It was not. "I do not want you to misunderstand why I wrote that letter. Although it may have seemed harsh, there was no thought of taking revenge." Instead. "I wrote to test you (2 Corinthians 2:9) and to make you yourselves AWAKE of how you actually felt in this matter! This crisis could only be resolved when you demonstrated your love and devotion for me as a true apostle."
Verse 2 Corinthians 7:12. _NOT FOR HIS CAUSE THAT HAD DONE THE WRONG_] viz. the incestuous person. _NOR FOR HIS CAUSE THAT SUFFERED WRONG_] Some think the apostle means himself; others, that he mean...
WHEREFORE, THOUGH I WROTE UNTO YOU ... - In this verse Paul states the main reason why he had written to them on the subject. It was not principally on account of the man who had done the wrong, or of...
8. THE APOSTLE'S EXHORTATIONS AND REJOICINGS. CHAPTER 6:14-7 _ 1. His Exhortations. (2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1 .)_ 2. His Rejoicing and Confidence. (2 Corinthians 7:2
AGONISING ANXIETY HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY ABUNDANT JOY. The cause of his anxiety had been in part the condition of affairs in the church at Corinth, but even more the measures he had taken to deal with...
GET YOU OUT (2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1) 7:1 Do not allow yourselves to become joined in an alien yoke with unbelievers. What partnership can there be between righteousness and lawless...
For when we arrived in Macedonia we could find no rest for our body, but we were sore pressed on every side. There were wars without and fears within. But he who comforts the lowly comforted us--I mea...
UNTO. to. FOR... CAUSE. Greek. _heineken._ DONE THE WRONG. Greek. _adikeo,_ as in 2 Corinthians 7:2. SUFFERED WRONG. been wronged. Same verb. care. Same as "carefulness", 2 Corinthians 7:11. FOR. o...
_for his cause that had done the wrong_ See 1 Corinthians 5:1. _nor for his cause that suffered wrong_ From this it has been inferred that the father of the offender was _still alive_. _but that our...
Exhortation to set aside all suspicion and to confide in the Apostle's love and zeal for their spiritual well-being 2. _Receive us_ Literally, MAKE ROOM FOR US (-capaces estote nostri," Erasmus and C...
5–16. Statement of the happy tidings brought from Corinth by Titus. Comp. the similar mission of Timothy to Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 3:1-8). For the silence about Timothy here see on 2 Corinthian...
12. The ἀλλʼ before οὐδέ (Bא3) is doubtful. ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΤῊΝ ὙΠῈΡ ἩΜΩ͂Ν (BCD2KLP, d Syrr. Copt. Aeth.) rather than ὑμῶν τ. ὑπ. ὑμῶν (אDF) or ἡμῶν τ. ὑπ. ὑμῶν (some cursives, f Vulg. Goth.). Comp. 2 Corinthia...
_PAUL'S JOY AND CONFIDENCE IN THE CORINTHIANS 2 CORINTHIANS 7:12-16:_ Paul did not write to Corinth to hurt or take up for anyone. He wrote so that they could understand how much God cared about the c...
ΆΡΑ (G686) затем, итак, потом, следовательно (BD, 235). ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать, ΈΝΕΚΕΝ (G1752) с _gen._, из-за, ради, на благо, ΆΔΙΚΉΣΑΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΔΙΚΈΩ (G91...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Aftermath (2 Corinthians 7:12-16) 12So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong, b...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's Frankness Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 7:4-13 a. Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with jo...
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you....
17 Isa_52:11; LXX, with alterations. Paul is not misquoting from memory, as is usually supposed. He makes inspired alterations to suit the occasion. 2 What a tender yet cutting rebuke to the Corinthia...
7:12 God. (b-43) Or perhaps 'for the sake of our diligent zeal for you before God being manifested to you.' The reading is uncertain here. It is possible that the true reading is 'your zeal for us.' I...
FOR HIS CAUSE THAT HAD DONE THE WRONG.. FOR HIS CAUSE THAT SUFFERED WRONG] The reference, of course, was obvious to the readers without particulars; but we are ignorant of some of the facts. It would...
_(E) 7:2-16. THE APOSTLE'S JOY IN THE CORINTHIANS' REPENTANCE_ St. Paul goes on to ask them to give him their affection, and renews his assurance of purity of deed and motive. He tells them of the sus...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 7 V2 Be sincere with us. We have not done wrong things to anyone. We have not made anyone behave wrongly. We have not che...
WHEREFORE, THOUGH I WROTE UNTO YOU. — The reference to the man that had suffered wrong implies that the offender in 1 Corinthians 5:1 had married his step-mother during his father’s life. All other in...
CHAPTER 19 REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE. 2 Corinthians 7:2 (R.V) IN this fine passage St. Paul completes, as far as it lay upon his side to do so, his reconciliation with the Corinthians. It concludes the f...
HE WAS COMFORTED TO LEARN FROM TITUS THAT HIS REBUKE HAD BEEN PROFITABLE. _Cf._ throughout 1 Thessalonians 3:1-8, a passage strikingly like this in its human sympathy and kindliness....
ἄρα εἰ καὶ ἔγραψα κ. τ. λ.: _consequently, although I wrote to you, i.e._, wrote a severe letter, _it was not for his cause that did the wrong, sc._, the incestuous son of 1 Corinthians 5:1, _nor for...
THE JOYOUS EFFECT OF GODLY SORROW 2 Corinthians 7:5 After dispatching his first Epistle, with the strong words of 2 Corinthians 5:1 and elsewhere, Paul's tender heart had been rent with anxiety lest...
The section culminates in an appeal full of local coloring and suggestion. In a great cry he gave expression to the hunger of his heart when he wrote, "Make room for us" (see margin). He then declared...
VERSE 12 Paul's goal in writing was not to straighten out a problem between two individuals, though the incestuous man was wrong and he had wronged his father. The greater cause for the letter was to...
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the (h) sight of God might appear unto you...
_I wrote to you not on the account, &c. That is, not only on his account, or the account of his father, who suffered the injury, (by which his father seems to have been then alive) but also to demonst...
(12) Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you....
11.]_Ye have approved yourselves to be clear_. The Old Interpreter reads, “Ye have shown yourselves.” Erasmus renders it, “Ye have commended yourselves.” I have preferred a third rendering, which appe...
The apostle returns to his own relationships with the Corinthians relations formed by the word of his ministry. And now having laid open what this ministry really was, he seeks to prevent the bonds be...
WHEREFORE, THOUGH L WROTE UNTO YOU,.... Meaning in his former epistle, with so much sharpness and severity, and as may have been thought too much: I DID IT NOT FOR HIS CAUSE THAT HAD DONE THE WRONG;...
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, _I did it_ not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. V...
_Wherefore, though I wrote_ so severely _to you_ It was not only or chiefly for the sake of the incestuous person, or his father; but to show my care over you; _in the sight of God_ Who hath committed...
HIS CAUSE THAT HAD DONE THE WRONG; not for his only, or chiefly. HIS-THAT SUFFERED WRONG; the father. 1 Corinthians 5:1. CARE FOR YOU; regard for your good. It was no private feeling towards the ince...
WHEREFORE, THOUGH I WROTE UNTO YOU, I DID IT NOT FOR HIS CAUSE THAT HAD DONE THE WRONG, NOR FOR HIS CAUSE THAT SUFFERED WRONG, BUT THAT OUR CARE FOR YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD MIGHT APPEAR UNTO YOU. The...
Paul's rejoicing over the result of his measures:...
Verse 1 is plainly connected with chapter 6. Because the saints of God have these promises, and because they are dearly beloved, they are exhorted to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of the fles...
12-16 The apostle was not disappointed concerning them, which he signified to Titus; and he could with joy declare the confidence he had in them for the time to come. Here see the duties of a pastor a...
I DID IT NOT FOR HIS CAUSE THAT HAD DONE THE WRONG; for the cause of him that had abused his father's wife, not out of any particular hatred or ill-will I had to him; NOR FOR HIS CAUSE THAT SUFFERED W...
So although I wrote unto you [for what he had written, see 1 Corinthians 5:1-5], _I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong_ [i. e., the incestuous son], _nor for his cause that suffered the wrong_...
2 Corinthians 7:12 Therefore G686 although G1499 wrote G1125 (G5656) you G5213 not G3756 sake G1752 wrong G91
‘So although I wrote to you, it was not for his cause who did the wrong, nor for his cause who suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made openly clear to you in the sight of G...
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF TITUS AND PAUL'S FULL RECONCILIATION WITH THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH (2 CORINTHIANS 7:1) Having searchingly examined their credentials by portraying to them the essence of the new...
2 Corinthians 7:12. SO THEN, ALTHOUGH I WROTE UNTO YOU,. _WROTE _ NOT FOR HIS CAUSE THAT DID THE WRONG, NOR FOR HIS CAUSE THAT SUFFERED THE WRONG. Who this was has been much disputed. The only natural...
BUT THAT YOUR EARNEST CARE FOR US MIGHT BE MADE MANIFEST (αλλ' εινεκεν του φανερωθηνα την σπουδην υμων την υπερ ημων). So the correct text, not "our care for you." Easy to interchange Greek υμων (y...
CONTENTS: Paul opens his heart to the Corinthians concerning purpose of his former letter. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Titus. CONCLUSION: The true servant of God cannot but be grieved that he must rebuke...
2 Corinthians 7:1. _Having therefore these promises._ Our good archbishop Langton is blamed by many critics for separating this verse from the preceding chapter. The great and precious promises of the...
_Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong._ CHURCH DISCIPLINE I. Church discipline should be exercised for the good of the whole Church (2 Corinthians 7:...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 7:11 The Corinthians’ response to the letter Paul WROTE TO them demonstrated that they belonged to God....
CHAPTER 7 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He declares his love, sincerity, and his confidence in the Corinthians. II. He declares (ver. 6) his joy at their repentance and amendment. III. He states (ver...
_Though I wrote unto you, I did it not_, &c. He who suffered wrong was the father whose wife the incestuous man had taken to himself. Hence it is evident that the father was alive. The Apostle says in...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 7:1. THEREFORE.—This verse a branch broken from 2 Corinthians 6:16. This word is like the jagged fibres which tell of the violence, and point back to the parent stem. HA...
EXPOSITION Conclusion of his appeal (2 Corinthians 7:1). The apostle's feelings towards them (2 Corinthians 7:2). Explanation of the objects of his last letter, and expression of his joy at the good r...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to II Corinthians, chapter seven. The first verse of chapter seven immediately refers us back to chapter six. And so as we look at this, we realize that chapter seven m...
1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Timothy 3:5; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 11:28;...
Our care for you [τ η ν σ π ο υ δ η ν η μ ω ν τ η ν υ π ε ρ υ μ ω ν]. The correct text reverses the pronouns and reads your care for us. This difficult passage means that while Paul did desire the pun...
It was not only, or chiefly, for the sake of the incestuous person, or of his father; but to show my care over you....
Here our apostle tells them, that he did not write so passionately and severely to them, only or chiefly for the incestuous person's sake, who had done the wrong, that he might be punished, not for hi...