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2 Corinthians 2:10
To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also; for if I forgave anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ,
To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also; for if I forgave anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ,
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:10. _TO WHOM YE FORGIVE ANY THING_] Here he farther shows them that his sole object in the punishment inflicted on the transgressor, was his amendment and therefore promises to _...
TO WHOM YE FORGIVE ANYTHING - The sense here is, “I have confidence in you as a Christian society and such confidence, that if you forgive an offence in one of your members, I shall approve the act, a...
3. HIS DEEP EXERCISE CONCERNING THEM. YET OVERCOMING. CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Burden of his Soul. (2 Corinthians 2:1 .)_ 2. Concerning the Brother who had been Disciplined. (2 Corinthians 2:5 .) 3. Over...
Someone in the congregation at Corinth who had done wrong is now to be forgiven. There are still some scholars who think that the person here referred to is the same as the wrong-doer of 1 Corinthians...
WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
If anyone has caused grief, it is not I whom he has grieved, but to some extent--not to overstress the situation--all of you. To such a man the punishment that has been imposed by the majority is suff...
I FORGIVE ALSO. also forgive. FOR YOUR SAKE. Literally on account of (Greek. _dia_. App-104. 2 Corinthians 2:2) you. PERSON. face, i.e. eight, or presence. CHRIST. App-98....
_To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also_ St Paul is here exercising the power of the keys (see Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18; John 20:23). He is not speaking of any private forgiveness of a perso...
5–11. Having vindicated himself with regard to the charge of levity (2 Corinthians 1:15 to 2 Corinthians 2:4), he now goes on to vindicate his treatment of the grievous offender. It used to be assumed...
Δ ΚΕΧΆΡΙΣΜΑΙ ΕἼ ΤΙ ΚΕΧΆΡΙΣΜΑΙ (אABCFGO) rather than εἴ τι κεχάρισμαι ᾦ κεχάρισμαι (DKL). εἴ τι κεχάρισμαι is too well attested to be rejected as a gloss. 10. ὮΙ ΔΈ ΤΙ ΧΑΡΊΖΕΣΘΕ, ΚἈΓΏ. The δέ is ignore...
_LEST SATAN GET AN ADVANTAGE 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5-11:_ Paul realized that he was not the only one that had been made to feel bad by the fornicator in the church. Here Paul does not mention specifically t...
ΧΑΡΊΖΕΣΘΕ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΧΑΡΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G5483) дружелюбно относиться к кому-л. (_см._ 2 Corinthians 2:7). ΚΕΧΆΡΙΣΜΑΙ _perf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΧΑΡΊΖΟΜΑΙ. _Perf._ обозначает длительное сос...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The One Who Caused Sorrow Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 2:5-11. But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Discord (2 Corinthians 2:1-11) 2 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I...
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Another encouragement to their restoring the off...
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...
2:10 forgiven, (a-15) forgiven (a-19) The perfect tense. he had done it, but it continued as a present thing....
PARAPHRASE. 'I forgive any one whom you forgive; for I have no personal feeling in the matter, and it is only for your sakes that I speak of forgiveness at all, and I forgive in the spirit of Christ....
IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST] either (1) as in His sight, or (2) as in His place, or (3) as having Christ living in me: cp. 2 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Corinthians 2:17....
_(B) 2:8-13. THE OBJECT AND RESULTS OF THE SEVERE LETTER_ The Apostle reminds them that to produce this godly sorrow was the object of the letter he wrote before. He then speaks of one man who has cau...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 CH1V23 God is my witness. I did not return to Corinth in order to save you from a difficult situation. V24 We are not t...
TO WHOM YE FORGIVE ANY THING, I FORGIVE ALSO. — The procedure of 1 Corinthians 5:3 is again, obviously, in his mind. Though absent in body, he had made himself a sharer spiritually in that censure. He...
CHAPTER 6 CHURCH DISCIPLINE. 2 Corinthians 2:5 (R.V) IN verses 5-11 2 Corinthians 2:5 of this Epistle, St. Paul said a great deal about sorrow, the sorrow he felt on the one hand, and the sorrow he...
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 app...
THE OFFENDER HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY PUNISHED: THE APOSTLE ACQUIESCES IN THEIR REMISSION OF THE PENALTY OF 1 Corinthians 5:1-5....
ᾧ δέ τι χαρίζεσθε κ. τ. λ.: _but to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also; for what I also have forgiven_ (_if I have forgiven anything_) _for your sakes have I forgiven it in the face of Christ_....
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
What a remarkable light is thrown on his first letter by his declaration that he wrote it "out of much affliction and anguish of heart," and "with many tears." Referring thus to his first letter, Paul...
DISCIPLINE THAT WORKED Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth in an effort to get them to change. Specifically, he was concerned that they were tolerating sin. He directed them to withdr...
To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I it] in the (h) person of Christ; (h) Truly, and from the heart....
I also. The apostle here granted an indulgence, or pardon, in the person, and by the authority of Christ, to the incestuous Corinthian, whom before he had put under penance: which pardon consisted in...
(1) But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. (2) For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? (3) And...
10._To whom ye forgive_. That he might the more readily appease them, he added his vote in support of the pardon extended by them. (326) “Do not hesitate to forgive: I promise that I shall confirm wha...
But had there been any lightness in his decisions, since, as he now informed them, he had intended to visit them on his way to Macedonia (where he was at the moment of writing this letter), and then a...
TO WHOM YE FORGIVE ANYTHING, I FORGIVE ALSO,.... This may extend to the forgiveness of any person, in any case; either in time past, or at the present time, or in time to come; though it has a particu...
To whom ye forgive any thing, I _forgive_ also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave _it_, for your sakes _forgave I it_ in the person of Christ; Ver. 10. _To whom ye forgive_] Or, gratify....
_Sufficient to such a man_ With what remarkable tenderness does the apostle treat this offender! He never once mentions his name, nor does he here so much as mention his crime; but speaks of him in th...
FOR IF I FORGAVE-FORGAVE I IT; or, For if I have forgiven any thing, to whomsoever I have forgiven it, it is for your sakes. As the punishment had in view their profit, not the gratification of his ow...
These first few verses are a continuation of chapter 1. Paul had purposed that he would not come to the Corinthians "in heaviness," and for this reason delayed his visit. For his First Epistle was suc...
THE PERSON: Or, in the sight...
5-11 The apostle desires them to receive the person who had done wrong, again into their communion; for he was aware of his fault, and much afflicted under his punishment. Even sorrow for sin should...
OLBGrk; The word so often repeated in this verse, and translated FORGIVE, is carizomai, which signifies to give, or gratify, or do a kindness, as well as to forgive; so as it needeth not always to be...
But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it in the presence of Christ;...
Cyprian Epistle XII privilege with God, if they should be seized with any misfortune and peril of sickness, should, without waiting for my presence, before any presbyter who might be present, or if a...
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‘But to whom you forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the presence of Christ, so that no advantage may be gained over u...
2 Corinthians 2:10. BUT TO WHOM YE FORGIVE ANY THING, I FORGIVE ALSO: ‘As your excommunication, in my absence, yet by my instructions, was mine, so will your restoration be,' FOR WHAT I ALSO HAVE FORG...
IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST (εν προσωπω Χριστου). More exactly, "in the presence of Christ," before Christ, in the face of Christ. Cf. ενωπιον του θεου (2 Corinthians 4:2) in the eye of God, ενωπιον Κυ...
CONTENTS: Forgiving those who have fallen into sin. The ministry of the Christian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus, an erring brother, Satan. CONCLUSION: When a brother is truly penitent for hi...
2 Corinthians 2:1. _But I determined that I would not come again to you in heaviness;_ but rather wait till the late scandal should subside. The offender, a man no doubt much known in the city, had la...
WHEN YOU FORGIVE. They had joined with Paul in punishing the offender, now Paul joins with them in forgiving the man. IF, INDEED, I NEED. "You as the messianic community must do the forgiving. I, Paul...
_But if any have caused grief _ THE AIM OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE is in the last resort the restoration of the fallen. The Church has, of course, an interest of its own to guard i it is bound to protest...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5 The majority in Corinth had expressed their repentance by punishing the leader of the rebellion against Paul. Paul now calls them to follow his own Christlike e...
CHAPTER 2 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He declares that he had not come to them through fear of causing sadness to himself and to them. II. He exhorts them (ver. 6) to re-admit the fornicator, on his...
_To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also._ You have asked through Titus that he may be forgiven, and I make the same request of you. So Theodoret explains these words. Cf. also chap. vii. 7. It is...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ (_N.B_.—_The paragraph really begins at_ 2 Corinthians 1:23.) 2 Corinthians 1:1. DETERMINED.—As in 1 Corinthians 2:2. FOR MYSELF.—So R.V., meaning, “For m
EXPOSITION Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus (2 Corinthians 2:1). Their treatment of the incestuous offender (2 Corinthians 2:5). His thankfulness at the news whi...
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness (2 Corinthians 2:1). "I wrote a heavy letter to you, but I was determined that I wasn't going to come again in heavi...
1 Corinthians 5:4; 2 Corinthians 5:20; John 20:23; Matthew 18:18...
In the person [ε ν π ρ ο σ ω π ω]. Better, as Rev., in margin, presence; or face, as if Christ were looking on. See on ch. 2 Corinthians 1:11....
To whom ye forgive — He makes no question of their complying with his direction. Anything — So mildly does he speak even of that heinous sin, after it was repented of. In the person of Christ — By the...