καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς κ. τ. λ.: and our hope for you is steadfast, knowing (we should expect εἰδότων, but cf. Romans 13:11) that as ye are partakers of the sufferings (see reff. for κοινωνός with a gen. objecti), so also are ye of the comfort. The main idea of this section is well given by Bengel: “Communio sanctorum … egregie representatur in hac epistola”.
2 CORINTHIANS 1:6-7 paraklh,sewj kai. swthri,aj\ ei;te parakalou,meqa( u`pe.r th/j u`mw/n paraklh,sewj th/j evnergoume,nhj evn u`pomonh|/ tw/n auvtw/n paqhma,twn w-n kai. h`mei/j pa,scomen) (7) kai....
Verse 2 Corinthians 1:7. _AND OUR HOPE OF YOU IS STEADFAST_] We have no doubt of your continuing in the truth; because we see that you have such a full, experimental knowledge of it, that no suffering...
AND OUR HOPE OF YOU IS STEADFAST - We have a firm and unshaken hope in regard to you; we have a confident expectation that you will be saved. We believe that you will be enabled so to bear trial as to...
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)...
OF. on BEHALF OF. Greek _haper,_ as in 2 Corinthians 1:6. STEDFAST. Greek. _bebaios._ See Hebrews 2:2. In some MSS. this clause stands at the beginning of 2 Corinthians 1:6, in others
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...
_And our hope of you is stedfast_ Most editors agree in placing these words _before_-or whether we be comforted," &c. It would seem to be their most natural place, for not only do they come awkwardly...
ΚΑῚ Ἡ ἘΛΠῚΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΒΕΒΑΊΑ ὙΠῈΡ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. The ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν belongs to the whole clause, not to ἐλπίς alone; _And our hope_ IS SURE CONCERNING YOU: comp. Philippians 1:7. ΕἸΔΌΤΕΣ. BECAUSE WE KNOW. See Ellicott...
_GOD WILL DELIVER US 2 CORINTHIANS 1:7-11:_ Paul was not disappointed in the spiritual strength of the Corinthian brethren. They had remained steadfast in much suffering and he wanted them to have the...
ΒΈΒΑΙΟΣ (G949) твердый, точный, уверенный, гарантированный (TLNT; _см._ 1 Corinthians 1:6). ΕΪΔΌΤΕΣΡΒΓ. _act. part._ (причины) ΟΊΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΌΣ (G2844) партн...
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...
And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. SO SHALL YE BE - rather, 'so are ye.' He means there is a community of...
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. '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...
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...
AND OUR HOPE OF YOU IS STEDFAST. — Better, _our hope on behalf of you._ The sentence is brought in as a kind of parenthesis connected with the word “enduring.” He had not used that word lightly, still...
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...
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...
(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...
7._Knowing, that as _However there might be some of the Corinthians that were drawn away for the time by the calumnies of the false Apostles, so as to entertain less honorable views of Paul, on seeing...
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 OUR HOPE OF YOU IS STEADFAST,.... We have long ago entertained hopes of you, that the work of God is begun upon your souls, and will be carried on, and that you will hold on in the profession of y...
And our hope of you _is_ stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so _shall ye be_ also of the consolation. Ver. 7. _So shall ye be also, &c._] Our troubles therefore are compar...
_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 CONSOLATION; which Christ gives to those who suffer for his sake. Great sufferings are usually accompanied by great consolations, and increase both our present and our eternal good....
Thanksgiving and comfort:...
AND OUR HOPE OF YOU IS STEADFAST, KNOWING THAT, AS YE ARE PARTAKERS OF THE SUFFERINGS, SO SHALL YE BE ALSO OF THE CONSOLATION. The dominant note in a Christian's life at all times should be that of th...
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...
We have a _stedfast hope_ of you, that as you have endured sufferings for Christ and his gospel, so you will still endure them, as we have done. And we know, THAT AS YOU ARE PARTAKERS OF THE SUFFERING...
and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort. [And we have a firm hope with regard to you, that if Christ has comforted us in ou...
2 Corinthians 1:7 And G2532 our G2257 hope G1680 for G5228 you G5216 steadfast G949 know G1492 (G5761) that
‘But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which he works in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also su...
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...
OUR HOPE FOR YOU (η ελπις ημων υπερ υμων). The old word ελπις, from ελπιζω, to hope, has the idea of waiting with expectation and patience. So here it is "steadfast" (βεβαια, stable, fast, from βαι...
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...
SO OUR HOPE IN YOU. "I have confidence in your faithfulness, because you also know the promise and help of the Lord....
_And whether we be afflicted … or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation._ PERSONAL SUFFERINGS I. Are often experienced in the rest of enterprises (2 Corinthians 11:23; 2...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3 Paul offers praise to God as he introduces the main themes to follow. ⇐...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:6 IT IS FOR YOUR COMFORT. The opponents maintained that Paul’s sufferings disqualified him as an apostle. Paul maintains that God uses his sufferings to strengthe...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 Paul’s Defense of His Ministry as an Apostle. Paul’s ministry reflects the work of the Holy Spirit. ⇐
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....
_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 10:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:14;...
And our hope concerning you — Grounded on your patience in suffering for Christ's sake, is steadfast....
Here St. Paul tells the body of the Corinthians, that he had. good hope concerning them, that as they had endured sufferings for Christ, so they would still endure them; assuring them, that they shoul...