Verse 11 Fearing the Lord because of his power to judge all deeds, Paul sought to please the Lord by persuading men. God would know his right intentions, since he saw all, and Paul hoped the Corinthians could now also see his good intentions and actions.
Verse 2 Corinthians 5:11. _KNOWING THEREFORE THE TERROR OF THE LORD_] This, I think, is too harsh a translation of ειδοτες ουν τον φοβον του κυριου, which should be rendered, _knowing therefore the f...
KNOWING THEREFORE - We who are apostles, and who are appointed to preach the gospel, having the fullest assurance of the terrors of the day of judgment, and of the wrath of God, endeavor to persuade p...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
The emphasis is on the opening words of 2 Corinthians 5:11. Among the clouds of misrepresentation to which he was exposed was the sneering assertion that in some unworthy sense he persuades or gets ro...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
So then, it is because we know the fear of the Lord that we keep on trying to persuade men, but to God we are already known through and through, and I hope that in your conscience, too, we will come t...
TERROR. fear, as in Acts 9:31. PERSUADE. App-150. MEN. App-123 MADE MANIFEST. Same as "appear", 2 Corinthians 5:10, TRUST. hope. ALSO. To follow "manifest"....
The Christian Ministry one of Reconciliation 11. _the terror of the Lord_ i.e. "His to-be-dreaded judgment." Beza. This translation is due to the Geneva Version, following Beza and Calvin (Wiclif, _d...
ΤῸΝ ΦΌΒΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ. _The_ FEAR _of the Lord_; the fear which we feel before Christ as our Judge (Ephesians 5:21), not ‘the terror’ (A.V.) which He inspires. Comp. οὐκ ἕστι φόβος θεοῦ� (Psalms 35:1)...
_THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINS US 2 CORINTHIANS 5:11-15:_ Judgment is pictured as the "terror of the Lord." Certainly coming judgment should cause us to persuade men to repent and to live righteous li...
ΕΊΔΌΤΕΣ _perf. act. part._ (причины) ΟΊΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ (_см._ 2 Corinthians 4:14). ΦΌΒΟΝ ΤΟΎ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ (G5401; G2962) "страх Господа". Это страх при мысли о предстоящем су...
DISCOURSE: 2019 THE IMPROVEMENT TO BE MADE OF THE DOCTRINE OF A FUTURE JUDGMENT 2 Corinthians 5:10. _We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that erery one may receive the things done...
KNOWING THEREFORE THE TERROR OF THE LORD, WE PERSUADE, &C.— "We convince men, and persuade them to be Christians, through divine grace, and by that means are manifested to God as his servants, and to...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Frustration of the Human Soul (2 Corinthians 5:6-15) 6 So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for w...
_APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS_ Motivating Forces Scripture 2 Corinthians 5:11-17 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manife...
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. TERROR OF THE LORD - the coming judgment so ter...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
5:11 been (l-13) been (l-24) Or 'are manifested.' It is the perfect tense; what is done and of which the effect continues....
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is e...
TERROR] the reverence or fear inspired by the thought that Christ is judge (2 Corinthians 5:10). WE PERSUADE MEN] i.e. of our sincerity, with a view to winning them. IN YOUR CONSCIENCES] The Corinthi...
PARAPHRASE. 'Seeing, then, that we realise the awe inspired by Christ our judge, we try to convince men of our faithfulness and unselfishness: to God, indeed, our sincerity is already manifest, and al...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
KNOWING THEREFORE THE TERROR OF THE LORD. — Better, _the fear of the Lord._ The English word “terror” is unduly strong, and hinders the reader from seeing that what St. Paul speaks of is identical wit...
CHAPTER 14 THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S LOVE. 2 Corinthians 5:11 (R.V) THE Christian hope of immortality is elevated and solemnized by the thought of the judgment-seat of Christ. This is no strange thoug...
εἰδότες οὖν τὸν φόβον κ. τ. λ.: _knowing, therefore, sc._, because of the conviction expressed in 2 Corinthians 5:10, _the fear of the Lord, sc._, as Judge (_cf._ Hebrews 10:31), _we persuade men, sc....
REITERATION OF HIS SINCERITY OF PURPOSE....
CONSTRAINED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 5:11 It was of small importance in Paul's eyes what his critics thought of him. He desired only to please his supreme Lord, whether he lived or died, w...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
(5) Knowing therefore the (i) terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. (5) Now he moves on, and taking occasion...
_Knowing, therefore, the fear of the Lord, and how dreadful a thing it is to appear at his tribunal, we endeavour to exhort men to fear and to worship him: and this intention is made known to God, who...
(6) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (7) (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) (8) We are confident, I say, and willing...
11._Knowing therefore. _He now returns to speak of himself, or he again applies the general doctrine to himself personally. “I am not ignorant,” says he, “nor devoid of the fear of God, which ought to...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
KNOWING THEREFORE THE TERROR OF THE LORD,.... Or the fear of the Lord; by which is meant either the grace of the fear of the Lord, implanted in the hearts of the apostles, and in which they acted in t...
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. Ver. 11. _Knowing therefore the terror, &c._] Wha...
_Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord_ The strict judgment which must then pass on all impenitent sinners; _we_ the more earnestly _persuade men_ To repent and believe the gospel, that, instead of...
THE TERROR OF THE LORD; what terrible punishments he will inflict on the wicked. WE PERSUADE MEN; to flee from the wrath to come. MANIFEST UNTO GOD; he sees our sincerity. ARE MADE MANIFEST IN YOUR...
KNOWING, THEREFORE, THE TERROR OF THE LORD, WE PERSUADE MEN; BUT WE ARE MADE MANIFEST UNTO GOD, AND, I TRUST, ALSO ARE MADE MANIFEST IN YOUR CONSCIENCES....
PAUL AN AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST. The love of Christ his ruling motive:...
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
9-15 The apostle quickens himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful security. Let all consider the judgment to come, which is called, The t...
We believing and being fully persuaded, that there shall be such a great and terrible day of the Lord, when there shall be such a narrow inquiry and search into whatsoever men have thought, spoke, or...
Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences. [Knowing therefore what reason there is to fe...
2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing G1492 (G5761) therefore G3767 terror G5401 Lord G2962 persuade G3982 (G5719) men G
GOD'S MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION (2 CORINTHIANS 5:11 TO 2 CORINTHIANS 6:2). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of the Chri...
‘Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are openly revealed to God; and I hope that we are also openly revealed in your consciences.' Paul now emphasises, in the light of the...
2 Corinthians 5:11. KNOWING THEREFORE THE FEAR OF THE LORD the Lord Christ who is to be our Judge, WE (in the exercise of our ministry) persuade men; BUT WE ARE MADE MANIFEST UNTO GOD (who knoweth our...
THE FEAR OF THE LORD (τον φοβον του Κυριου). Many today regard this a played-out motive, but not so Paul. He has in mind verse 2 Corinthians 5:10 with the picture of the judgment seat of Christ.WE...
2 Corinthians 5:11 Eternal Punishment. Whatever the reason may be, men do not now think much about the terror of the Lord, and preachers do not now preach much about it. The spirit of the day is scep...
1. _For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
2 Corinthians 5:9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house ma...
TO FEAR THE LORD. Not terror, but reverence and respect. Terror is never a valid motive to obey the Lord (1 John 4:18). [_MacKnight_ takes this to mean: "Knowing, therefore, the terribleness of the Lo...
_Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men._ PERSUASIVES TO THE BEING RELIGIOUS I. The argument which the apostle makes choice of to persuade men, which is, “The terror of the Lord.”...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord._ Knowing what I have just said of Christ's judgment-seat, when each will receive the reward of his deeds; or, knowing that the Lord is to be feared as a Judg...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 1:12;...
Terror of the Lord [φ ο β ο ν τ ο υ κ υ ρ ι ο υ]. Rev., better, the fear of the Lord. Not that which is terrible in the Lord, but being conscious of fearing the Lord. We persuade [π ε ι θ ο μ ε ν]. C...
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we the more earnestly persuade men to seek his favour; and as God knoweth this, so, I trust, ye know it in your own consciences....
That is, knowing the terror and dread of that terrible and dreadful day in which Christ will judge the whole race of mankind; and being persuaded of the truth and certainty of it ourselves, we endeavo...