So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
With overmuch sorrow - `with HIS [ tee (G3588)] overmuch sorrow.'
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:7. YE OUGHT _RATHER TO FORGIVE HIM_] He had now suffered enough; for the punishment inflicted had answered the end for which it was inflicted; and there was some danger that, if...
SO THAT CONTRARIWISE - On the other hand: on the contrary. That is, instead of continuing the punishment. Since the punishment was sufficient, and has answered all the purpose of bearing your testimon...
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...
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...
WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
CONTRARIWISE. (on) the contrary. Greek. _taunantion_, for _to enantion_. Here, Galatians 1:2, Gal 1:7. 1 Peter 3:9, FORGIVE. Greek. _charizomai_. App-184. COMFORT. Greek. _parakaleo_. App-134. LEST...
_comfort him_ Better, perhaps, ENCOURAGE him. See note on ch. 2 Corinthians 1:3. _such a one_ ὁ τοιοῦτος, the man of that description, the name by which St Paul always denotes the offender. See note o...
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...
7. The μᾶλλον after τοὐναντίον (אCKLOP) or after ὑμᾶς (DFG) is doubtful. AB and Aug. omit. 7. ὭΣΤΕ ΤΟΥ̓ΝΑΝΤΊΟΝ [ΜΑ͂ΛΛΟΝ] ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΧΑΡΊΣΑΣΘΑΙ ΚΑῚ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΣΑΙ. There is no need to understand δεῖν: _so that...
_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...
ΤΟΎΝΑΝΤΊΟΝ (G5121) напротив, ΜΆΛΛΟΝ (G3123) скорее. Это слово может означать, что были еще те, кто считал наказание недостаточным (Plummer). ΧΑΡΊΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΧΑΡΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G5483) о...
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...
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...
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...
2:7 grace (k-10) Or 'forgive,' as ver. 10; Luke 7:42 ....
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...
_(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...
OVERMUCH SORROW] The offender had now realised the heinousness of his offence, and the continuance of punishment would serve no good purpose, and might even do harm....
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...
YE OUGHT RATHER TO FORGIVE. — The indignation which St. Paul had felt has passed, on his hearing of the offender’s state, into pity and anxiety. The time had come for words of pardon and comfort and c...
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...
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...
ὥστε τοὐναντίον μᾶλλον κ. τ. λ.: _so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him_ (_cf._, for the sentiment, Sir 8:5, Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 4:32). We should expect some verb li...
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...
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,...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Ne forte....absorbeatur, _Greek: katapothe, absorbeatur, deglutiatur._...
(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...
7._Lest such an one should be swallowed up by overmuch sorrow _The end of excommunication, so far as concerns the power of the offender, is this: that, overpowered with a sense of his sin, he may be h...
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...
SO THAT CONTRARIWISE YE OUGHT RATHER TO FORGIVE HIM,.... On the other hand, so far the apostle suggests they should be from inflicting any other punishment on him, or by any means adding to, and incre...
So that contrariwise ye _ought_ rather to forgive _him_, and comfort _him_, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Ver. 7. _Should be swallowed up_] It was a saying of M...
_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...
CONTRARIWISE; instead of continuing his exclusion from the church, they ought now to restore him....
The case of the notorious sinner:...
SO THAT CONTRARIWISE YE OUGHT RATHER TO FORGIVE HIM AND COMFORT HIM, LEST PERHAPS SUCH A ONE SHOULD BE SWALLOWED UP WITH OVERMUCH SORROW....
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...
SO THAT CONTRARIWISE YE OUGHT RATHER TO FORGIVE HIM, AND COMFORT HIM: forgiveness in this place doth not signify the taking away or remitting of the guilt of sin, (that is God's work, not man s), but...
So that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow. [Paul's purpose had been to save this sinner (1 Corinth...
2 Corinthians 2:7 so G5620 contrary G5121 you G5209 rather G3123 forgive G5483 (G5664) and G2532 comfort G3870
‘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 2:7. SO THAT CONTRARIWISE YE SHOULD RATHER FORGIVE HIM, AND COMFORT HIM, LEST BY ANY MEANS SUCH AN ONE SHOULD BE SWALLOWED UP WITH HIS OVERMUCH SORROW. Beautiful tenderness this, after t...
SO THAT ON THE CONTRARY (ωστε τουναντιον). The natural result expressed by ωστε and the infinitive. Τουναντιον is by crasis for το εναντιον and accusative of general reference.RATHER (μαλλον). Ab...
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...
NOW, HOWEVER. Christians must not hold grudges! When the offender repents, the Christian response is to forgive him and encourage him! Evidently Paul had heard through Titus that the offender was almo...
_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...
_So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him_. Forgive him the rest of his term of penance by admitting him to your fellowship again. Cf. ver. 10. VER.8. _That ye would confirm your love towar...
_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 15:54; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 5:4; 2 Corinthians 7:10;...
Forgive [χ α ρ ι σ α σ θ α ι]. The idea of freeness (cariv, see on Luke 1:30) lies in the word forgive, which is forth - give. Overmuch sorrow [τ η π ε ρ ι σ σ ο τ ε ρ α λ υ π η]. Rev. gives the forc...
Observe, 1. The great duty which the apostle directs the Corinthians to the performance of, towards this sorrowful offender: TO FORGIVE HIM, TO COMFORT HIM, TO CONFIRM HIM; that is, to absolve him fro...