I want to tell you. Because Paul had not taken harsh measures against those who sinned in the past, they may think he will not do it now. I said it before. "I told you that if I had to come again, I would punish the guilty (compare 2 Corinthians 1:23 and note). Nobody will escape. Paul is a true apostle and has authority to do what he says! Two examples of miraculous punishment are found in Acts 5:1-3; Acts 13:9-11.
2 CORINTHIANS 13:2 nu/n The Textus Receptus, following Dc E K L P Y most minuscules syrp, h copsa goth arm, adds gra,fw. Since there is no reason why, if present originally, the word should have been...
Verse 2 Corinthians 13:2. _I TOLD YOU BEFORE_, c.] As _Calmet_ maintains that Paul had already been _twice_ at Corinth, it is well to hear his reasons: "St. Paul came to Corinth the latter end of the...
I TOLD YOU BEFORE - That I would not spare offenders; that I would certainly punish them. He had intimated this before in the First Epistle 1Co 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:1. AND FORETELL YOU - Now apprise...
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...
WARNINGS IN VIEW OF A VISIT. This closing chapter starts from a vivid realisation of that which is only too likely to be the situation when he arrives for the third time. With increased emphasis, and...
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...
TOLD. BEFORE, FORETELL. Greek. _prolego,_ as Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:21. IF. WERE. being. I WRITE. The texts omit. HERETOFORE, &c.. have sinned before. See 2 Corinthian
_I told you before, and foretell you_ Literally, I HAVE SPOKEN BEFOREHAND, AND I SAY BEFOREHAND (_I seide bifor and seie bifor_, Wiclif. Similarly Tyndale and Cranmer). The repetition is for the sake...
ΝΥ͂Ν (אABDFG, Latt.) rather than νῦν γράφω (D3KLP, Syrr. Arm. Goth., Chrys.) or νῦν λέγω (Copt. Aeth.). Vulg. reads _ut praesens, et nunc absens_, ignoring τὸ δεύτερον. Some old Latin texts have _ut p...
1–10. The letter hastens to a conclusion. He reminds them, 1. what they have to expect from him in this third visit (1–4); 2. what they owe to themselves, seeing that their estimate of him and his tre...
1–4. The abrupt opening sentences, without connecting particles, mark the sternness of the tone....
_LIVING BY THE POWER OF GOD 2 CORINTHIANS 13:1-4:_ Paul warned these brethren that he was coming to Corinth for a third time. He was concerned that he might come and find the spiritual condition unfav...
ΠΡΟΕΊΡΗΚΑ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΛΈΓΩ (G4302) говорить заранее, предсказывать, предупреждать. Возможно, это слово имеет значение "предостерегать" (Barrett), ΠΑΡΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΕΊΜΙ (G39...
I WILL NOT SPARE:— It is certainly a great confirmation of the veracity of the Apostles, that, when factions were raised against them, they used none of the arts of flattery, however necessary they mi...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Maturation Through Submission (2 Corinthians 13:1-4) 13 This is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesse...
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spar...
14 What a fund of fatherly affection is revealed in his protest, "I am not seeking _ yours _ but _ you_!" And it must have humbled them to think of their own lack of care and consideration. They deser...
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...
WHICH HERETOFORE HAVE SINNED] i.e. old offenders still impenitent. ALL OTHER] RV 'all the rest.'...
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...
I TOLD YOU BEFORE, AND FORETELL YOU... — Better, _I have warned you before_ (referring, probably, to the threat of 1 Corinthians 4:13, and implied in 2 Corinthians 1:23). The chief objects of this rig...
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...
2 Corinthians 13:1-10. IF HE COMES AGAIN, HE WILL NOT SPARE: CHRIST IS HIS STRENGTH: LET THE CORINTHIANS SEE TO IT THAT HE BE THEIRS ALSO....
προείρηκα καὶ προλ. κ. τ. λ.: _I have said beforehand_ (at chap. 2Co 10:6; 2 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Corinthians 12:21), _and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time_ (_cf._ 2
“PROVE YOUR OWN SELVES” 2 Corinthians 13:1 Once more Paul refers to the charge that his ministry was characterized by weakness. This deeply wounded him. He admitted that in his personal appearance an...
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 2 The time of patient waiting was over. Any still involved in sin would be punished severely. Division and carnal thinking must end....
_I will not spare. Estius, Menochius, and others explain this of the censures, excommunications, &c. of the Church; whilst some are of opinion that he means temporal punishments. But we must observe,...
(2) I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not s...
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...
2._I told you before, and foretell you. _The friendly and agreeable admonitions, that he had addressed to them so frequently, had been of no advantage. He, accordingly, betakes himself to a more sever...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
I TOLD YOU BEFORE, AND FORETELL YOU AS IF I WERE PRESENT A SECOND TIME,.... He means, that he had in his former epistle faithfully told them of their evils, and admonished them for them; and now he se...
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare...
_I told you before_ As you will remember; _and foretel you_ now, _as if I were present_ That is, I declare what you ought to regard as much as if I spake it personally to you; _and being absent_ In bo...
AS IF I WERE PRESENT, THE SECOND TIME; see note to 2 Corinthians 12:14. I WILL NOT SPARE; if I find you unreclaimed, I will exercise my apostolical authority and miraculous power in discipline. When p...
A CONCLUDING ADMONITION AND GREETINGS. Paul announces his determination to use all severity, if necessary:...
I TOLD YOU BEFORE AND FORETELL YOU, AS IF I WERE PRESENT, THE SECOND TIME, AND BEING ABSENT NOW I WRITE TO THEM WHICH HERETOFORE HAVE SINNED, AND TO ALL OTHER, THAT, IF I COME AGAIN, I WILL NOT SPARE,...
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...
1-6 Though it is God's gracious method to bear long with sinners, yet he will not bear always; at length he will come, and will not spare those who remain obstinate and impenitent. Christ at his cruc...
I TOLD YOU in my former Epistle, and now (though I be yet absent) I tell you beforehand, as though I WERE PRESENT amongst you. I WRITE TO THEM WHICH HERETOFORE HAVE SINNED, AND TO ALL OTHER; I write t...
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will no...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V How again is it that he threatens sinners "that he will not spare" them[592] Pseudo-Cyprian Exhortation to Repentance Also in the same: "I told you before, and for...
2 Corinthians 13:2 before G4280 (G5758) and G2532 foretell G4302 (G5719) if G5613 present G3918 (G5752)
‘I have said before, and I do say before, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned in the past up to now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I wil...
2 Corinthians 13:2. I HAVE SAID BEFOREHAND (at my former visit), AND I DO SAY BEFOREHAND, AS WHEN I WAS PRESENT THE SECOND TIME, SO NOW BEING ABSENT, THAT IF I COME AGAIN, I WILL NOT SPARE. ‘The time...
AS WHEN I WAS PRESENT THE SECOND TIME (ως παρων το δευτερον). This translation assumes the second visit as already made. It is a natural way to take the Greek ως παρων. But ως with παρων can also me...
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
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 13:2 NOT SPARE. Paul did not specify what form the discipline would take. Perhaps he did not know exactly, but it certainly would not be pleasant (see...
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 13:1.—[Good paraphrase, exhibiting connection of thought, from Stanley: “Once, twice, thrice, as in the Mosaic Law of the three witnesses; by my first visit—by this Epis...
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 4:19; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 10:1;...
I told you before and foretell you [π ρ ο ε ι ρ η κ α κ α ι π ρ ο λ ε γ ω]. Rev., I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand. The renderings of the A. V. and Rev. should be carefully compared. Th...
All the rest — Who have since then sinned in any of these kinds. I will not spare — I will severely punish them....