Verse 2 Corinthians 1:5. _THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST_] Suffering endured for the cause of Christ: such as persecutions, hardships, and privations of different kinds. _OUR CONSOLATION ALSO ABOUNDETH_]...
FOR AS THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST ABOUND IN US - As we are called to experience the same sufferings which Christ endured; as we are called to suffer in his cause, and in the promotion of the same object...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. TRUE MINISTRY AS MANIFESTED IN THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE APOSTLE. Chapter s 1-7 1. The Introduction CHAPTER 1:1-7 _ 1. The Salutation. (2 Corinthians 1:1)_ 2. The...
SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION. 2 Corinthians 1:1 f. Timothy, whose approaching visit to Corinth had been announced in 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 16:11, is now again in Paul's company, and
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through God's will, and Timothy, the brother you all know, send this letter to the Church of God which is at Corinth, together with all God's dedicated people who are...
COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
SUFFERINGS. Greek. _pathetna._ See Romans 8:18. CHRIST. the Christ. App-98. IN. towards. Greek. _eis,_ as in 2 Corinthians 1:4. CONSOLATION. comfort, as 2 Corinthians 1:3
_For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us_ Rather SUPER-ABOUND UNTO US. All the principal English versions render _in us_, and thus many commentators have been misled. The word translated _abound_...
The mutual interdependence of St Paul and the Corinthian Church 3. _Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_ Two feelings rise at once in the Apostle's mind. The first is an overwhel...
ὍΤΙ ΚΑΘῺΣ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΕΙ ΤᾺ ΠΑΘΉΜΑΤΑ ΤΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂ ΕἸΣ ἩΜΑ͂Σ. ‘The sufferings of the Messiah abound _unto_ us,’ which means ‘in reference to us’ or ‘in our case’; so that the ‘in us’ of the A. V. is subst...
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ (G4052) изобиловать, течь через край, ΠΆΘΗΜΑ (G3804) страдание, ΤΟΫ́ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΎ (G5547) _gen. sing._, подразумевается: необходимо следовать за Христом, то ес...
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 s...
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...
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. SUFFERINGS - in contrast with "salvation" (); as "tribulation" (of mind), with comfort or "consolation....
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...
1:5 Christ (b-8) I would take this opportunity of drawing attention to the difference between 'Christ' and 'the Christ.' 'The Christ' is a title, the designation of a condition or office, not a name;...
THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST] Because they are met in Christ's service and borne in Christ's spirit: cp. Philippians 3:10....
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Fount of all blessing and comfort, (4) for the comfort and courage He gives us in our trials, whereby we are enabled to com...
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...
ABOUND IN US. — Better, _overflow to us._ The sufferings of Christ, as in 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Peter 5:1 (the Greek in 1 Peter 1:11 expresses a different thought), are those which He endured on earth; thos...
CHAPTER 1 SUFFERING AND CONSOLATION. 2 Corinthians 1:1 (R.V) THE greeting with which St. Paul introduces his Epistles is much alike in them all, but it never becomes a mere formality, and ought not...
ὅτι καθὼς περισσύει κ. τ. λ.: _for as Christ's sufferings flow over abundantly to us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ_. That the Christian is a fellow-sufferer with Christ is frequen...
SHARING COMFORT IN AFFLICTION 2 Corinthians 1:1 This was a circular letter, including in its scope all the scattered communities in the district. _Grace_ was the usual salutation of the West, _Peace_...
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...
THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT Paul went on to thank God and honor him as the source of mercy and comfort. The singer of Israel sang of God in Psalms 86:15. "But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and...
For as the (c) sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. (c) The miseries which we suffer for Christ, or which Christ suffers in us....
St. Paul here styles his own sufferings, the sufferings of Christ, to shew that Christ take part, and suffers in all his members. (St. John Chrysostom) --- Though it is generally understood to signify...
(5) For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. (6) And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the endu...
5._For as the sufferings of Christ abound _— _This _statement may be explained in two ways — actively and passively. If you take it _actively, _the meaning will be this: “The more I am tried with vari...
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;...
FOR AS THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST ABOUND IN US,.... By "the sufferings of Christ" are not meant those which he suffered in his own person for the sake, and in the room and stead of his people, the fruit...
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. Ver. 5. _As the sufferings of Christ_] So called, either because the saints suffer for Christ, or because th...
_Blessed be God_, &c. A solemn and beautiful introduction, highly suitable to the apostolical spirit; _even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_ Who is his _only-begotten_ Son, both as to his divine a...
THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST; sufferings like those of Christ, or endured in Christ's cause. All Christ's disciples, each in his own measure, must first suffer with Christ, that they may afterwards be par...
FOR AS THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST ABOUND IN US, SO OUR CONSOLATION ALSO ABOUNDS BY CHRIST....
Thanksgiving and comfort:...
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....
1-11 We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is able to give peace to the troubled conscience, and to calm...
He calleth his and the other apostles sufferings, THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST, either because they were sufferings for Christ, that is, for doing the work which Christ had given them to do; or his and th...
For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ. [By "sufferings of Christ" Paul means the persecutions, etc., suffered for Christ's sake. As Christ h...
2 Corinthians 1:5 For G3754 as G2531 sufferings G3804 Christ G5547 abound G4052 (G5719) in G1519 us G2248 s
‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any aff...
GOD BOTH AFFLICTS AND COMFORTS ALL WHO ARE HIS FOR THEIR SALVATION (2 CORINTHIANS 1:3). The verses that follow lay the foundation of what he will say throughout the letter. At first sight they might a...
2 Corinthians 1:5. FOR AS THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST ABOUND UNTO US. In what sense? Those touching words of the glorified One to Saul, on his way to Damascus, seem to furnish the answer: “Saul, Saul, wh...
THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST (τα παθηματα του Χριστου). Subjective genitive, Christ's own sufferings.ABOUND UNTO US (περισσευε εις ημας). Overflow unto us so that we suffer like sufferings and become...
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...
IN CHRIST'S MANY SUFFERINGS. Christ suffers with his people when they suffer (Acts 9:4-5 and notes). Therefore when Paul suffered for Christ, or rather BECAUSE of his relationship to Christ, he was sh...
_For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation aboundeth by Christ._ THE SUFFERINGS AND THE CONSOLATION Our cross is not the same as Christ’s, yet we have a cross. Our sufferings...
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....
_For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth in Christ._ "The sufferings of Christ" are, (1.) as S. Ambrose takes it, those which we suffer for Christ; (2.) such as...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 1:3.—John calls the Son a “Comforter” (1 John 2:1). Christ calls the Spirit a “Comforter” (John 14:16, “another” also implying that He Himself had been such to the disci...
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 Corinthians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Corinthians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 4:11;...
Sufferings of Christ. Not things suffered for Christ's sake, but Christ's own sufferings as they are shared by His disciples. See Matthew 20:22; Philippians 3:10; Colossians 1:24;...
THE GOD WHO IS ENOUGH 2 Corinthians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God, in every need, is the God who is enough. His resources are sufficient for all, deficient for none. His supply is abundant. When Abrah...
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us — The sufferings endured on his account. So our comfort also aboundeth through Christ — The sufferings were many, the comfort one; and yet not only equal t...
Note here, 1. That the saint's sufferings are called the SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. The head suffers in the members, because the members suffer for the sake of the head. Note, 2. That the saint's sufferin...