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2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place.
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place.
Verse 14. _NOW, THANKS_ BE _UNTO GOD_] His coming dispelled all my fears, and was the cause of the highest satisfaction to my mind; and filled my heart with gratitude to God, who is the Author of all...
NOW THANKS BE UNTO GOD ... - There seem to have been several sources of Paul’s joy on this occasion. The principal was, his constant and uniform success in endeavoring to advance the interests of the...
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...
This will complete the joyful reconciliation already accomplished. Paul had found himself at Troas, restless and uneasy till he heard the result of his letter to Corinth. Even the great opportunity fo...
WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
When we had come to Troas to tell the good news of Christ, even when a door of opportunity stood open to us in the Lord, I had no rest for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, there. B...
THANKS. Greek. _charis_. App-184. GOD. App-98. CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH. leadeth us in triumph (Greek. _thriamheud)_, or triumphs over us as in Colossians 2:15. Only in these two places. Paul was. capti...
_Now thanks be unto God_ This passage is an instance of the abrupt digressions peculiar to St Paul's style. See Introduction to the first Epistle, p. 16, and 1 Corinthians 4:8. Also Introduction to th...
ΤΩ͂Ι ΔῈ ΘΕΩ͂Ι ΧΆΡΙΣ. This abrupt transition graphically, though unintentionally, reproduces the sudden revulsion of feeling caused by the news which Titus brought from Corinth. At the mere mention of...
12–17. The passage about the great offender (2 Corinthians 2:5-11) follows quite naturally after 2 Corinthians 2:4, the connecting thought being λύπη. But it is somewhat of a digression, from which th...
_CHRISTIANS TRIUMPH IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-17:_ Paul was very discouraged at not finding Titus. However he did not allow this to turn him away. He was always grateful that God makes it possible...
ΧΆΡΙΣ (G5485) благодарность, с предшествующим _dat._, указывающим на того, кому она предназначена, ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ (G3842) всегда, ΘΡΙΑΜΒΕΎΟΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΘΡΙΑΜΒΕΎΩ (G2358) приводить к триумфу....
WHICH CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH IN CHRIST,— That is, "In the success of my preaching in my journey to Macedonia, and also in my victory at the same time at Corinth, over the false Apostles, my opposers, w...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Destiny (2 Corinthians 2:14-17) 14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhe...
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. NOW - Greek, 'But.' Though we left Troas, disappointed in...
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...
_(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...
CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH] RV 'leadeth us in triumph.' The language is suggested by the triumphal procession of a Roman general. St. Paul thinks of himself as being a willing captive in Christ's train (cp...
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...
NOW THANKS BE UNTO GOD. — The apparent abruptness of this burst of thanksgiving is at first somewhat startling. We have to find its source, not in what the Apostle had written or spoken, but in what w...
CHAPTER 7 CHRIST'S CAPTIVE. 2 Corinthians 2:12 (R.V) IN this passage the Apostle returns from what is virtually, if not formally, a digression, to the narrative which begins in 2 Corinthians 1:8 f.,...
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...
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED AT NOT MEETING TITUS IN TROAS, BUT HE REJOICES NOW TO LEARN THAT HIS MESSAGE OF REPROOF HAS BEEN LOYALLY RECEIVED IN CORINTH....
τῷ δὲ Θεῷ χαρις κ. τ. λ.: _but thanks be to God, etc._ Instead of giving details of the information which Titus brought to him in Macedonia (chap. 2 Corinthians 7:6), he bursts out into a characterist...
THE SAVOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14, imagines himself as part of his Master's procession passing through the world.
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...
TRIUMPHANT IN CHRIST Before going into a brief discussion of discipline, Paul had been telling about the first letter and reasons for his delay in coming. He next resumed by telling them he went from...
PAUL'S SINCERITY If his words sounded boastful, Paul's conscience could withstand the test of God's scrutiny and still show him holy and truthful. He had not lived as one after earthly gain, but as on...
Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the (k) savour of his knowledge by us in every place. (k) He alludes to the anointing of the priests, and t...
Thanks be to God, who always causeth us to triumph by his grace, so that we every where make manifest the odour of his knowledge, making God known and worshipped, and instructing the people in the fai...
(14) Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place. (15) For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in the...
_THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE_ ‘But thanks be unto God, Which always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savour of His knowledge in every place.’ 2 Corinthians 2:14 That is f...
14._But thanks be to God _Here he again glories in the success of his ministry, and shows that he had been far from idle in the various places he had visited; but that he may do this in no invidious w...
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...
NOW THANKS BE UNTO GOD,.... The apostle having mentioned the door that was opened for him at Troas, to preach the Gospel with success, calls to mind the great and manifold appearances of God for him a...
Now thanks _be_ unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. Ver. 14. _Now thanks be to God_] _Deo gratias_ was ever i...
2 Cor. 2:14-16. - "Maketh manifest the favour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved, and in them that perish. To the one we are the...
_Now thanks be to God, who_ In Macedonia, as elsewhere; _causeth us to triumph_ Makes our ministry successful against all opposition; _in Christ_ Namely, by the influence of his truth and grace. To tr...
THE SAVOR OF HIS KNOWLEDGE; the sweet savor of the knowledge of Christ....
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...
12-17 A believer's triumphs are all in Christ. To him be the praise and glory of all, while the success of the gospel is a good reason for a Christian's joy and rejoicing. In ancient triumphs, abunda...
NOW THANKS BE UNTO GOD, WHICH ALWAYS CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH IN CHRIST: the translation of the Greek here is not certain; for to translate it word for word, it is: But thanks be to God always, triumphin...
But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place....
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II For we are to God a sweet savour of the Lord, in them that are saved, and them that are lost; to one a savour of death unto death, to the other a savour o...
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‘But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and is making known through us the fragrance of his knowledge in every place. For we are a sweet fragrance of Christ to God, in those w...
2 Corinthians 2:14. BUT THANKS BE UNTO GOD, WHICH ALWAYS CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH IN CHRIST. The objections made to this sense are considered in the footnote. [1] Beyond all doubt, what immediately follo...
BUT THANKS BE UNTO GOD (τω δε θεω χαρις). Sudden outburst of gratitude in contrast to the previous dejection in Troas. Surely a new paragraph should begin here. In point of fact Paul makes a long di...
2 Corinthians 2:14 The Absolute Character and Critical Effects of the Ministry of the Gospel. I. The absolute or real character is seen in what it is to God. The gospel not only displays and embodies...
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...
BUT THANKS be TO GOD! Paul is jubilant when Titus brings him the good report from Corinth! [Paul returns to the theme of his meeting with Titus in 2 Corinthians 7:5.] WE ARE ALWAYS LED BY GOD. Army co...
_Furthermore, when I came to Troas._ THE EFFECT OF THE GOSPEL MINISTRY I. The work which the minister undertakes. I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel”; “God maketh manifest the savour of His kn...
_Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ._ GOD’S TRIUMPH AND PAUL’S The authorised translation at first sight strikes us as most suitable. Practically Paul had been engaged...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14 LEADS US IN TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION. Most interpreters think this refers to the grand victory parades celebrated in Rome after great battles. Here God is portraye...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:12 These verses explain some of Paul’s actions behind writing 2 Corinthians 1:1 (vv....
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...
_Now thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ._ The Syriac and Theophylact render this "triumphs in us," _i.e._, makes us conspicuous to all. A triumph is the procession of a vi...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 2:12. TROAS.— Acts 20:1. Note, “_for the Gospel_,” literally exact. DOOR.—Cf. 1 Corinthians 16:9, and material there....
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 15:37; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 2 Corinthians 2:15;...
Causeth to triumph [θ ρ ι α μ β ε υ ο ν τ ι]. This rendering is inadmissible, the word being habitually used with the accusative (direct objective) case of the person or thing triumphed over, and neve...
To triumph, implies not only victory, but an open manifestation of it. And as in triumphal processions, especially in the east, incense and perfumes were burned near the conqueror, the apostle beautif...