McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
2 Corinthians 13:7
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.
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.
Verse 2 Corinthians 13:7. _I PRAY TO GOD THAT YE DO NO EVIL_] That ye do not persist in that course which will oblige me to use the power of Christ, with which I am endued, to punish you. Some apply t...
NOW I PRAY TO GOD THAT YE DO NO EVIL - I earnestly desire that you may do right, and only right; and I beseech God that it may be so, whatever may be the result in regard to me, and whatever may be th...
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...
WARNINGS IN VIEW OF A VISIT. This closing chapter starts from a vivid realisation of that which is only too likely to be the situation when he arrives for the third time. With increased emphasis, and...
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...
PRAY. Greek. _euchomai._ App-134. DO NO. should not (Greek. _me)_ do anything (Greek. _medets)_. A double negative. EVIL. Greek _kakos._ App-128. THAT. sin order that. Greek. _hina._ APPEAR. Greek...
_Now I pray to God that ye do no evil_ St Paul's whole heart is set upon the desire that the power of Christ which dwells in the Christian body should be displayed in the victory of his converts over...
1–10. The letter hastens to a conclusion. He reminds them, 1. what they have to expect from him in this third visit (1–4); 2. what they owe to themselves, seeing that their estimate of him and his tre...
5–9. ‘Instead of seeking a proof of the Christ that speaketh in me (2 Corinthians 13:3), it is your own selves that you ought to be testing and proving, to see whether you are in the faith and Christ...
ΕΥ̓ΧΌΜΕΘΑ (אABDFGP, some cursives, Latt.) rather than εὔχομαι (D3KL, Goth., Chrys.), which follows ἐλπίζω (2 Corinthians 13:6). 7. ΕΥ̓ΧΌΜΕΘΑ. For the rapid changes of number, φείσομαι (2 Corinthians 1...
_ARE YOU TRUE TO YOUR FAITH 2 CORINTHIANS 13:5-7:_ Each Christian should test himself to make sure that he is really true to the faith. We need to know whether we can pass this test. As you examine yo...
ΕΎΧΌΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G2172) молиться, с последующим _inf._, передающим содержание молитвы, ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, используется с отр. Субъект _inf...
APPROVED,— _Discerning._...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Maturation Through Self-Examination (2 Corinthians 13:5-10) 5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that J...
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. I PRAY. 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'we...
14 What a fund of fatherly affection is revealed in his protest, "I am not seeking _ yours _ but _ you_!" And it must have humbled them to think of their own lack of care and consideration. They deser...
PARAPHRASE. 'We pray to God that you may lead a pure and holy life, not to do us credit, but because it is right, even though we be like false apostles. (8) For our authority is given us to advance wh...
AS REPROBATES] i.e. as if we had no authority, because we shall not need to show it....
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...
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...
NOW I PRAY TO GOD THAT YE DO NO EVIL. — The better MSS. give, _we pray._ The words that follow involve a subtle play of thought and feeling on the two forms of the trial or scrutiny of which he has ju...
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...
2 Corinthians 13:1-10. IF HE COMES AGAIN, HE WILL NOT SPARE: CHRIST IS HIS STRENGTH: LET THE CORINTHIANS SEE TO IT THAT HE BE THEIRS ALSO....
εὐχόμεθα δὲ κ. τ. λ.: _now we pray to God_ (for εὐχ. πρὸς _cf._ Numbers 11:2) _that ye do no evil; not that ye may appear approved, i.e._, the motive of his prayer was not that his ministry should be...
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 7 His prayer for the Corinthians was that they be faithful. He did not pray that so that his name would be cleared and they would again respect him. Rather, he would allow his name to remain sta...
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as (c) reprobates. (c) In men's judgment....
I trust that we have not fallen from the state in which we were, but that we continue to exercise our ministry and to use the power which he has given us. Though I do not wish to find you guilty of an...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Non ut nos probati appareamus....nos autem ut reprobi simus, _Greek: os (not ina) adokimoi omen, i.e. sicut or tanquam non probati simus._...
(5) Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? (6) But I trust that ye shall know tha...
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...
7._I desire before God. _Again he _declares, _that he cares nothing for his own honor, but is simply desirous of promoting their advantage. For nothing was so undesirable for them, as to deprive thems...
_ Commentary for this Chapter is probably included in the next or previous Chapter s._...
NOW L PRAY TO GOD,.... A strong mark of the apostle's affection for them. For though they used him so ill, he took every way and method to do them good; he not only wrote to them, sent the brethren to...
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. Ver. 7. _Though we be as reprobates_] viz. In your es...
_Now I pray God that ye do no evil_ To give me occasion of showing my apostolical power; _not that we should appear approved_ I desire not to appear approved by miraculously punishing you; _but that y...
YE DO NO EVIL; but do what is right, and especially in the matter about which I have written. NOT THAT WE SHOULD APPEAR APPROVED; by showing our apostolical authority in inflicting judgments. THAT W...
Paul appeals to his readers to stand approved of Christ:...
NOW I PRAY TO GOD THAT YE DO NO EVIL; NOT THAT WE SHOULD APPEAR APPROVED, BUT THAT YE SHOULD DO THAT WHICH IS HONEST, THOUGH WE BE AS REPROBATES....
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...
7-10 The most desirable thing we can ask of God, for ourselves and our friends, is to be kept from sin, that we and they may not do evil. We have far more need to pray that we may not do evil, than t...
NOW I PRAY TO GOD THAT YE DO NO EVIL; I do not desire that when I come I may find objects for my severity, upon whom I may show a proof of Christ in me, by exercising that authority upon them with whi...
2 Corinthians 13:7 Now G1161 pray G2172 (G5736) to G4314 God G2316 you G5209 do G3361 G4160 ...
‘Now we pray to God that you do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honourable, and that we be as reprobate.' So on the assumption of their new recognition of h...
2 Corinthians 13:7. NOW WE PRAY TO GOD THAT YE DO NO EVIL; NOT THAT WE MAY APPEAR APPROVED, BUT THAT YE MAY DO THAT WHICH IS HONOURABLE, THOUGH WE BE AS REPROBATE: ‘My prayer is, that when I come I ma...
THOUGH WE BE AS REPROBATE (ημεις δε ως αδοκιμο ωμεν). Literally, "And that" (ινα δε). Paul wishes them to do no wrong (κακον μηδεν). He has no desire to exercise his apostolic authority and "appear...
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
WE PRAY TO GOD. "It is important that you do no wrong, and that you may do what is right. If your obedience leaves me without an opportunity to show the Lord's power through me, I will be happy!...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 13:7 Paul desires the Corinthians’ RESTORATION even at this late hour. ⇐...
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 13:1.—[Good paraphrase, exhibiting connection of thought, from Stanley: “Once, twice, thrice, as in the Mosaic Law of the three witnesses; by my first visit—by this Epis...
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 Chronicles 4:10; 1 Corinthians 11:19; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Peter 2:12;...
Not that we should appear approved, etc. The sense of the verse is this : We pray God that you do no evil, not in order that your good conduct may attest the excellence of our teaching and example, so...
I pray God that ye may do no evil — To give me occasion of showing my apostolical power. I do not desire to appear approved — By miraculously punishing you. But that ye may do that which is good, thou...
The apostle, drawing towards the conclusion of his epistle, shuts it up with prayer, earnestly imploring Almighty God, that the Corinthians might be found doing no evil, which might expose them to his...