2 Corinthians 1:13

We write. Paul has just spoken of his sincerity and purity of intentions. This, he says, can be found in his letters, the present one and the two previous of which we know (see p. 822).

Read ... acknowledge. Gr. anagindsko ... epiginosko, a play on words. Anagindsko denotes the silent or oral reading of words, and epiginosko, an understanding of what is read. There is no hidden meaning in his words, no ambiguity that permits Paul to think one thing while he writes another. The Corinthians had apparently charged him with duplicity, with saying one thing but meaning another. Paul declares that all he has written them has no other meaning than the words appear to have. The report brought by Titus indicated that many of the Corinthian believers had understood Paul correctly. They were not misconstruing his motives. He hoped they would never have occasion to think otherwise.