BUTLER'S COMMENTARY Chapter Two THE PROBLEM OF LONELINESS (2 Corinthians 2:1-17) IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. What pain was Paul reluctant to cause the Corinthians? 2. Who is the one who had caused pain both to Paul and the church? 3. What are the designs of Satan about which we should not be... [ Continue Reading ]
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 sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me? 3 And I wrote this very t... [ Continue Reading ]
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 have pained? 3And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who shou... [ Continue Reading ]
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The One Who Caused Sorrow Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 2:5-11. But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. 6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many; 7 so that contrari... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Distance (2 Corinthians 2:12-13) 12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord; 13but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. 2 CORINTHIANS... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Destiny (2 Corinthians 2:14-17) 14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who ar... [ Continue Reading ]