Fickle? Two accusations had been made against Paul: (1) that he is fickle; (2) that he makes plans from selfish motives. Ready to say. They had accused him of changing his mind at the least whim, of breaking his promises, and said you could not depend upon a thing he said!
Verse 17. _DID I USE LIGHTNESS?_] When I formed this purpose, was it without due consideration? and did I abandon it through fickleness of mind? _THAT WITH ME THERE SHOULD BE YEA_, c.] That I should...
WHEN I THEREFORE WAS THUS MINDED - When I formed this purpose; when I willed this, and expressed this intention. DID I USE LIGHTNESS? - The word ἐλαφρια elaphria (from ἐλαφρός elaphros) means prope...
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)...
DID I, &c. The question is introduced by _meti_, expecting. negative answer, LIGHTNESS. fickleness. Gn _elaphria,_ Only here. PURPOSE. plan. Greek. bouleuoThe "Received Text" reads _bouleuomai_ at t...
_did I use lightness_?] Literally, THE _lightness_, i.e. either the lightness with which St Paul had been reproached, or perhaps merely the abstract quality. The reproach of fickleness was cast upon t...
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...
15–24. 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...
ΒΟΥΛΌΜΕΝΟΣ. This recalls ἐβουλόμην (2 Corinthians 1:15). AS THIS, THEN, WAS MY WISH, _did I_ AT ALL EXHIBIT LIGHTNESS? The article is probably generic and may be omitted in English (A.V., R.V.): but i...
_ 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...
ΟΎΝ (G3767) следовательно. Вводит условие, сделанное некоторыми читателями (Thrall), ΒΟΥΛΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. part._ (причины) ΒΟΎΛΟΜΑΙ (G1014) желать (_см._ 2 Corinthians 1:15). ΜΉΤΙ ΆΡ (G3195; G686...
YEA, YEA, AND NAY, NAY?— The sense of these verses is, "I did not change my design through levity, nor did I purpose first one thing and then the contrary, as selfish views might determine me, 2 Corin...
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...
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? USE LIGHTNESS - THE lev...
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'When you find me now writing from Macedonia before you have had a visit at all, you may think me changeable and capricious. (18) But I assure you solemnly I am not easily turned from my p...
LIGHTNESS] RV 'fickleness.' ACCORDING TO THE FLESH] deceitfully. Two charges had been brought against the Apostle: (1) that in changing his plans he showed himself fickle, and (2) that he had said one...
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...
DID I USE LIGHTNESS? — This, then, was the charge which he is anxious to refute. The question meets us, however, When had the Corinthians heard of the plan thus detailed? It had been already abandoned...
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...
τοῦτο οὖν βουλόμενος κ. τ. λ.: _when therefore I was thus minded, did I shew fickleness?_ The article τῇ before ἐλαφρίᾳ can hardly be pressed so as to convey the meaning “ _that_ fickleness which you...
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...
(9) When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the (p) flesh, that with me there should be (q) yea yea, and nay nay? (9) He dismiss...
_When, therefore, I had a mind, and purposed to come to you, did I use levity? was it an effect of levity, of a fickle mind, and of a want of sincerity? or do I purpose and promise things according to...
(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...
17._Did I use fickleness? _There are two things, more especially, that prevent the purposes of men from being carried into effect, or their promises from being faithfully performed. The one is that th...
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;...
WHEN I WAS THEREFORE THUS MINDED, DID I USE LIGHTNESS?.... When I had thus determined to come to you, and had signified the same by writing, or messengers, did I use lightness in my resolutions and pr...
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? Ver. 17. _Did I use lightn...
_When I therefore was thus minded_ Having, therefore, purposed this; _did I use lightness_ Did I lightly change my purpose? or, _the things that I purpose_ in general; _do I purpose according to the f...
USE LIGHTNESS; was he fickleminded, as some charged him, because he did not fulfill his purpose of visiting them on his way to Macedonia? ACCORDING TO THE FLESH; as insincere, selfish, and worldly men...
WHEN I, THEREFORE, WAS THUS MINDED, DID I USE LIGHTNESS? OR THE THINGS THAT I PURPOSE, DO I PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, THAT WITH ME THERE SHOULD BE YEA, YEA, AND NAY, NAY?...
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....
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...
WHEN I THEREFORE WAS THUS MINDED, DID I USE LIGHTNESS? Though the apostle doth not in so many words tell us so, yet it is apparent from this verse, that some of the Corinthians had taken occasion from...
When I therefore was thus minded [to come to you first, etc.], _did I show fickleness?_ [in determining to come to you second, etc.] _or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh,...
2 Corinthians 1:17 Therefore G3767 planning G1011 (G5740) this G5124 do G3385 G686 lightly G5530 (G5662)
‘When I therefore was so minded, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yes, yes, and the no, no?' Was then his fail...
2 Corinthians 1:17. WHEN I THEREFORE WAS THUS MINDED, DID I SHEW FICKLENESS? This shews that his original plan had somehow become known at Corinth either through Timothy (1 Corinthians 4:17), or in th...
DID I SHEW FICKLENESS? (μητ αρα τη ελαφριαι?). An indignant negative answer is called for by μητ. The instrumental case of ελαφρια is regular after εχρησαμην from χραομα, to use. Ελαφρια is a late w...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness_? That is, when I proposed to come to you and did not. The Greek word for lightness is derived from the word for a stag. In a like way we speak o...
_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 Thessalonians 2:18; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 10:2;...
Did I use lightness [τ η ε λ α φ ρ ι α ε χ ρ η σ α μ η ν]. Rev., shew fickleness. Elafria, lightness, only here in the New Testament. Compare ejlafrov light, Matthew 11:30; 2 Corinthians 4:17. His ch...
Did I use levity — Did I lightly change my purpose? Do I purpose according to the flesh — Are my purposes grounded on carnal or worldly considerations? So that there should be with me yea and nay — So...
Here our apostle begins to make his apology and defence for himself, for changing his purpose in coming to Corinth according to promise, and to free himself from the imputation of levity, inconstancy,...