2 Korintus 12:19

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Sudah lama agaknya kamu menyangka, bahwa kami hendak membela diri di depan kamu. Di hadapan Allah dan demi Kristus kami berkata: semua ini, saudara-saudaraku yang kekasih, terjadi untuk membangun iman kamu.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sudah lama agaknya kamu menyangka, bahwa kami hendak membela diri di depan kamu. Di hadapan Allah dan demi Kristus kami berkata: semua ini, saudara-saudaraku yang kekasih, terjadi untuk membangun iman kamu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sudah lama kamu menyangka, bahwa kami menyungguhkan diri kepada kamu. Di hadapan Allah kami berkata-kata di dalam Kristus. Tetapi sekaliannya itu, hai kekasih, akan meneguhkan imanmu.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ I am become a foole [in] gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng, ¹² Truely the signes of an Apostle were wrought among you, in all patience, and signes, and wonders, and myghtie deedes. ¹³ For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except [it be] that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong. ¹⁴ Beholde, nowe the thirde tyme I am redy to come vnto you, and yet wyll I not be chargeable vnto you: For I seke not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay vp for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the chyldren. ¹⁵ I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne. ¹⁶ But be it, [that] I was not chargeable vnto you: Neuerthelesse, when I was craftie, I caught you with guile. ¹⁷ Dyd I pyll you by any of them who I sent vnto you? ¹⁸ I desired Titus, and with hym I sent a brother: Dyd Titus defraude you of any thyng? Haue we not walked in the same spirite? not in the same steppes? ¹⁹ Agayne, thynke you that we excuse our selues vnto you? We speake in Christ in the syght of God: but [we do] all thinges dearely beloued, for your edifiyng. ²⁰ For I feare lest when I come, I shall not fynde you such as I woulde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you, such as ye woulde not: lest there be debates, enuyinges, wrathes, strifes, backbitinges, whisperinges, swellinges, & seditions:

Bible Verse Review
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think: 2 Corinthians 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:12

we speak: 2 Corinthians 11:10, 2 Corinthians 11:31, Romans 9:1

but: 2 Corinthians 5:13, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 1 Corinthians 9:12-23, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Corinthians 14:26

dearly: 2 Corinthians 12:15, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Romans 12:19, 1 Corinthians 10:14, Philippians 4:1

Reciprocal: John 8:14 - yet Acts 9:31 - were edified Acts 22:1 - my Romans 8:37 - Nay 1 Corinthians 4:6 - for 1 Corinthians 4:14 - write 1 Corinthians 10:23 - edify Galatians 1:10 - do I seek Ephesians 4:12 - the edifying 1 Thessalonians 5:11 - and edify

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Again, think you that we excuse ourselves to you?.... The apostle would not have the Corinthians imagine, that by what he had said once and again in this epistle, he meant to excuse himself from coming to them, for he really and sincerely intended it; or that by this long defence of himself against the false apostles, he designed so much an apology for himself, or that he used any feigned words, or artful methods, to exculpate himself from any charge against him, particularly that of covetousness just mentioned; for he had no view to cover himself by studied apologies, and set orations, and evade anything exhibited against him, and make himself look innocent when guilty; it was not with any such intention he had dwelt so long on this subject:

we speak before God in Christ; in all sincerity and uprightness of soul, without colour, guile, or deceit, calling God and Christ to witness the truth of what was said; the apostle spoke all he did, as in the presence of the omniscient God; and as one in Christ, and a preacher of his Gospel, that would not deliver an untruth knowingly, for the whole world:

but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edification; it was not for himself so much, for his own credit, reputation, and glory, he did what he did; had this been the case, he would not have said the half part of what he had; but it was for their sake, out of love to them, that they might be built up and established in the faith of the Gospel, and not be carried away with the error of the wicked.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? - see the note on 2 Corinthians 5:12. The sense is, Do not suppose that this is said from mere anxiety to obtain your favor, or to ingratiate ourselves into your esteem. This is said doubtless to keep himself from the suspicion of being actuated by improper motives. He had manifested great solicitude certainly in the previous chapter to vindicate his character; but he here says that it was not from a mere desire to show them that his conduct was right; it was from a desire to honor Christ.

We speak before God in Christ - We declare the simple and undisguised truth as in the presence of God. I have no mere desire to palliate my conduct; I disguise nothing; I conceal nothing; I say nothing for the mere purpose of self-vindication, but I can appeal to the Searcher of hearts for the exact truth of all that I say. The phrase “before God in Christ,” means probably, “I speak as in the presence of God, and as a follower of Christ, as a Christian man.” It is the solemn appeal of a Christian to his God for the truth of what he said, and a solemn asseveration that what he said was not for the mere purpose of excusing or apologizing for (the sense of the Greek) his conduct.

But we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying - All that I have done has been for your welfare. My vindication of my character, and my effort to disabuse you of your prejudices, has been that you might have unwavering confidence in the gospel and might be built up in holy faith. On the word “edify,” see the Romans 14:19 note; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 10:23 notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 19. Think ye that we excuse ourselves — απολογουμεθα; That we make an apology for our conduct; or, that I have sent Titus and that brother to you because I was ashamed or afraid to come myself?

We speak before God in Christ — I have not done so; I speak the truth before God; he is judge whether I was actuated in this way by any sinister or unworthy motive.

For your edifying. — Whatever I have done in this or any other way, I have done for your edifying; not for any emolument to myself or friends.