2 Corinthians 7:6

Cormforteth

(παρακαλων). See on 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 for this word.The lowly

(τους ταπεινους). See on Matthew 11:29. Literally, low on the ground in old sense (Ezekiel 17:24). Low in condition as here; James 1:9. In 2 Corinthians 10:1 regarded as abject. In this sense in papyri. "Humility as a sovereign grace is the creation of Christianity" (Gladstone, Life, iii, p. 466).By the coming

(εν τη παρουσια). Same use of παρουσια as in 1 Corinthians 16:7 which see. See also 2 Corinthians 7:7; 2 Corinthians 10:10.