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2 CORINTHIANS 2:1 ga,r {C}
Although ga,r has rather limited support (î46 B 31 33 1739 itr syrh,
pal copsams, bo _al_), a majority of the Committee preferred it to de,
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CHAPTER II.
_The apostle farther explains the reasons why he did not pay his_
_intended visit to the Corinthians_, 1.
_And why he wrote to them in the manner he did_, 2-5.
_He exhorts them also to...
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BUT I DETERMINED THIS WITH MYSELF - I made up my mind on this point; I
formed this resolution in regard to my course.
THAT I WOULD NOT COME AGAIN TO YOU IN HEAVINESS - In grief (ἐνη
λύπ enē lup). “...
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3. HIS DEEP EXERCISE CONCERNING THEM. YET OVERCOMING.
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Burden of his Soul. (2 Corinthians 2:1 .)_
2. Concerning the Brother who had been Disciplined. (2 Corinthians 2:5
.)
3. Over...
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2 Corinthians 1:23 to 2 Corinthians 2:4. Paul now states the real and
sufficient reason for his apparent vacillation. He had already paid a
visit to Corinth (_cf_. 2 Corinthians 13:2) which had been f...
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WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
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I call God to witness against my soul that it was because I wished to
spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. I am not saying this
because we have any desire to domineer over your faith, but b...
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DETERMINED. judged, or decided. Greek. _krino_. App-122.
THAT. WOULD NOT cot to.
NOT. Greek. _me_. App-105.
TO. unto. Greek. _pros_. App-104.
IN. Greek. _en_. App-104.
HEAVINESS. sorrow or grief....
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St Paul's only Object the Spiritual Advancement of his Converts
1. _But I determined this with myself_ St Paul now further vindicates
his consistency. Not only did he stay away from Corinth to spare...
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ΓΆΡ (B17, 37, Copt., Syr., Pesh.) should perhaps be preferred to
δέ (אABCFG); and ΠΆΛΙΝ ἘΝ ΛΎΠΗΙ (אABCDFG) is to be
preferred to ἐλθεῖν ἐν λύπῃ (some cursives, some
versions), and ΠΡῸΣ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ἘΛΘΕΙ͂Ν ...
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_TRYING TO AVOID SORROW 2 CORINTHIANS 2:1-4:_ Paul so much wanted to
visit Corinth again. However he did not want it to be a painful visit.
Just the writing of First Corinthians had caused Paul pain i...
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_GOD COMFORTS HIS PEOPLE 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1-6:_ Paul, an apostle of
Jesus Christ, and his co-worker Timothy joined together in sending
this epistle. They wrote to God's church in Corinth and to all of...
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FOR—I WOULD NOT COME AGAIN, &C.— "I purposed in myself, it is
true, to come to you again; but I resolved too that it should be
without bringing sorrow with me." That this is the meaning of this
verse,...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Further Explanation of the Deferred Visit
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 2:1-4. But I determined this for myself, that I would
not come again to you with sorrow. 2 For if I make you s...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Discord (2 Corinthians 2:1-11)
2 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2For if
I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I...
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But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you
in heaviness.
WITH MYSELF - rather, 'for myself' to spare myself pain: in contrast
to "you" (: cf. ).
NOT COME AGAIN TO YOU I...
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21 The operation of God's Spirit is here seen under three distinct
figures: the anointing, the seal, and the earnest. Prophets and
priests and kings were anointed for their office. They were anointed...
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_(B) 2:8-13. THE OBJECT AND RESULTS OF THE SEVERE LETTER_
The Apostle reminds them that to produce this godly sorrow was the
object of the letter he wrote before. He then speaks of one man who
has cau...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 2
CH1V23 God is my witness. I did not return to Corinth in order to
save you from a difficult situation. V24 We are not t...
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II.
(1) BUT I DETERMINED THIS WITH MYSELF. — Better, _I determined for
myself._ The chapter division is here obviously wrong, and interrupts
the sequence of thought. St. Paul continues his explanatio...
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CHAPTER 5
A PASTOR'S HEART.
2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 2:1 (R.V)
WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends himself
from the charge of levity and untrustworthiness by app...
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ἔκρινα δὲ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο κ. τ. λ.: _but I
decided this for my own sake, that I would not come again to you with
sorrow; i.e._, I determined that my next visit should not be painful,
as my last was. The...
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TENDER-HEARTED AND FORGIVING
2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 2:1
In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in 1
Corinthians 5:1. His judgment had been strong
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What a remarkable light is thrown on his first letter by his
declaration that he wrote it "out of much affliction and anguish of
heart," and "with many tears." Referring thus to his first letter,
Paul...
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GOD'S VERIFICATION OF PAUL'S SINCERITY
God had established Paul's sincerity by backing him with signs and
miracles. Since God was a promise keeper, He would not support one who
was dishonest. God had...
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But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you
in (a) heaviness.
(a) Causing grief among you, which he would have done if he had come
to them before they had repented....
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St. Paul continues to justify his not coming to them as he promised.
He told them that he did not wish to domineer over their faith, but
that his whole design was to contribute to their joy, and that...
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(1) But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to
you in heaviness. (2) For if I make you sorry, who is he then that
maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? (3) And...
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CONTENTS
The Apostle prosecutes the Subject of his Epistle in this Chapter.
Very blessedly he speaks the inmost Feelings of his Soul, and finds
cause to bless God, for causing him always to triumph i...
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1_But I had determined _Whoever it was that divided the chapters, made
here a foolish division. For now at length the Apostle explains, in
what manner he had _spared _them. “I had determined,” says he...
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But had there been any lightness in his decisions, since, as he now
informed them, he had intended to visit them on his way to Macedonia
(where he was at the moment of writing this letter), and then a...
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BUT I DETERMINED WITH MYSELF,.... The apostle having removed the
charge of levity and inconstancy brought against him, goes on to
excuse his delay in coming to them, and to soften the severity, which...
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But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you
in heaviness.
Ver. 1. _That I would not come again_] _Ille dolet quoties cogitur
esse ferox._ It goes as much against the heart o...
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_But I_, &c. The apostle proceeds with his apology, begun in the
preceding chapter, for delaying his visit to the Corinthians, and
signifies that he had deferred it because he had determined with
hims...
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IN HEAVINESS; in grief and sorrow, as he must have done, had he
visited Corinth before the disorders in the church to which he
referred in his first epistle had been removed....
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PAUL'S APOSTOLIC KINDNESS.
Paul continues his explanation:...
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BUT I DETERMINED THIS WITH MYSELF, THAT I WOULD NOT COME AGAIN TO YOU
IN HEAVINESS....
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These first few verses are a continuation of chapter 1. Paul had
purposed that he would not come to the Corinthians "in heaviness," and
for this reason delayed his visit. For his First Epistle was suc...
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1-4 The apostle desired to have a cheerful meeting with them; and he
had written in confidence of their doing what was to their benefit and
his comfort; and that therefore they would be glad to remove...
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2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 2 2 CORINTHIANS 2:1 Paul, having shown a motive
of tenderness for not coming to Corinth, as also for writing his
former Epistle, 2 CORINTHIANS 2:6 declareth himself satisfied wit...
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But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you
with sorrow....
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2 Corinthians 2:1 But G1161 determined G2919 (G5656) this G5124 myself
G1683 would G2064 not G3361 come G2064
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‘But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to
you with sorrow. For if I make you sorry, who then is he who makes me
glad but he who is made sorry by me? And I wrote this very thing...
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2 Corinthians 2:1. BUT I DETERMINED THIS FOR MYSELF, THAT I WOULD NOT
COME AGAIN TO YOU WITH SORROW. This is so plainly a continuance of his
explanation of the delay of his expected visit to Corinth,...
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THAT I WOULD NOT COME AGAIN TO YOU WITH SORROW
(το μη παλιν εν λυπη προς υμας ελθειν).
Articular second aorist active infinitive with negative μη in
apposition with τουτο (this) preceding. What does...
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CONTENTS: Forgiving those who have fallen into sin. The ministry of
the Christian.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Titus, an erring brother, Satan.
CONCLUSION: When a brother is truly penitent for hi...
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2 Corinthians 2:1. _But I determined that I would not come again to
you in heaviness;_ but rather wait till the late scandal should
subside. The offender, a man no doubt much known in the city, had la...
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SO I. Acts does not mention this _painful visit,_ but see 2
Corinthians 12:14; 2 Corinthians 13:1-2. Paul implies that he made up
his mind not to come, only after some very serious consideration of
th...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:1 PAINFUL VISIT. Paul’s
visit turned out to be “painful” because of the church’s open
rebellion against him (see vv....
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_But I determined this with myself._ I determined not to come to you
from a desire to spare you. Cf. chap. 1. 23. VER. 2. _For if I make
you sorry._ Although I made you sorry by rebuking you in my Fir...
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CHAPTER 2
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He declares that he had not come to them through fear of causing
sadness to himself and to them.
II. He exhorts them (ver. 6) to re-admit the fornicator, on his...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
(_N.B_.—_The paragraph really begins at_ 2 Corinthians 1:23.)
2 Corinthians 1:1. DETERMINED.—As in 1 Corinthians 2:2. FOR
MYSELF.—So R.V., meaning, “For m
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EXPOSITION
Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus
(2 Corinthians 2:1). Their treatment of the incestuous offender (2
Corinthians 2:5). His thankfulness at the news whi...
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But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you
in heaviness (2 Corinthians 2:1).
"I wrote a heavy letter to you, but I was determined that I wasn't
going to come again in heavi...
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1 Corinthians 2:2; 1 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 2
Corinthians 1:15;...
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With myself [ε μ α υ τ ω]. Rev., better, for myself. Paul, with
affectionate tact, puts it as if he had taken this resolution for his
own pleasure. In heaviness [ε ν λ υ π η]. Meaning, apparently,
the...
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In grief — Either on account of the particular offender, or of the
church in general....
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The occasion of St. Paul's writing again to the Corinthians, and
deferring for the present to come unto them, is here intimated. There
was an incestuous person in the church of Corinth, who had marrie...