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Verse 2 Corinthians 7:5. _WHEN WE WERE COME INTO MACEDONIA_] St. Paul,
having left Ephesus, came to Troas, where he stopped some time;
afterwards he came to Macedonia, whence he wrote this epistle,
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FOR WHEN WE WERE COME INTO MACEDONIA - For the reasons which induced
Paul to go into Macedonia; see the notes on 2 Corinthians 1:16;
compare the notes, 2 Corinthians 2:12.
OUR FLESH HAD NO REST - We...
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8. THE APOSTLE'S EXHORTATIONS AND REJOICINGS.
CHAPTER 6:14-7
_ 1. His Exhortations. (2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1 .)_
2. His Rejoicing and Confidence. (2 Corinthians 7:2 .)
The first exhor...
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AGONISING ANXIETY HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY ABUNDANT JOY. The cause of his
anxiety had been in part the condition of affairs in the church at
Corinth, but even more the measures he had taken to deal with...
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GET YOU OUT (2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1)
7:1 Do not allow yourselves to become joined in an alien yoke with
unbelievers. What partnership can there be between righteousness and
lawless...
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INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104.
MACEDONIA. This was after leaving Troas (2 Corinthians 2:12; 2
Corinthians 2:13), where he was disappointed at not finding Titus.
NO. Greek. _oudeis._
REST. Greek. _ane...
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Exhortation to set aside all suspicion and to confide in the Apostle's
love and zeal for their spiritual well-being
2. _Receive us_ Literally, MAKE ROOM FOR US (-capaces estote nostri,"
Erasmus and C...
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ἜΣΧΗΚΕΝ (אCDLP) rather than ἔσχεν (BFCK).
5. ΚΑῚ ΓᾺΡ ἘΛΘΌΝΤΩΝ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΕἸΣ Μ. _For_
INDEED _when we were come into Macedonia_; probably at Philippi.
Getting away from Troas and reaching Macedonia did no...
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_GOD COMFORTED PAUL BY SENDING TITUS 2 CORINTHIANS 7:5-8:_ When Paul
and his companions came to Macedonia they were faced with all kinds of
problems. They had no opportunity to rest. They were trouble...
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ΚΑΊ ΓΆΡ ибо даже,
ΈΛΘΌΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
приходить, идти. _Gen. abs. aor._ указывает на
предшествующее действие: "когда он
пришел"
ΈΣΧΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G21...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Augmentation (2 Corinthians 7:2-9)
2 Open your hearts to us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no
one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3I do not say this to...
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For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we
were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were
fears.
Greek, 'For also' (For 'even'). This verse is thus conne...
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17 Isa_52:11; LXX, with alterations. Paul is not misquoting from
memory, as is usually supposed. He makes inspired alterations to suit
the occasion.
2 What a tender yet cutting rebuke to the Corinthia...
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_(E) 7:2-16. THE APOSTLE'S JOY IN THE CORINTHIANS' REPENTANCE_
St. Paul goes on to ask them to give him their affection, and renews
his assurance of purity of deed and motive. He tells them of the
su...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 7
V2 Be sincere with us. We have not done wrong things to anyone. We
have not made anyone behave wrongly. We have not chea...
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FOR, WHEN WE WERE COME INTO MACEDONIA... — His feeling has led him
back to the narrative from which he had digressed in 2 Corinthians
2:13. He had come from Troas full of anxiety and agitation. He arr...
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CHAPTER 19
REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE.
2 Corinthians 7:2 (R.V)
IN this fine passage St. Paul completes, as far as it lay upon his
side to do so, his reconciliation with the Corinthians. It concludes
the f...
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καὶ γὰρ ἐλθόντων κ. τ. λ.: _for even when we were
come into Macedonia_ (he has explained in 2 Corinthians 2:12 his
anxiety when he was at Troas, but it remained with him even when he
had crossed into...
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THE JOYOUS EFFECT OF GODLY SORROW
2 Corinthians 7:5
After dispatching his first Epistle, with the strong words of 2
Corinthians 5:1 and elsewhere, Paul's tender heart had been rent with
anxiety lest...
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The section culminates in an appeal full of local coloring and
suggestion. In a great cry he gave expression to the hunger of his
heart when he wrote, "Make room for us" (see margin). He then declared...
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VERSE 5 He was so concerned for them that he could not rest until he
heard from them. This verse continues the thoughts of 2 Corinthians
2:12-13. Paul faced outward trials while inwardly worrying abou...
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_Our flesh, that is, I myself, had no rest, because of the concern I
was in about you, after I had written my last letter. (Witham) ---
Combats without, fears within. Openly persecuted by the pagans,...
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(2) Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we
have defrauded no man. (3) I speak not this to condemn you: for I have
said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with...
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5._For when we had come into Macedonia _The heaviness of his grief
tends to show, how efficacious the consolation was. “I was pressed
on every side,” says he, “by afflictions both internal and
externa...
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The apostle returns to his own relationships with the Corinthians
relations formed by the word of his ministry. And now having laid open
what this ministry really was, he seeks to prevent the bonds be...
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FOR WHEN WE WERE COME INTO MACEDONIA,.... Whither Paul went in quest
of Titus, not finding him at Troas, 2 Corinthians 2:12 and where he
met with him, and had the agreeable account from him of the sta...
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For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we
were troubled on every side; without _were_ fightings, within _were_
fears.
Ver. 5. _Our flesh had no rest_] Our spirit had no unr...
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_For when we were come into Macedonia_ From Ephesus, not finding
Titus; _our flesh_ That is, we ourselves; _had no rest_ Fearing he had
not been well received by you; _but we were troubled on every si...
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FIGHTINGS; great opposition to the gospel and to him for preaching it.
FEARS; lest his first epistle should not have produced the desired
effect. The best ministers may be called to endure great affl...
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FOR WHEN WE WERE COME INTO MACEDONIA, OUR FLESH HAD NO REST, BUT WE
WERE TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE; WITHOUT WERE FIGHTINGS, WITHIN WERE
FEARS....
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Verse 1 is plainly connected with chapter 6. Because the saints of God
have these promises, and because they are dearly beloved, they are
exhorted to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of the fles...
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5-11 There were fightings without, or continual contentions with, and
opposition from Jews and Gentiles; and there were fears within, and
great concern for such as had embraced the Christian faith. B...
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Of this motion of the apostle's INTO MACEDONIA, what he did and
suffered there, we have a short account, ACTS 20:1. He saith his FLESH
HAD NO REST, he met with incessant storms of persecution; and was...
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For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but
we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were
fears. [The apostle here resumes the thread of his narrative...
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Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
Accordingly, when he is going to assign afflictions to the flesh as
its especial liability-according to the statement he had already
made-he says, "When we...
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2 Corinthians 7:5 For G1063 indeed G2532 we G2257 came G2064 (G5631)
to G1519 Macedonia G3109 our G2257 bodies G4561 had G2192 (G5758) no
G3762 rest G425 but G235 troubled G2346 (G5746) on G1722 side...
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THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF TITUS AND PAUL'S FULL RECONCILIATION WITH THE
CORINTHIAN CHURCH (2 CORINTHIANS 7:1)
Having searchingly examined their credentials by portraying to them
the essence of the new...
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2 Corinthians 7:5. FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE COME INTO MACEDONIA, OUR
FLESH HAD NO RELIEF (see on chap. 2 Corinthians 2:12-13), BUT _WE WERE
_ TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE; WITHOUT WERE FIGHTINGS (from enemies)...
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WHEN WE HAD COME
(ελθοντων ημων). Genitive absolute with second aorist
active participle of ερχομα. Paul now returns to the incident
mentioned in 2 Corinthians 2:12 before the long digression on th...
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CONTENTS: Paul opens his heart to the Corinthians concerning purpose
of his former letter.
CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Titus.
CONCLUSION: The true servant of God cannot but be grieved that he must
rebuke...
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2 Corinthians 7:1. _Having therefore these promises._ Our good
archbishop Langton is blamed by many critics for separating this verse
from the preceding chapter. The great and precious promises of the...
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EVEN AFTER. Note that Paul picks up the thought he dropped in 2
Corinthians 2:13. When Titus did not meet Paul at Troas, he may have
been afraid that Corinth had rejected his letter and that some spec...
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_Receive us; we have wronged no man._
THE APOSTLE’S REQUEST
I. The ground on which he urged it--viz., that he deserved it.
1. It was a simple matter of justice. “We have wronged no man,”
etc. The a...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 7:5 Paul goes back to the topic
from 2 Corinthians 2:13.
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CHAPTER 7
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He declares his love, sincerity, and his confidence in the
Corinthians.
II. He declares (ver. 6) his joy at their repentance and amendment.
III. He states (ver...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 7:1. THEREFORE.—This verse a branch broken from 2
Corinthians 6:16. This word is like the jagged fibres which tell of
the violence, and point back to the parent stem. HA...
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EXPOSITION
Conclusion of his appeal (2 Corinthians 7:1). The apostle's feelings
towards them (2 Corinthians 7:2). Explanation of the objects of his
last letter, and expression of his joy at the good...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to II Corinthians, chapter seven.
The first verse of chapter seven immediately refers us back to chapter
six. And so as we look at this, we realize that chapter seven m...
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1 Corinthians 15:31; 1 Corinthians 16:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 2
Corinthians 1:16; 2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2
Corinthians 11:29; 2 Corinthians 12:20;...
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Rest [α ν ε σ ι ν]. Rev., relief. See on liberty, Acts 24:23....
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Our flesh — That is, we ourselves. Had no rest from without — From
the heathens. Were fightings — Furious and cruel oppositions. From
within — From our brethren. Were fears — Lest they should be
seduc...
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Observe here, When the apostle was come from Ephesus to Macedonia, how
great. conflict he had, both from without and within: From without, by
persecution and opposition both from the Jews and Gentiles...