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Verse 2 Corinthians 1:9. _WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES_]
The tribulation was so violent and overwhelming, that he had no hope
of escaping death.
_THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRUST IN OURSELVES_]...
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BUT WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES - Margin, “answer.”
The word rendered “sentence” (ἀπόκριμα apokrima) means
properly an answer, judicial response, or sentence; and is here
synonymous wi...
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2. PAUL'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATIONS.
CHAPTER 1:8-24
_ 1. His Experience. (2 Corinthians 1:8)_
2. His Explanations. (2 Corinthians 1:15)
The Apostle speaks, first of all, of the trouble he had whe...
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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
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COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
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I want you to know, brothers, about the terrible experience which
happened to us in Asia, an experience in which we were excessively
weighted down till it was beyond bearing, so that we despaired even...
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SENTENCE. answer. Greek. _apokrima._ Only here. Compare App-122. The
only issue he could see from his troubles wag "death".
THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_.
NOT. Greek. _me_. App-105.
TRUST. Gre...
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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...
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_sentence_ The word thus translated occurs only here in the N. T. It
is translated _answer_by Wiclif, Tyndale, and Cranmer: the word
_sentence_having been adopted by our translators from the Geneva
ve...
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ἈΛΛᾺ ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ ἘΝ ἙΑΥΤΟΙ͂Σ ΤῸ�. NAY, _we_
OURSELVES WITHIN _ourselves_ HAVE GOT _the_ ANSWER _of death_. ‘When
we asked whether it was to be life or death for us, our own
presentiment said, death.’ The ἀ...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which
came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above
strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
Referring to the...
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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...
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1:9 in (c-21) * Lit. ' _ the_ God who raises,' &c....
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THE SENTENCE OF DEATH] RV 'the answer of death.' When he wondered
whether the issue would be life or death, his own heart answered,
'Death.' THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRUST] His recovery taught him a stronge...
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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...
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PARAPHRASE. 'For it is right, my friends, that you should know that I
had to undergo very severe suffering in Ephesus, and was even at
death's door. (9) This great danger taught me that my life is in...
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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...
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WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES. — The word translated
“sentence” (_apokrima_) does not occur elsewhere in the New
Testament, nor indeed in the LXX. Literally, it means _answer,_ and
was pro...
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CHAPTER 2
FAITH BORN OF DESPAIR.
2 Corinthians 1:8 (R.V)
PAUL seems to have felt that the thanksgiving with which he opens this
letter to the Corinthians was so peculiar as to require explanation.
I...
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HIS RECENT PERIL. 2 Corinthians 1:8. οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν κ.
τ. λ.: _for we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about_ (for
ὑπέρ with gen. in this sense, _cf._ chap. 2Co 8:23, 2 Corinthians
12:8; 2 Thess...
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ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ κ. τ. λ.: _nay, we ourselves had the
sentence of death in ourselves; i.e._, the danger was so great that
the sentence of death had been already pronounced, as it were.
ἀπόκριμα might mean “...
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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_...
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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...
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GOD DELIVERED PAUL
During Paul's trip to Ephesus, trouble arose between Paul and the
devoted followers of Diana, who were led by Demetrius (Acts 19:23-41;
Acts 20:1). There is no doubt he saw great op...
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But we had the sentence of death in (f) ourselves, that we should not
trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
(f) I was resolved within myself to die....
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_The sentence. Literally, the answer of death, by which death seemed
unavoidable; and this God permitted to teach us not to trust, or
confide, in ourselves, but in him only, &c. (Witham)_...
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(8) For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which
came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above
strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: (9) But we had...
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_TRUST_
‘We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust
in ourselves, but in God Which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from
so great a death, and doth deliver: in Whom we trus...
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9._Nay more, we had the sentence of death _This is as though we should
say — “I had already laid my account with dying, or had regarded
it as a thing fixed.” He borrows, however, a similitude from tho...
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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;...
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BUT WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES,.... By the sentence of
death is meant, not any decree of heaven, or appointment of God that
they should die; nor any sentence of condemnation and death p...
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But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not
trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
Ver. 9. _But we had the sentence_] Gr. Απολριμα, the answer
or denunciation of...
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_For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant_ As if he had said, We
speak thus concerning the sufferings wherewith God is pleased to
exercise his people, because we have lately experienced them in a...
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SENTENCE OF DEATH; were cut off from all human means of help, and
doomed apparently to immediate death....
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Paul's recent peril:...
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BUT WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES, THAT WE SHOULD NOT
TRUST IN OURSELVES, BUT IN GOD, WHICH RAISETH THE DEAD;...
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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....
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SENTENCE:
Or, answer...
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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...
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BUT WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES; we verily thought we
should have been killed; and so it is expounded by the last words of
the former verse, WE DESPAIRED EVEN OF LIFE. And this God did t...
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yea, we ourselves have had the sentence [or answer] _of death within
ourselves_ [i. e., when we asked ourselves, "Can we possibly live?" we
were compelled in our hopelessness to answer, "No; we must d...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "That we should trust not in
ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead," says the apostle, "who
delivered us from so great a death, that our faith should not sta...
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2 Corinthians 1:9 Yes G235 G846 had G2192 (G5758) sentence G610 death
G2288 in G1722 ourselves G1438 that...
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‘Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves,
that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the
dead.'
Indeed they had felt themselves under sentence of death, and...
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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...
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YEA
(αλλα). Confirmatory use as in 2 Corinthians 7:11, rather than
adversative.THE ANSWER OF DEATH
(το αποκριμα του θανατου) This late word from
αποκρινομα, to reply, occurs nowhere else in N.T.,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT THIS HAPPENED. "God let me come so near death that I could almost
feel myself already dead! He did this to teach me not to trust ANYONE
except Him, who raises the dead....
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_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...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3 Paul offers praise to God as
he introduces the main themes to follow.
⇐...
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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.
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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....
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_But we had the sentence of death in ourselves_. "But," here, has the
meaning of "moreover." Nature and inclination presaged and expected
nothing but death; and when I thought of the state of my life,...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:8.—No certainty as to the “_affliction_”
referred to, whether some outward persecution at Ephesus (query at
Ephesus at all?) known to his readers (query that of Romans...
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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...
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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,...
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2 Corinthians 12:7; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 4:13; 2
Corinthians 4:14;...
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Sentence of death [α π ο κ ρ ι μ α τ ο υ θ α ν α τ ο
υ]. Apokrima, occurs only here in the New Testament, and not in
classical Greek nor in the Septuagint. In the latter the kindred words
have, almost...
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Yea, we had the sentence of death in ourselves — We ourselves
expected nothing but death....
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Observe here, The great and imminent danger which the apostle was in:
his very life was in. hazard, nay, even despaired of; he looked upon
himself as. dead man: but when he had thus sentenced himself,...