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**Verse 1**
*Am base.* This expression is supposed to refer to some personal peculiarities of the apostle, such as have often characterized men of uncommon intellect, and which are more distinctly alluded to in [2 Corinthians 10:10](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/10/10).

**Verse 2**
*That I may not be bold;* that I may not have cause to be bold.--*Confidence;* severity.--*Walked according to the flesh;* acted in an unchristian manner.

**Verse 3**
*Walk in the flesh;* have our sphere of labor and warfare in this world.

**Verse 6**
*To revenge;* to condemn and punish.

**Verse 10**
*Say they;* that is, the enemies of Paul among the Corinthians.--*His bodily presence,* &c. Tradition states that Paul was small of stature, pale and emaciated in countenance, and of a form bent and unsymmetrical. This seems to have been made matter of reproach against him by his enemies.

**Verse 13**
*The measure of the rule;* the extent of the commission.

**Verse 14**
*Beyond our measure;* beyond our proper sphere.

**Verse 15**
*That we shall be enlarged by you,* &c. The meaning, is that, when their faith was established, he hoped that, through their instrumentality, there would be an extension of the kingdom of Christ into the surrounding regions.

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