Chapter 2:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Corinthians Galatians
2 Corinthians 2
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.
2:3 And I wrote this same
unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to
rejoice; having
b confidence in you all,
that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
(
b) For I trusted that you would immediately take
that out of the way which you knew I was discontented with, considering how
you are persuaded that my joy is your joy.
2:5 1
But if any have caused grief, he hath not
c
grieved me, but
d in part: that I may
not
e overcharge you all.
(
1) He passes to another part of this epistle:
which nonetheless is put among the first, and to which he returns afterwards:
and he handles the releasing and unloosing of the incestuous person, because
he seemed to have been given sufficient testimony of his repentance. And this
shows the true use of excommunication, that is, that it proceeds not from
hatred, but from love, and so end, lest if we keep it up, we serve Satan the
devil.
(
c) As if he said, "All that sorrow is so
completely wiped away, that I have never felt it."
(
d) As for me, says Paul, I have no more to do
with him.
(
e) Lest I should overcharge him who is burdened
enough as it is, which burden I would be glad if it were taken from him.
2:7 So that
contrariwise ye [ought] rather to
f
forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up
with overmuch sorrow.
(
f) That whereas before you punished him sharply,
you should now forgive him.
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.
2:10 To whom ye forgive
any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it],
for your sakes [forgave I it] in the
h
person of Christ;
(
h) Truly, and from the heart.
2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us:
for we are not ignorant of his
i
devices.
(
i) Of his mischievous counsel and devilish will.
2:12 2
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a door was
opened unto me of the Lord,
(
2) He returns to the confirmation of his
apostleship, and brings forth both the testimonies of his labours, and also of
God's blessing.
2:14 Now thanks [be]
unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the
k
savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
(
k) He alludes to the anointing of the priests,
and the incense of the sacrifices.
2:15 3
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in
them that perish:
(
3) He denies that anything should be taken away
from the dignity of his apostleship, because they saw that it was not received
with like success in every place. But rather very many rejected and detested
him, seeing that he preached Christ not only as a saviour of those that
believe, but also as a judge of those that condemn him.
2:16 To the one [we are] the savour of death
unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
4
And who [is] sufficient for these things?
(
4) Again, he dismisses all suspicion of
arrogance, attributing all things that he did to the power of God, whom he
serves sincerely, and with honest affection. And he makes them witnesses of
this, even to the sixth verse of the next chapter (
2 Corinthians
2:17;
2 Corinthians
3:6).
2:17 For we are not as many, which
l
corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God
speak we in Christ.
(
l) We do not handle it craftily and covetously,
or less sincerely than we ought. And he uses a metaphor, which is taken from
hucksters, who used to play the false harlot with whatever came into their
hands.
Chapter 2:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Corinthians Galatians
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
