Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Corinthians 2:8
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would (g) confirm [your] love toward him.
(g) That at my entreaty you would declare by the consent of the whole church, that you take him again as a brother.
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would (g) confirm [your] love toward him.
(g) That at my entreaty you would declare by the consent of the whole church, that you take him again as a brother.
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:8. _THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM_ YOUR _LOVE TOWARD HIM._] You do love him, notwithstanding the reproach he has brought on the Gospel; and notwithstanding your love to him, ye were obl...
WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM - The word rendered here as “confirm” (κυρῶσαι kurōsai) occurs in the New Testament only here and in Galatians 3:15. It means to gi...
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...
Someone in the congregation at Corinth who had done wrong is now to be forgiven. There are still some scholars who think that the person here referred to is the same as the wrong-doer of 1 Corinthians...
WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
If anyone has caused grief, it is not I whom he has grieved, but to some extent--not to overstress the situation--all of you. To such a man the punishment that has been imposed by the majority is suff...
BESEECH. Greek. _parakaied_, as above. CONFIRM. ratify with authority. Greek. _kuroo_. Only here and Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:15. Akin to _kuries_, lord. TOWARD. Greek. _eia_. App-104....
_Wherefore I beseech you, that you would confirm your love towards him_ The word -your" is not in the original. It is not _their_love, but love _itself_, the fundamental principle (see 1 Corinthians 1...
ΚΥΡΩ͂ΣΑΙ ΕἸΣ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ�. TO RATIFY _towards him_ LOVE, _i.e._ to make it valid and effective (Galatians 3:15). The metaphor is so natural, especially in one so fond of legal phraseology as S. Paul, that...
5–11. Having vindicated himself with regard to the charge of levity (2 Corinthians 1:15 to 2 Corinthians 2:4), he now goes on to vindicate his treatment of the grievous offender. It used to be assumed...
_LEST SATAN GET AN ADVANTAGE 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5-11:_ Paul realized that he was not the only one that had been made to feel bad by the fornicator in the church. Here Paul does not mention specifically t...
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) ободрять (_см._ 2 Corinthians 2:7). ΚΥΡΏΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΚΥΡΌΩ (G2964) подтверждать юридически, ратифицировать (BAGD). В папирусах обозначает п...
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...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The One Who Caused Sorrow Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 2:5-11. But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all...
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM - giving effect in act to your love; namely, by restoring him to your fellowship, and praying for h...
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'Now with regard to the person who has been the occasion of this grief, he has grieved not me only, but to some extent (not to be too harsh) the Church. (6) And the sentence pronounced by...
CONFIRM _your_ LOVE] by restoring him to the Church....
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...
THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE. — The word for “confirm” (better, perhaps, _ratify_ — comp. Galatians 3:15) suggests the thought of an act as formal and public as the rebuke had been. The excommunica...
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...
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...
διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς κ. τ. λ.: _wherefore I beseech you_ (or “exhort you,” see on 2 Corinthians 1:4) _to confirm your love toward him_. Authority “to bind” and “to loose” had been committed to the Apostl...
THE OFFENDER HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY PUNISHED: THE APOSTLE ACQUIESCES IN THEIR REMISSION OF THE PENALTY OF 1 Corinthians 5:1-5....
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...
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...
(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...
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...
WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU,.... Or exhort you: THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARDS HIM: express your love to him in the most kind and tender manner, show the same, and as strong love to him as you d...
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm _your_ love toward him. Ver. 8. _Confirm your love, &c._] Gr. κυρωσαι, ratify it, and declare it authentic, as it were in open court, and by public sente...
_Sufficient to such a man_ With what remarkable tenderness does the apostle treat this offender! He never once mentions his name, nor does he here so much as mention his crime; but speaks of him in th...
CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM; by receiving him again into the church. The objects of church discipline are the repentance of offenders and the honor of religion. Whenever these are accomplished, offen...
The case of the notorious sinner:...
WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM,...
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...
5-11 The apostle desires them to receive the person who had done wrong, again into their communion; for he was aware of his fault, and much afflicted under his punishment. Even sorrow for sin should...
OLBGrk; That you would restore him to a communion with you in your church assemblies, and take him into the bosom of your church again, and be (as before) friendly towards him. The word which we trans...
Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him....
2 Corinthians 2:8 Therefore G1352 urge G3870 (G5719) you G5209 reaffirm G2964 (G5658) love G26 to G1519 him...
‘Sufficient to such a one is this punishment (‘censure, reproof, reprimand') which was inflicted by the many, so that, in contrast to that, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any m...
2 Corinthians 2:8. WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU TO CONFIRM _YOUR _ LOVE TOWARDS HIM by as public a restoration to fellowship as publicly he had been banished from it....
TO CONFIRM (κυρωσα). First aorist active infinitive of old verb κυροω, to make valid, to ratify, from κυρος (head, authority). In N.T. only here and Galatians 3:15....
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...
LET HIM KNOW. Paul does not use his authority to demand it, but he gently begs them to do this thing. Not only are they to officially accept him back into their fellowship, but by their _actions_ they...
_But if any have caused grief _ THE AIM OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE is in the last resort the restoration of the fallen. The Church has, of course, an interest of its own to guard i it is bound to protest...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5 The majority in Corinth had expressed their repentance by punishing the leader of the rebellion against Paul. Paul now calls them to follow his own Christlike e...
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...
Galatians 5:13; Galatians 6:1; Galatians 6:10; Galatians 6:2; Jude 1:22
Confirm your love [κ υ ρ ω σ α ι α γ α π η ν]. The verb is found only here and Galatians 3:15. From kurov supreme power, authority. Hence to take judicial resolution to treat the offender with brother...