John Trapp Complete Commentary
2 Corinthians 13:12
Greet one another with an holy kiss.
Ver. 12. With a holy kiss] A custom proper to those times. See Trapp on " Rom 16:16 " See Trapp on " 1Co 16:20 "
Greet one another with an holy kiss.
Ver. 12. With a holy kiss] A custom proper to those times. See Trapp on " Rom 16:16 " See Trapp on " 1Co 16:20 "
Verse 2 Corinthians 13:12. _GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH A HOLY KISS._] Use every means by which a _good understanding_ may be brought about. Let the _spirit_ of _friendship_ live among you, and encourage...
GREET - Salute; see the note, Romans 16:3. WITH AN HOLY KISS - note, Romans 16:16....
4. STILL ABSENT - YET COMING. THE CONCLUSION. CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Being Absent; Expecting to Come. (2 Corinthians 13:1 .)_ 2. The Conclusion. (2 Corinthians 13:11 .) He speaks in conclusion of his comi...
The closing verses betray no trace of the passionate anxiety, the mingled self-abasement end self-assertion, which have marked the preceding Chapter s. Their precepts appear to be addressed to a peopl...
A WARNING, A WISH, A HOPE AND A BLESSING (2 Corinthians 13:1-14) 13 For the third time I am coming to you. Everything will be established in the mouth of two or three witnesses. To those who have alr...
GREET. Salute. Greek. aspazomai. See Acts 20:1. WITH. Greek. _en_. App-104....
ἈΣΠΆΣΑΣΘΕ. 13. ἈΣΠΆΖΟΝΤΑΙ. These concluding salutations are a feature in all groups of S. Paul’s Epistles; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 1 Corinthians 16:19-20; Romans 16:3-23;...
CONCLUDING EXHORTATION, SALUTATION, AND BENEDICTION Assuming that 10–13:10 is part of a letter written before 1–9, we may safely regard 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 as the conclusion of this earlier and sev...
_ FINAL GREETINGS FOR THE CORINTHIANS 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11-14:_ Second Corinthians closes with some very tender words of encouragement. "Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one ano...
ΆΣΠΆΣΑΣΘΕ _aor. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΣΠΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G782) приветствовать, ΦΊΛΗΜΑ (G5370) поцелуй. По поводу священных поцелуев _см._ в 1 Corinthians 16:20 (ΆΓΊΩ ΦΙΛΉΜΑΤΙ)....
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Solidarity (2 Corinthians 13:11-14) 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peac...
_GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH AN HOLY KISS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
10 Edification should ever be the aim of God's servant in dealing with His erring saints. All other means should be exhausted before sharpness and, severity should be used. They are a last resort, and...
The Apostle announces a third visit, and exhorts them to repentance. He expresses his desire for their growth in grace. PARAPHRASE. '(1) This is the third visit I am about to pay you. On this occasion...
AN HOLY KISS] the token of brotherhood in the early Church: cp. Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 1
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 V1 This will be my third visit to you. If you accuse anyone, two or three witnesses must speak in evidence. V2 I said...
GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH AN HOLY KISS. — The tense of the Greek verb indicates that the Apostle is giving directions, not for a normal and, as it were, liturgical usage, but for a single act. In doing s...
CHAPTER 28 CONCLUSION. 2 Corinthians 13:1 (R.V) THE first part of this chapter is in close connection with what precedes; it is, so to speak, the explanation of St. Paul's fear 2 Corinthians 12:20 t...
ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλήλ. κ. τ. λ.: _salute one another with a holy kiss_. This common form of Eastern salutation became at an early date part of the ritual of Christian worship, as indicating the brotherhood...
FINAL EXHORTATIONS, SALUTATIONS AND BENEDICTION....
HOW TO BE BUILT UP 2 Corinthians 13:7 None can really injure the truth or stop its victorious progress. As well try to stop the sunrise. We often help others most in our weakness, because then we rel...
In view of his intention to visit them again the apostle urged them to personal examination. They were to test themselves, and to prove themselves whether they were in the faith. The reason for his ap...
VERSE 12 They should greet each other as friends and brethren....
(5) Greet one another with an holy kiss. (5) He salutes them familiarly, and in conclusion wishes well to them....
This was customary with both Jews and Persians, as we learn from Xenophon and Herodotus, and with other oriental nations. And in process of time, from the custom of common life, it was introduced into...
(5) Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? (6) But I trust that ye shall know tha...
2 Corinthians 1:1-24. It is impossible to read the two epistles to the Corinthians with the smallest care without perceiving the strong contrast between the wounded tone of the first epistle (the hear...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH AN HOLY KISS. Romans 16:16....
_Finally, brethren, farewell_ Χαιπετε, _rejoice;_ be happy; _be perfect_ Aspire to the highest degrees of Christian wisdom and grace, of knowledge, holiness, and usefulness. _Be of good comfort Filled...
GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH AN HOLY KISS....
The conclusion:...
It is essential that Paul should repeat that this was the third time he was coming to them. Such emphasis was needed to awaken proper exercise. For the second time he had not come, in order to spare t...
11-14 Here are several good exhortations. God is the Author of peace and Lover of concord; he hath loved us, and is willing to be at peace with us. And let it be our constant aim so to walk, that sep...
SEE POOLE ON "ROMANS 16:16". SEE POOLE ON "1 CORINTHIANS 16:20". It was an ancient custom and of common use, when friends met, for them (as a token of mutual love and friendship) to kiss each other: t...
Salute one another with a holy kiss. [Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Peter 5:14. See note on 1 Thessalonians 5:26]...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians Philo and Agathopus, the deacons, my companions, salute you, "Salute one another with a holy kiss."[49] Tertullian On Prayer our prayer ascends with more acce...
2 Corinthians 13:12 Greet G782 (G5663) another G240 with G1722 holy G40 kiss G5370...
‘Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the saints salute you.' That they salute with a ‘holy kiss' (and thus not sexually oriented) occurs regularly (see Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Thessa...
2 Corinthians 13:12. SALUTE ONE ANOTHER WITH A HOLY KISS. Such a form of salutation is the common Eastern practice, but the word holy is designed to mark its Christian meaning, as the expression of th...
WITH A HOLY KISS (εν αγιω φιληματ). In the Jewish synagogues where the sexes were separated, men kissed men, the women, women. This apparently was the Christian custom also. It is still observed in...
CONTENTS: Closing exhortations of Paul to the Corinthians. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The great burden of God's faithful representatives is that the Gospel they preach m...
2 Corinthians 13:1. _This is the third time I am coming to you._ Compare the following texts. Acts 18:1; Acts 20:2; Acts 21:13. The difficulty here is re
A BROTHERLY KISS. See note on Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20. This was a standard form of greeting. ALL GOD'S PEOPLE. The Christians in Macedonia (2 Corinthians 7:5-7). [_Saint:_ see note o
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 13:12 GREET.... ALL THE SAINTS GREET. These two greetings stress the unity of the church, local and universal. WITH A HOLY KISS. Usually reserved for special reunio
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11 Closing Greetings. Paul highlights the important themes he has covered. As in 1 Corinthians 1:1 (see...
_Greet one another with an holy kiss._ What was this kiss? Xenophon (Cyropœdia, lib. i.) and Herodotus (Clio) testify that it was a heathen custom to salute one another with a kiss at meeting, in toke...
CHAPTER 13 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. There were some at Corinth who had abandoned themselves to impurity, others who were proud and contentious (xi. 20, 21), others given to other sins, and dispose...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 13:11.—Calm sunset after a stormy passage! Observe margin (better). PERFECTED.—As in 2 Corinthians 13:9. COMFORTED.—With the fuller meaning found, _e.g_., in “_Paraclete...
CONCLUDING APPEALS AND EXHORTATIONS, EXPOSITION 2 CORINTHIANS 13:1 THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I AM COMING TO YOU. I have thrice formed the intention, though the second time I had to forego my plan ...
Now he said, This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. [For] I told you before, and foretell you [I'm telling you again], as if...
1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Peter 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; Romans 16:16...
Kiss. In 1 Peter 1:14, called the kiss of charity. The practice was maintained chiefly at the celebration of the Eucharist. In the "Apostolic Constitutions" 164 it is enjoined that, before the communi...
He exhorts them, according to the custom of those eastern countries, to salute one another with. kiss, as. token of mutual and sincere love: And since it was become. practice in sacred meetings and ch...