13 For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that,
13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
13 For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and acknowledge
13 Don't try to read between the lines or look for hidden meanings in this letter. We're writing plain, unembellished truth, hoping that
13 For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end
13 Our letters have been straightforward, and there is nothing written between the lines and nothing you can't understand. I hope someday you will fully understand us,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Corinthians 1:13
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 1:12-14
(Read 2 Corinthians 1:12-14)
Though, as a sinner, the apostle could only rejoice and glory in Christ Jesus, yet, as a believer, he might rejoice and glory in being really what he professed. Conscience witnesses concerning the steady course and tenor of the life. Thereby we may judge ourselves, and not by this or by that single act. Our conversation will be well ordered, when we live and act under such a gracious principle in the heart. Having this, we may leave our characters in the Lord's hands, but using proper means to clear them, when the credit of the gospel, or our usefulness, calls for it.