_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 1:1. TIMOTHY.—“Not later (see 1 Corinthians 4:17) and perhaps rather earlier than he wrote the First Epistle, Paul sent (Acts 19:22) Timothy to Macedonia, with instructions to go on to Corinth if he could, of which, however (1 Corinthians 16:10), Paul was uncertain. We... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 1:3.—John calls the Son a “Comforter” (1 John 2:1). Christ calls the Spirit a “Comforter” (John 14:16, “another” also implying that He Himself had been such to the disciples). Here Paul calls the _Father a_ “_Comforter_.” Notice how “_comfort_” runs through 2 Corinthia... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 1:8.—No certainty as to the “_affliction_” referred to, whether some outward persecution at Ephesus (query at Ephesus at all?) known to his readers (query that of Romans 16:4; cf. 1 Corinthians 16:9) (“_brethren_”), or such acute distress about the state of things at C... [ Continue Reading ]
_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. The “_rejoicing_” looks not backward to 2 Corinthians 1:17, but forward to the “_testimony_” etc.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 my own sake as well as for yours.” AGAIN.—To be linked with “_come_” only? (_q.d_. “To come again, and to have a sorrowful visit”... [ Continue Reading ]