2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion The benediction proves the Divine Trinity in unity. "The grace of ... Christ" comes first, for only by it we come to "the love of God" the Father (). God was first revealed to man in Christ (). The variety in the order of Persons proves that 'in this Trinity none is afore or after other' ('Athanasian Creed'). COMMUNION - joint fellowship or participation in the same Holy Spirit, which joins in one Catholic Church, His temple, Jews and Gentiles. Whoever has 'the fellowship of the Holy Spirit' has also 'the grace of our Lord Jesus,' and "the love of God," and vice versa; for the three are inseparable, as the three Persons of the Trinity, The doctrine was not revealed fully until Christ came, and the whole sche...

14._The grace of the Lord Jesus. _He closes the Epistle with a prayer, which contains three clauses, in which the sum of our salvation consists. In the _first _place, he desires for them the _grace of Christ; secondly, _the _love of God; _and, _thirdly, _the _communion of the Spirit _The term _grace _does not here mean unmerited favor, but is taken by metonymy, to denote the whole benefit of redemption. The order, however, may appear to be here inverted, because the _love of God _is placed _second, _while it is the source of that grace, and hence it is _first _in order. I answer, that the arrangement of terms in the Scriptures is not always so very exact; but, at the same time, this order, too, corresponds with the common form of doctrine, which is contained in the Scriptures — that when we were enemies to God, we were reconciled by the death of hi

11-14 Here are several good exhortations. God is the Author of peace and Lover of concord; he hath loved us, and is willing to be at peace with us. And let it be our constant aim so to walk, that separation from our friends may be only for a time, and that we may meet in that happy world where parting will be unknown. He wishes that they may partake all the benefits which Christ of his free grace and favour has purchased; the Father out of his free love has purposed; and the Holy Ghost applies and bestows....

Verse 2 Corinthians 13:14. _THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST_] All the _favour_ and _beneficence_ that come _from_ and _through_ the Redeemer of the world; as the LORD, the _ruler_ and _governor_ of all things; as JESUS, the _Saviour_ of all men by his passion and death; as _Christ_, the distributer of all that Divine _unction_ which enlightens, comforts, harmonizes, and purifies the mind. May this most exalted, glorious, and all-sufficient Saviour, be ever with you! _AND THE LOVE OF GOD_] GOD, your _Maker_, in that infinite love which induced him to create the world, and form man in his own image and in his own likeness, that he might be capable of knowing, loving, and enjoying him for ever; and God in the fullest manifestations of that love which caused him to give his only begotten Son,

THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST - see the note, Romans 16:20. This verse contains what is usually called the apostolic benediction - the form which has been so long, and which is almost so universally used, in dismissing religious assemblies. It is properly a prayer, and it is evident that the optative εἴῃ eiē, “May the grace,” etc., is to be supplied. It is the expression of a desire that the favors here referred to may descend on all for whom they are thus invoked. AND THE LOVE OF GOD - May the love of God toward you be manifest. This must refer especially to the Father, as the Son and the Holy Spirit are mentioned in the other members of the sentence. The “love of God” here referred to is the manifestation of his goodness and favor in the pardon of sin, i

CONCLUDING APPEALS AND EXHORTATIONS, EXPOSITION 2 CORINTHIANS 13:1 THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I AM COMING TO YOU. I have thrice formed the intention, though the second time I had to forego my plan (2 Corinthians 1:15). IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. The quotation is from Deuteronomy 19:15. It has been explained as a reference to _examinations _which he intended to hold on his arrival at Corinth. It is much more probable that St. Paul is representing his separate visits as separate _attestations _to the truths which he preache

THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.... Meaning either the love of Christ; see 2 Corinthians 8:9 which is the same with that of his Father's, is as early, and of the same nature, being a love of complacency and delight; and which, as it is without beginning, will be without end. This is the ground and foundation of all he has done and underwent for his people; of his becoming their surety; of his incarnation, obedience, sufferings, and death in their room and stead; an interest in which, though they always have, yet they have not always an abiding sense of it with them, which is what the apostle here prays for: or else by the grace of Christ is meant the fulness of grace that is in him as Mediator; which is desired to be with the saints as the object of their trust and dependence; to be strong in, draw living water with joy out of, receive and derive daily from; not forsake it, and he

4. STILL ABSENT - YET COMING. THE CONCLUSION. CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Being Absent; Expecting to Come. (2 Corinthians 13:1 .)_ 2. The Conclusion. (2 Corinthians 13:11 .) He speaks in conclusion of his coming to them. “This third time I am coming to you.” And when he comes again he will not spare them. He reminds them once more of their doubtings about Christ speaking in him and using him as an apostle. They themselves were proof of this. If it were that Christ had not spoken to them through him (by preaching the Gospel), then Christ also did not dwell in them. But if Christ really was in them then it was an evidence that Christ had spoken by him. Notice that part of the third verse and the fourth verse are parenthetical. Leaving out the parenthetical words

The closing verses betray no trace of the passionate anxiety, the mingled self-abasement end self-assertion, which have marked the preceding Chapter s. Their precepts appear to be addressed to a people among whom calm has been established, and so to belong more naturally to chs. 1- 9, the last of Paul's letters to the Corinthians. [107] [107] 2 Corinthians 2:3 seems to presuppose 2 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 1:23 looks back to 2 Corinthians 13:2; 2 Corinthians 2:9 and...

A WARNING, A WISH, A HOPE AND A BLESSING (2 Corinthians 13:1-14) 13 For the third time I am coming to you. Everything will be established in the mouth of two or three witnesses. To those who have already sinned and to all others I have already said, and I now say, just as I said it when I was with you on my second visit, now I say it while I am absent, that if I come to you again, I will not spare you. I will take decisive action because you are looking for a proof that Christ really is speaking in me, Christ who is not weak where you are concerned, but who is powerful among you. True, he was crucified in weakness, but he is alive by the power of God. Keep testing yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Keep proving yourselves. Or do you not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you--unless in any way you are rejected? But we pray to God that you should do no evi