John Trapp Complete Commentary
2 Corinthians 1:15
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
Ver. 15. A second benefit] Gr. "grace," not converting only, but confirming also. All is but enough.
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
Ver. 15. A second benefit] Gr. "grace," not converting only, but confirming also. All is but enough.
2 CORINTHIANS 1:15 ca,rin {B} The reading cara,n (ac B L P 88 614 915 2005 copbo _al_) appears to be a scribal modification of ca,rin (a* A C D G K Y...
Verse 15. _AND IN THIS CONFIDENCE_] Under the conviction or persuasion that this is the case; that ye exult in us, as we do in you; _I WAS MINDED_] I had purposed _to come to you before_, as he had...
AND IN HIS CONFIDENCE - In this confidence of my integrity, and that you had this favorable opinion of me, and appreciated the principles of my conduct. I did not doubt that you would receive me kindl...
2. PAUL'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATIONS. CHAPTER 1:8-24 _ 1. His Experience. (2 Corinthians 1:8)_ 2. His Explanations. (2 Corinthians 1:15) The Apostle speaks, first of all, of the trouble he had whe...
But had he not laid himself open to a charge of fickleness? Had he not led them to expect that he would ere this have paid them another visit, returning through Corinth from Macedonia, and taking from...
It was with this confidence that I previously planned to visit you, that I might bring you pleasure for the second time, and so go on to Macedonia by way of you, and be sped by you on my way to Judaea...
COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
IN. No Prep Out, case. confidence. Greek. _pepoithesis_. App-160. WAS MINDED. wished. Greek. _boulomai_, App-102. UNTO. Greek. _pros_. App-104. BEFORE, i.e. before visiting Macedonia. BENEFIT. Gre...
St Paul's reason for putting off his coming 15. _And in this confidence_ It was the conviction of this community of interest which made St Paul desire to visit Corinth. It was (see 2 Corinthians 1:23...
15. For χάριν (אACD) we should perhaps read ΧΑΡΆΝ (א3BLP), and we should read ΣΧΗ͂ΤΕ (אBC) rather than ἔχητε (AD). 15. ΤΑΎΤΗΙ ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΕΠΟΙΘΉΣΕΙ. Stronger than ἐλπίζω (2 Corinthians 1:13). The word is of...
15–24. The rest of this chapter and part of the next are taken up with the Apostle’s defence of himself against a charge of ‘lightness’ (ἐλαφρία), _i.e._ of not caring for the Corinthians or for his e...
_ PAUL'S CHANGE OF PLANS 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12-18:_ Paul could rejoice because he had a clear conscience. He lived a simple, honest life with godly sincerity. His desire in all things was to be controlle...
ΠΕΠΟΊΘΗΣΙΣ (G4006) вера, доверие (_см._ 2 Corinthians 1:9). ΈΒΟΥΛΌΜΗΝ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΒΟΎΛΟΜΑΙ (G1014) хотеть, решать, с _inf._ Это слово предполагает волевой акт, решение (Barrett). _Imp...
AND IN THIS CONFIDENCE I WAS MINDED— Or, _I purposed:_ So 2 Corinthians 1:17. The next thing which St. Paul justifies, is his not coming to them. He had promised to call on the Corinthians in his way...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Acrimony (2 Corinthians 1:12-24) 12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Explanation of His Deferred Visit Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 1:15-24. And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 and by yo...
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before that ye might have a second benefit; And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; I...
1 Timothy is associated with Paul in this introduction, as Sosthenes is in the former epistle, yet it is evident that Paul himself wrote both epistles, for he continually refers to himself in them, an...
INTRODUCTORY SECTION 2 Corinthians 1:1. Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and gives tha...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT 2 CORINTHIANS AUTHOR Paul wrote the letter called 2 Corinthians. See 2 Corinthians 1:1 and 2 Corinthians 10:1. The letter...
AND IN THIS CONFIDENCE. — What has been said hitherto paves the way for the explanation of his apparent change of purpose which he is anxious to give, though he will not formally plead at the bar of t...
CHAPTER 3 THE CHURCH'S ONE FOUNDATION. 2 Corinthians 1:15 (R.V) THE emphatic words in the first sentence are "in this confidence." All the Apostle's plans for visiting Corinth, both in general and i...
HIS CHANGE OF PLAN WAS NOT DUE TO FICKLENESS. καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην κ. τ. λ.: _and in this confidence_ (_sc._, that they would acknowledge his sincerity) _I was minded to come before_ (_sc...
SINCERE LIKE HIS MASTER 2 Corinthians 1:12 The Apostle laid great emphasis on the witness of his conscience. See Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16. As we pass out of this life, and stand in the revealing dawn of...
The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sal...
A CHANGE IN PLANS Since they had mutual pride and respect for one another, Paul had confidently planned to visit them on the way to and from Macedonia, but had changed plans to give them time to corre...
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a (o) second benefit; (o) Another benefit....
(15) And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; (16) And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you t...
15._In this confidence. _After having given them reason to expect that he would come, he had subsequently changed his intention. This was made an occasion of calumny against him, as appears from the e...
The apostle writes the second Epistle to the Corinthians under the influence of the consolations of Christ consolations experienced when the troubles which came upon him in Asia were at their height;...
AND IN THIS CONFIDENCE I WAS MINDED,.... Being fully persuaded of your affection for me, as having been instrumental in the conversion of many of you, and of your esteem of me as a faithful and uprigh...
_And in this confidence_ That is, being confident of this, namely, of our mutual affection to, and esteem for, each other; _I was minded_ Εβουλομην, _I purposed; to come unto you before_ Or _first_, a...
IN THIS CONFIDENCE; that we are your rejoicing, and ye ours, as verse 2 Corinthians 1:14. TO COME UNTO YOU BEFORE; before visiting Macedonia, whence he wrote to them this letter; namely, by calling o...
AND IN THIS CONFIDENCE I WAS MINDED TO COME UNTO YOU BEFORE, THAT YE MIGHT HAVE A SECOND BENEFIT;...
No fickleness can be charged to the apostle:...
It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
BENEFIT: Or, grace...
15-24 The apostle clears himself from the charge of levity and inconstancy, in not coming to Corinth. Good men should be careful to keep the reputation of sincerity and constancy; they should not res...
Being confident that my presence with you would be matter of rejoicing both to you and also to me, I purposed: to come unto you before I went into Macedonia, visiting you shortly in my journey thither...
And in this confidence [i. e., that you gloried in me and I in you, and that we mutually loved each other] _I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit_ [this word implies...
2 Corinthians 1:15 And G2532 this G5026 confidence G4006 intended G1014 (G5711) come G2064 (G5629) to G4314
HE EXPLAINS THAT THE CHANGE OF PLANS HE MADE WAS NOT DUE TO FICKLENESS ‘And in this confidence I was minded to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit, and by you to pass into Macedon...
2 Corinthians 1:15. AND IN THIS CONFIDENCE of the cordial footing on which we stood to each other, I WAS MINDED TO COME UNTO YOU BEFORE before going to Macedonia, sailing direct from Ephesus to Corint...
CONFIDENCE (πεποιθησε). This late word (LXX Philo, Josephus) is condemned by the Atticists, but Paul uses it a half dozen times (2 Corinthians 3:4 also).I WAS MINDED TO COME (εβουλομην ελθειν). I...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:_ Paul is ver...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,_ Paul is very careful to remind the Corinthians of that fact, since some of them had gone the length of denying his apostleshi...
CONTENTS: Paul's interest in the Corinthian Christians and his encouragement to them in Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Silvanus. CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's op...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul and Timothy our brother._ It was proper that Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth. _With all the saints which are in Achaia;_ in which peninsula t...
I WAS SO SURE. "I thought you believed me to be a faithful apostle of Christ." THAT I MADE PLANS AT FIRST. Because Paul changed his plans to come to Corinth again, the false teacher accused him of bei...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12 Paul offers a detailed defense of why he had changed his mind more than once about returning to Corinth. The process included: (1) an initial plan to visit Mac...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:15 FIRST... ON MY WAY TO MACEDONIA, AND TO COME BACK TO YOU FROM MACEDONIA... ON MY WAY TO JUDEA. Originally, Paul had planned to travel from Ephesus through Mace...
SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS He consoles the Corinthians, whom in the First Epistle he had sharply rebuked, and absolves the excommunicated fornicator, who was now penitent....
_I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit._ The first benefit was that of his First Epistle; his second would have been his visit to them in person. So Theophylact. Or...
_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...
EXPOSITION Address and greeting (2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:2). Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympathetically...
Tonight let's turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 1. The church of Corinth had been a divided church. There was a lot of carnality, a lot of problems in their doctrines that prompted Paul's first epistle,...
1 Corinthians 11:34; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Philippians 1:25;...
In this confidence — That is, being confident of this....
Observe here, 1. The apostle's steady purpose, and fixed resolution, to come and spend some time amongst the Corinthians: I WAS MINDED TO COME UNTO YOU. Where. faithful minister has good hopes and con...