What does 2 Corinthians 1:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth."
Verse 23. _I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL_] The apostle here resumes the subject which he left 2 Corinthians 1:16, and in the most solemn manner calls God to _witness_, and consequently to punis...
MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL - It is well remarked by Rosenmuller, that the second chapter should have commenced here, since there is here a transition in the subject more distinct t...
2. PAUL'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATIONS. CHAPTER 1:8-24 _ 1. His Experience. (2 Corinthians 1:8)_ 2. His Explanations. (2 Corinthians 1:15) The Apostle speaks, first of all, of the trouble he had whe...
2 Corinthians 1:23 to 2 Corinthians 2:4. Paul now states the real and sufficient reason for his apparent vacillation. He had already paid a visit to Corinth (_cf_. 2 Corinthians 13:2) which had been f...
COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
CALL GOD FOR. RECORD. invoke God as. witness. CALL. Greek. _epikaleomai_. See Acts 2:21, Compare Acts 25:11; Acts 25:12; Acts 25:21; Acts 25:25. &c. RECORD. Greek. _martur._ Compare Romans 1:9. UPO...
St Paul's reason for putting off his coming 15. _And in this confidence_ It was the conviction of this community of interest which made St Paul desire to visit Corinth. It was (see 2 Corinthians 1:23...
15–24. The rest of this chapter and part of the next are taken up with the Apostle’s defence of himself against a charge of ‘lightness’ (ἐλαφρία), _i.e._ of not caring for the Corinthians or for his e...
_A DESIRE TO SPARE THEM 2 CORINTHIANS 1:19-24:_ The promises of Jesus and His commandments left no doubt. Therefore, those that preach Him cannot manifest a fickle spirit in their preaching either. Je...
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MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD— Or, _to witness._ Nothing but the great importance of St. Paul's vindicating his character to such a church, would have justified the solemnity of an oath of this ki...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Acrimony (2 Corinthians 1:12-24) 12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness an...
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. MOREOVER I - Greek, 'But I (for my part),' who changed my purpose of coming to you, in contrast to...
21 The operation of God's Spirit is here seen under three distinct figures: the anointing, the seal, and the earnest. Prophets and priests and kings were anointed for their office. They were anointed...
INTRODUCTORY SECTION 2 Corinthians 1:1. Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and gives tha...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT 2 CORINTHIANS AUTHOR Paul wrote the letter called 2 Corinthians. See 2 Corinthians 1:1 and 2 Corinthians 10:1. The letter...
I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD. — Better, _I call upon God as a witness against my soul._ The thought seems to come across St. Paul’s mind that the Corinthians will require a more specific explanation of his...
CHAPTER 5 A PASTOR'S HEART. 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 2:1 (R.V) WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends himself from the charge of levity and untrustworthiness by appe...
ἐγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικ. κ. τ. λ.: _but_ (_sc._, whatever my opponents may say) _I invoke God as a witness against my soul, sc._, if I speak falsely; _cf._ Romans 1:9; Galatians 1:20; Philippians...
TENDER-HEARTED AND FORGIVING 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 2:1 In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:1. His judgment had been strong and stringent,...
The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sal...
GOD'S VERIFICATION OF PAUL'S SINCERITY God had established Paul's sincerity by backing him with signs and miracles. Since God was a promise keeper, He would not support one who was dishonest. God had...
(14) Moreover I call God for a record upon my (z) soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. (14) Now coming to the matter, he swears that he did not lightly alter his purpose of coming...
Now as to my not coming to you, _I call God to witness, that I only deferred my coming out of kindness to you, that I came not hitherto to Corinth, to spare you, when by reason of the disorders among...
(21) Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (22) Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (23) Moreover I call God for a reco...
23._I call God for a witness. _He now begins to assign a reason for his change of purpose; for hitherto he has merely repelled calumny. When, however, he says that _he spared them, _he indirectly thro...
The apostle writes the second Epistle to the Corinthians under the influence of the consolations of Christ consolations experienced when the troubles which came upon him in Asia were at their height;...
MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL,.... The apostle having asserted his stability, both as a minister and a Christian, which, with others, he had from God, appeals to him in the most solem...
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. Ver. 23. _I call God to record_] He purgeth himseff by oath. So those, Joshua 22:22 ....
_Moreover, I call God to record_ As if he had said, That you may believe me in what I am going to affirm, I call God as a witness, _upon_, or against _my soul_ If I do not speak the truth. Was not Pau...
I CALL GOD; to witness the truth of what he said. TO SPARE YOU; to save them from that painful discipline which he might have found necessary, had he visited them in their disorderly state....
God Himself Paul's witness:...
It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
15-24 The apostle clears himself from the charge of levity and inconstancy, in not coming to Corinth. Good men should be careful to keep the reputation of sincerity and constancy; they should not res...
Here is a perfect form of an oath, which is nothing else but a solemn calling of God to witness the truth of what we speak, whether promising or asserting. Those words, UPON MY SOUL, also have the for...
[Having first argued that he could not be guilty of duplicity because of the very nature of his relationships to the true and faithful God, Paul in this section answers the charge more specifically by...
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‘But I call God for a witness on my soul, that to spare you I forbore coming to Corinth.' So why then had Paul failed in his promise to come to Corinth? He calls on God to witness to the truth of wha...
2 Corinthians 1:23. BUT I CALL GOD FOR A WITNESS UPON MY SOUL, THAT TO SPARE YOU (AND FOR THAT REASON ONLY) I FORBARE TO COME UNTO CORINTH. Little would they expect such an explanation, and evidently...
BUT I CALL GOD FOR A WITNESS UPON MY SOUL (Εγω δε μαρτυρα τον θεον επικαλουμα επ την εμην ψυχην). Solemn attestation, "calling heaven to witness is frequent in literature from Homer onwards" (Plumm...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:_ Paul is ver...
CONTENTS: Paul's interest in the Corinthian Christians and his encouragement to them in Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Silvanus. CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's op...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul and Timothy our brother._ It was proper that Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth. _With all the saints which are in Achaia;_ in which peninsula t...
I CALL GOD. We see how important it was to Paul to re-establish the confidence the Corinthians once had in him. He calls God as his witness! IT WAS. Here is the reason why he changed his travel plans....
_I call God for a record … that to spare you I came not as yet to Corinth._ WHY PAUL DID NOT VISIT CORINTH His reasons were-- I. One of mercy: to spare them pain (2 Corinthians 1:23)--to save them...
SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS He consoles the Corinthians, whom in the First Epistle he had sharply rebuked, and absolves the excommunicated fornicator, who was now penitent....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 1:12. REJOICING.—stronger and more correct. Cognate word in Romans 5:2; Romans 5:11, where notice the varying translation; an exultant, sometimes defiantly exultant, joy...
EXPOSITION Address and greeting (2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:2). Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympathetically...
Tonight let's turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 1. The church of Corinth had been a divided church. There was a lot of carnality, a lot of problems in their doctrines that prompted Paul's first epistle,...
1 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 11:31; 2 Corinthians 3:1;...
I call God for a record [τ ο ν θ ε ο ν ε π ι κ α λ ο υ μ α ι]. Rev., better, witness. A common classical idiom. Compare Plato : "Next will follow the choir of young men under the age of thirty, who wi...
I call God for a record upon my soul — Was not St. Paul now speaking by the Spirit? And can a more solemn oath be conceived? Who then can imagine that Christ ever designed to forbid all swearing? That...
In these words, our apostle doth assure the Corinthians in. very solemn manner, that it was not any inconstancy or carnal respect in himself that made him delay his coming to them, but it was purely t...