Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Glorying (kauxhsiv). Act of glorying, while in verse II Corinthians 1:14 kauxhma is the thing boasted of.
The testimony of our conscience (to marturion thv suneidhsewv hmwn). In apposition with kauxhsiv.
Sincerity of God (eilikrineiai tou qeou). Like dikaiosunh qeou (Romans 1:17; Romans 3:21), the God-kind of righteousness. So the God-kind (genitive case) of sincerity. Late word from eilikrinhv. See on I Corinthians 5:8.
Not in fleshly wisdom (ouk en sofiai sarkikh). See on I Corinthians 1:17; I Corinthians 2:4, I Corinthians 2:13 f. Paul uses sarkikov five times and it occurs only twice elsewhere in N.T. See on I Corinthians 3:3.
We behaved ourselves (anestrafhmen). Second aorist passive indicative of anastrefw, old verb, to turn back, to turn back and forth, to walk. Here the passive is used as in late Greek as if middle.
More abundantly to you-ward (perissoterwv prov umav). They had more abundant opportunity to observe how scrupulous Paul was (Acts 18:11).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 1:12:
Acts 18:27
Romans 2:15
2 Corinthians 10:4
Ephesians 2:3
Colossians 3:16
1 Timothy 3:15
Hebrews 10:33
Hebrews 12:10
1 Peter 1:17
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