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 appealing to the nature of the Gospel which he preached, he seems to have felt that it was hardly suffi... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 6 CHURCH DISCIPLINE. 2 Corinthians 2:5 (R.V) IN verses 5-11 2 Corinthians 2:5 of this Epistle, St. Paul said a great deal about sorrow, the sorrow he felt on the one hand, and the sorrow he was reluctant to cause the Corinthians on the other. In this passage reference is evidently made to... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 7 CHRIST'S CAPTIVE. 2 Corinthians 2:12 (R.V) IN this passage the Apostle returns from what is virtually, if not formally, a digression, to the narrative which begins in 2 Corinthians 1:8 f., and is continued in 2 Corinthians 1:15 f. At the same time he makes a transition to a new subject,... [ Continue Reading ]