Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Corinthians 2:1
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.
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.
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, ...
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...
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). “...
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...
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...
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...
WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
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....
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...
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 ...
_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...
_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...
ΈΚΡΙΝΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить, решать, принимать решение, ΈΜΑΥΤΏ _dat. от_ ΈΜΑΥΤΟΫ́ (G1683) меня самого. Гл. используется с _dat._ преимущества: "я решил это для своего собственног...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
PAUL'S APOSTOLIC KINDNESS. Paul continues his explanation:...
BUT I DETERMINED THIS WITH MYSELF, THAT I WOULD NOT COME AGAIN TO YOU IN HEAVINESS....
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...
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...
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...
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow....
2 Corinthians 2:1 But G1161 determined G2919 (G5656) this G5124 myself G1683 would G2064 not G3361 come G2064
‘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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
_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
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:2; 1 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 2 Corinthians 1:15;...
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...
In grief — Either on account of the particular offender, or of the church in general....
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...