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2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:3. _AND I WROTE THIS SAME UNTO YOU_] This I particularly marked in my first epistle to you; earnestly desiring your reformation, lest, if I came before this had taken place, I m...
AND I WROTE THIS SAME UNTO YOU - The words “this same” (τοῦτο αὐτὸ (touto auto) refer to what he had written to them in the former Epistle, particularly to what he had written in regard to the ince...
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...
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...
I call God to witness against my soul that it was because I wished to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. I am not saying this because we have any desire to domineer over your faith, but b...
WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
UNTO YOU. The texts omit. LEST. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ not (Greek. _me)_, SORROW. See 2 Corinthians 2:1. FROM. Greek. _apo_. App-104. HAVING CONFIDENCE. trusting. Greek. _peitho._ App-150....
_And I wrote this same unto you_ Either (1) the announcement in 1 Corinthians 16:7 of the Apostle's change of purpose, or (2) the rebukes in the former Epistle that grieved them, especially the passag...
3. Omit ὑμῖν after ἔγραψα (א1ABC1OP). 3. ἜΓΡΑΨΑ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΑΥ̓ΤΌ. _I wrote this_ VERY THING: see critical note. The interpretation is important; but there are several uncertainties. For τοῦτο αὐτό _may_ m...
_TRYING TO AVOID SORROW 2 CORINTHIANS 2:1-4:_ Paul so much wanted to visit Corinth again. However he did not want it to be a painful visit. Just the writing of First Corinthians had caused Paul pain i...
_GOD COMFORTS HIS PEOPLE 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1-6:_ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, and his co-worker Timothy joined together in sending this epistle. They wrote to God's church in Corinth and to all of...
ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. "Я писал". Это может быть ссылкой на утраченное письмо, которое Павел написал между 1 Кор. и 2 Кор., или же может относиться к 1 Кор., в особенности 1...
I WROTE THIS SAME UNTO YOU,— That _I wrote_ relates to the first epistle to the Corinthians is evident, because it is so used in the next and the ninth verse; and what he wrote in that epistle, which...
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...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Further Explanation of the Deferred Visit Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 2:1-4. But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow. 2 For if I make you s...
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. I WORE THIS SAME UNTO...
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...
2:3 [letter] (f-7) Some refer this phrase to his first letter. In this case it must be translated, 'and I wrote the very (letter I did).' But I think _ touto auto_ can hardly mean that; and in the fo...
I WROTE] i.e. the painful letter of which 2 Corinthians 10-13 of the Second Epistle are probably a portion (see Intro.). IN YOU ALL] He speaks thus generously now that he has found his confidence not...
_(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...
AND I WROTE THIS SAME UNTO YOU. — Here, again, we have to read between the lines. The pronoun, which does not refer to anything that has been actually said, shows with what definiteness certain passag...
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...
καὶ ἔγραψα τοῦτο αὐτὸ : _and I wrote this very thing; i.e._, I communicated my change of plan (1 Corinthians 16:5 ff.). So ἔκρινα τοῦτο in 2 Corinthians 2:1. (The translation “just for this reason,” t...
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...
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having (b) confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all. (b) For I trusted...
(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...
3._I had written to you. _As he had said a little before, that he delayed coming to them, in order that he _might not come a second time in sorrow _and with severity, (2 Corinthians 2:1,) so now also...
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...
AND I WROTE THIS SAME UNTO YOU,.... Not what he had written in the preceding verse, or in 2 Corinthians 1:23, where he says, that his not coming to them as yet was to spare them; but what he had writt...
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is _the joy_ of you all. Ver. 3. _Of whom I oug...
_But I_, &c. The apostle proceeds with his apology, begun in the preceding chapter, for delaying his visit to the Corinthians, and signifies that he had deferred it because he had determined with hims...
I WROTE THIS SAME; the admonitions contained in his first epistle....
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...
1-4 The apostle desired to have a cheerful meeting with them; and he had written in confidence of their doing what was to their benefit and his comfort; and that therefore they would be glad to remove...
This hath been the cause of my writing this Second Epistle to you, before I myself came in person, that you might have a time more fully and perfectly to reform such things as are amiss amongst you, a...
And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all....
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‘But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow. For if I make you sorry, who then is he who makes me glad but he who is made sorry by me? And I wrote this very thing...
2 Corinthians 2:3. AND I WROTE THIS VERY THING UNTO YOU (my peremptory demand for so severe a sentence), LEST, WHEN I CAME, I SHOULD HAVE SORROW FROM THEM OF WHOM I OUGHT TO rejoice. The strength of t...
I WROTE THIS VERY THING (εγραψα τουτο αυτο). Is this (and εγραψα in verses 2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12) the epistolary aorist referring to the present letter? In itself...
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...
THAT IS WHY. Compare 2 Corinthians 13:10. If he came in person, he might have to use harsh methods to deal with the problems. Compare Acts 13:9-11....
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...
_Lest when I came I should have sorrow._ I wished by sending you a letter first to rebuke and correct your evil ways, lest I should be forced to do so in person, which would be very painful to me. _Ha...
_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 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 12:11;...
And I wrote thus to you — I wrote to you before in this determination, not to come to you in grief....
As if the apostle had said,. gave you. sharp reproof in my former epistle, but it was in much love, and upon. good design; namely, to procure such. reformation of life and manners among you, as might...