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Verse 2 Corinthians 2:2. _FOR IF I MAKE YOU SORRY_] Should he have
come and used his _apostolical authority_, in inflicting punishment
upon the transgressors, this would have been a common cause of
d...
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FOR IF I MAKE YOU SORRY - “If when I should come among you, I should
be called on to inflict sorrow by punishing your offending brethren by
an act of severe discipline as soon as I came, who would the...
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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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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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WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
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IF. Greek. _ei._ App-118.
MAKE... SORRY. grieve. Greek. _lupeo_, trenel. "grieve", or "cause
grief" in verses: 2Co 2:2, 2 Corinthians 2:4, a. Out of twenty-six
occurrences, twelve are in this Epistle...
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_For if I make you sorry_ So all the principal English translators.
But the rendering gives a false impression to a modern ear. The best
equivalent in modern English is -if I _pain_you." The idea of s...
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ΚΑῚ ΤΊΣ Ὁ ΕΥ̓ΦΡΑΊΝΩΝ ΜΕ; _Who then is he that
maketh me glad?_ The καί makes the question more emphatic, implying
that in that case there would be distressing incongruity: comp. 2
Corinthians 2:16; Ma...
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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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_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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FOR IF I MAKE YOU SORRY, &C.— "For if I were to do any thing that
would be a trouble to you, whom I so dearly love, nothing but a sense
of duty, and hope of rectifying what was amiss among you, could...
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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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For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the
same which is made sorry by me?
FOR. Proof that he shrinks from causing them sorrow ("heaviness").
IF I. The "I" is emphatic....
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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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WHO IS HE THEN THAT MAKETH ME GLAD? — The force of the “for,”
with which the verse opens, lies below the surface. He had wished to
avoid a visit that would cause sorrow to himself and others, and
even...
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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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εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ κ. τ. λ.: _for if I make you sorry, who then
is he that makes me glad, but he who is made sorry by me?_ His
argument is: When I make you sorry, it is that you may repent (see
chap. 2 Corint...
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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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Who is he that should make me glad? &c. The sense is to be gathered
from the circumstances. He speaks of the Corinthian guilty of incest,
whom he brought to sorrow and repentance, by excommunicating h...
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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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2._For if I make you sorry _Here we have the proof of the foregoing
statement. No one willingly occasions sorrow to himself. Now Paul
says, that he has such a fellow-feeling with the Corinthians, (313...
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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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FOR IF I MAKE YOU SORRY,.... That is, should he come among them, and
be the means of fresh grief and sorrow:
WHO IS HE THEN THAT MAKETH ME GLAD? such was his love and affection
for them, and sympathy...
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For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the
same which is made sorry by me?
Ver. 2. _But the same which is made, &c._] Nothing can cure a
faithful minister of his _cordolium,...
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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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IF I MAKE YOU SORRY; a delicate way of saying that he has the
strongest motives not to grieve any one of them, if he can possibly
avoid it; since it is from the very person grieved that he looks for
h...
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PAUL'S APOSTOLIC KINDNESS.
Paul continues his explanation:...
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FOR IF I MAKE YOU SORRY, WHO IS HE, THEN, THAT MAKETH ME GLAD BUT THE
SAME WHICH IS MADE SORRY BY ME?...
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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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When I am there, I have no refreshment or joy in that part of the
citizens who are pagans, all my joy is in that part which are
Christians, and constitute the church of God in that city: so as I
could...
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For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he
that is made sorry by me? [But I call God, who knows all things, even
the searcher of hearts, to look upon the secret purposes of my...
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2 Corinthians 2:2 For G1063 if G1487 I G1473 make G3076 you G5209
sorrowful G3076 (G5719) then G2532 who...
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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 2:2. FOR IF I MAKE YOU SORRY ‘as I knew my First
Letter would,' WHO IS HE THAT MAKETH ME GLAD ‘by the happy effect
which I hoped the sharpness of that Letter would produce, and now I
fin...
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WHO THEN?
(κα τισ?). For this use of κα see on Mark 10:26; John 9:36. The
κα accepts the condition (first class ει--λυπω) and shows the
paradox that follows. Λυπεω is old word from λυπη (sorrow) in...
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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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FOR IF I. Paul was so much a part of the churches which he served,
that their sorrow was his sorrow!!! It would give him no pleasure to
make them sad, because he himself would share their sadness!...
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_For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the
same which is made sorry by me?_
GLADNESS FOR SADNESS
I. Self-improvement is preceded by dissatisfaction with self. This is
true...
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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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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 12:26; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 11:29; Romans
12:15...
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If I make, etc. I is emphatic, implying that there are enough others
who caused them trouble.
Who then is he, etc. The thought underlying the passage, 2Co 1:24 -
ii. 1 - 3, is that the apostle's own j...
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For if I grieve you, who is he that cheereth me, but he that is
grieved by me — That is, I cannot be comforted myself till his grief
is removed....