BUTLER'S COMMENTARY Chapter One THE PROBLEM OF ADVERSITY (2 Corinthians 1:1-24) IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. Was this epistle addressed to any other than the Corinthians? 2. What is affliction? What purpose does it serve? 3. What is comfort? How does one know when he is receiving comfort? 4.... [ Continue Reading ]
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Salutation Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 1:1-2. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the... [ Continue Reading ]
Butler's Comments SECTION 1 Affliction (2 Corinthians 1:1-11) 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother. To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesu... [ Continue Reading ]
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Comfort in Affliction Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 1:3-11. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the c... [ Continue Reading ]
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's defense of His Conduct and Writing Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 1:12-14. For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly... [ Continue Reading ]
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 godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. 13For we write you nothing but wha... [ Continue Reading ]
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 you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on... [ Continue Reading ]