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FOR OUT OF MUCH AFFLICTION - Possibly Paul’s enemies had charged him
with being harsh and overbearing. They may have said that there was
much needless severity in his letter. He here meets that, and s...
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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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OUT OF. Greek. _ek_. App-104.
AFFLICTION. Greek. _thlipeis_, as in 2 Corinthians 1:4.
ANGUISH. straitening, or distress. Greek. _sunoche_. Only here and
Luke 21:25. Compare the verb _sunecho_,...
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_For out of much affliction and anguish of heart_ The word here
translated anguish denotes a _drawing or holding together_, as we say,
a _spasm_. It is only found here and in Luke 21:25. It was from n...
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ἈΛΛᾺ ΤῊΝ�. Strong emphasis on τὴν�. No doubt some
had called his severe letter cruel. But had he not loved them so much,
he either would have done nothing, or would not have abstained from
coming and...
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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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ΘΛΊΨΙΣ (G2347) давление, проблема,
огорчение (_см._ 2 Corinthians 1:4).
ΣΥΝΟΧΉΣ (G4928) _gen. sing._ стесненность,
печаль, состояние уметвенного
расстройства, связанное с острой
печалью (LN, 1:315)....
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AND ANGUISH OF HEART— _Over-bearing anguish_ seems the import of the
word συνοχη, which nearly resembles the verb συνεχει, ch.
2 Corinthians 5:14. See the place....
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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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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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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with
many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the
love which I have more abundantly unto you.
So far from m...
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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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2:4 wrote (g-11) This, I think, must refer to the first epistle, as he
was now much relieved through the news Titus brought. It is again _
egrapsa_ ....
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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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OUT OF MUCH AFFLICTION AND ANGUISH. — Men might think that it had
cost him little to write sharp words like those which he has in his
mind. He remembers well what he felt as he dictated them — the
int...
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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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ἐκ γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως κ. τ. λ.: _for out of
much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears_.
This describes the state of mind in which he wrote 1 _Cor._, if the
view of the situat...
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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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DISCIPLINE THAT WORKED
Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth in an effort to
get them to change. Specifically, he was concerned that they were
tolerating sin. He directed them to withdr...
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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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4._For out of much affliction _Here he brings forward another reason
with the view of softening the harshness which he had employed. For
those who smilingly take delight in seeing others weep, inasmuc...
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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 OUT OF MUCH AFFLICTION AND ANGUISH OF HEART,.... Being greatly
pressed in his spirit, and grieved at his heart, for the abominable
iniquities among them, which they seemed to take no notice of, an...
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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with
many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the
love which I have more abundantly unto you.
Ver. 4. _With m...
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_For out of much affliction and anguish of heart_ The word
συνοχης, here rendered _anguish_, “denotes the pain which a
person feels, who is pressed on every side, without any possibility of
disengagin...
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Faithful ministers of the gospel are often made sorrowful by those who
ought to give them joy; and the efforts which most grieve or offend
some of their people, may spring from sincere love to them, a...
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FOR OUT OF MUCH AFFLICTION AND ANGUISH OF HEART I WROTE UNTO YOU WITH
MANY TEARS, NOT THAT YE SHOULD BE GRIEVED, BUT THAT YE MIGHT KNOW THE
LOVE WHICH I HAVE MORE ABUNDANTLY UNTO YOU.
Paul had declare...
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PAUL'S APOSTOLIC KINDNESS.
Paul continues his explanation:...
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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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Every man that deriveth from God, is in this made partaker of the
Divine nature, that like as God doth not grieve willingly, nor
willingly afflict the children of men, so neither will he; but if, by
r...
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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with
many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know
the love which I have more abundantly unto you. [I wrote this...
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2 Corinthians 2:4 For G1063 of G1537 much G4183 affliction G2347 and
G2532 anguish G4928 heart G2588 wrote G112
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‘For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with
many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know
the love that I have more abundantly to you.'
For the truth...
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ANGUISH
(συνοχης). Ablative case after εκ (out of). Old word from
συνεχω, to hold together. So contraction of heart (Cicero,
_contractio animi_), a spiritual _angina pectoris_. In N.T. only here
an...
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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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A GREATLY TROUBLED AND DISTRESSED HEART. This is how Paul himself felt
as he wrote the strongly worded letter. [_Johnson_ thinks this letter
is First Corinthians, but there is no evidence that Paul wr...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:4 Paul wrote a severe letter
that called the Corinthians to repentance (see 2 Corinthians 7:8)....
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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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2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 12:15; 2 Corinthians 7:12; 2
Corinthians 7:8;...
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Anguish [σ υ ν ο χ η ς]. Only here and Luke 21:25. Lit., a
holding together, constraining, or compressing. See on taken, Luke
4:38. So anguish, from the Latin, angere to choke : anger, which, in
earli...
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From much anguish I wrote to you, not so much that ye might be
grieved, as that ye might know by my faithful admonition my abundant
love toward you....
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Here our compassionate apostle tells them, That what he had wrote in
his former epistle with some severity and sharpness, concerning the
incestuous person, was so far from being written with any inten...