Verse 2 Corinthians 13:14. _THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST_] All the _favour_ and _beneficence_ that come _from_ and _through_ the Redeemer of the world; as the LORD, the _ruler_ and _governor_ o...
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST - see the note, Romans 16:20. This verse contains what is usually called the apostolic benediction - the form which has been so long, and which is almost so universa...
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...
The closing verses betray no trace of the passionate anxiety, the mingled self-abasement end self-assertion, which have marked the preceding Chapter s. Their precepts appear to be addressed to a peopl...
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...
GRACE. Greek. _charis_. App-184. Compare 2 Corinthians 8:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:12; 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Timothy 2:1.
14. This is the fullest and most instructive of the benedictions with which S. Paul concludes his Epistles; and for this very reason it has been adopted from very early times (_Const. Apost_. viii. 5,...
CONCLUDING EXHORTATION, SALUTATION, AND BENEDICTION Assuming that 10–13:10 is part of a letter written before 1–9, we may safely regard 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 as the conclusion of this earlier and sev...
_ FINAL GREETINGS FOR THE CORINTHIANS 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11-14:_ Second Corinthians closes with some very tender words of encouragement. "Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one ano...
DISCOURSE: 2048 THE APOSTOLICAL BENEDICTION 2 Corinthians 13:14. _The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen_. THE priests, un...
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,— The word 2 Corinthians 1:10. Χαρισ should rather be rendered here by _favour:_ for if _grace_ be taken for _sanctifying influences_ communicated from Christ,—which...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Solidarity (2 Corinthians 13:11-14) 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peac...
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion The benediction proves the Divine Trinity in unity. "The grace of ... Christ" comes first, for only by it we come to "the l...
10 Edification should ever be the aim of God's servant in dealing with His erring saints. All other means should be exhausted before sharpness and, severity should be used. They are a last resort, and...
13:14 communion (m-15) Or 'fellowship,' _ koinonia_ , as 1 Corinthians 1:9 ....
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...
THE GRACE, etc.] the fullest of St. Paul's benedictions. THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST] see 2 Corinthians 8:9. THE LOVE OF GOD] Perhaps including both the sense of His love for us and the love wh...
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...
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST... — It is not without a special significance that the Epistle which has been, almost to the very close, the most agitated and stormy of all that came from St. Paul’...
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...
HOW TO BE BUILT UP 2 Corinthians 13:7 None can really injure the truth or stop its victorious progress. As well try to stop the sunrise. We often help others most in our weakness, because then we rel...
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 14 Paul would close by praying that they should receive all the blessings the Godhead had to offer....
(14) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. Here, like another Solomon, the Apostle comes to the conclusion of the whole m...
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...
_A THREEFOLD BENEDICTION_ ‘The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost.’ 2 Corinthians 13:14 Upon this text I base what is to me the absolute infere...
14._The grace of the Lord Jesus. _He closes the Epistle with a prayer, which contains three clauses, in which the sum of our salvation consists. In the _first _place, he desires for them the _grace of...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.... Meaning either the love of Christ; see 2 Corinthians 8:9 which is the same with that of his Father's, is as early, and of the same nature, being a love of compla...
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, _be_ with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, _a city_ of Mace...
_Finally, brethren, farewell_ Χαιπετε, _rejoice;_ be happy; _be perfect_ Aspire to the highest degrees of Christian wisdom and grace, of knowledge, holiness, and usefulness. _Be of good comfort Filled...
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; the favor which he bestows upon his affectionate and obedient people. THE LOVE OF GOD; manifested in the gift of his Son, and shed abroad in the hearts of his peop...
THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY GHOST BE WITH YOU ALL! AMEN. Paul cannot refrain from closing without some cheering remarks, altogether in his cu...
The conclusion:...
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...
11-14 Here are several good exhortations. God is the Author of peace and Lover of concord; he hath loved us, and is willing to be at peace with us. And let it be our constant aim so to walk, that sep...
The free love of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, shown in the application of his redemption; that _grace_ which floweth from him as the Fountain of grace, or cometh by him as the Mediator between God and man;...
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. [This is the full apostolic benediction. It contains three blessings respectively derive...
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‘The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion (fellowship) of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.' The letter comes to an end with this fullest of ascriptions, not parallel...
2 Corinthians 13:14. THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY GHOST, BE WITH YOU ALL. [1] [1] The amen is not genuine here. Remarkable it is that an Epis...
2 Corinthians 13:14 The Covenant of Redemption. I. Consider the character of this covenant, for this is a point of the highest importance as regards our thoughts, and our hopes, and our actions. The...
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
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 13:11.—Calm sunset after a stormy passage! Observe margin (better). PERFECTED.—As in 2 Corinthians 13:9. COMFORTED.—With the fuller meaning found, _e.g_., in “_Paraclete...
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 12:13; 1 Corinthians 14:16; 1 Corinthians 16:23; 1 Corinthians 3:16;...
The grace, etc. The most complete benediction of the Pauline epistles. In most of the epistles the introductory benedictions are confined to grace and peace. In the pastoral epistles mercy is added. I...
Here are the highest blessings and benefits wished to, and prayed for, in behalf of the Corinthians, which they could possibly be made partakers of; namely, all that love which doth or can flow from t...