutes this charge by reminding the Corinthians of the miracles which he had done among them and of the gifts which they had received because of him. COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 337.

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