2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established. [Deuteronomy 19:15]... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established. [Deuteronomy 19:15]... [ Continue Reading ]
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare [The apostle here declares that patience has reached its just limit. Twice he has been prese... [ Continue Reading ]
seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:... [ Continue Reading ]
for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you. [The apostle here gives the reason why he had so fully decided to discipline: they had tauntingly desired it. You ascribe, says... [ Continue Reading ]
Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.... [ Continue Reading ]
But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate. [Ye who are so eager to put me to the test as to whether I am united with Christ, would exercise a truer wisdom if you tested your own selves to see whether you are in possession of that faith which should unite you with Christ--yea, test your... [ Continue Reading ]
Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though we be as reprobate.... [ Continue Reading ]
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. [While hoping or expecting to be vindicated, his prayer is of a different sort. We pray, says he, that you may be kept from evil, and thus escape the discipline. We do not thus pray for the sake of approving ourselves by showing our power t... [ Continue Reading ]
For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.... [ Continue Reading ]
For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down. [Here Paul amplifies the thought of verses 7 and 8. If the Corinthians are only perfected in strength, if they are... [ Continue Reading ]
Finally, brethren, farewell. [Literally, rejoice; a reverting to the purpose declared in 2 Corinthians 1:24. Compare Philippians 4:4] _Be perfected_ [Ephesians 4:13; Matthew 5:48]; _be comforted_ [2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 7:8-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:18]; _be of the same mind_ ... [ Continue Reading ]
Salute one another with a holy kiss. [Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Peter 5:14. See note on 1 Thessalonians 5:26]... [ Continue Reading ]
All the saints salute you. [That is, all the saints with me in Macedonia.]... [ Continue Reading ]
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 derived from the three divine sources. It occurs nowhere else in the Scripture. Coming, as it does, after... [ Continue Reading ]