This rebuke already given him, may suffice, and I would have you pardon and comfort him, lest he be overwhelmed, and as it were swallowed up [1] and devoured by and excess of grief, so that by the artifices of Satan, which we are acquainted with, it turn to his greater prejudice. I wrote, and proceeded in that manner, to know by experience, how far you are obedient to me, and to the ministers of Christ. (Witham)
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:6. _SUFFICIENT TO SUCH A MAN IS THIS PUNISHMENT_] That is, the man has already suffered sufficiently. Here he gives a proof of his parental tenderness towards this great transgre...
SUFFICIENT TO SUCH A MAN - The incestuous person who had been by Paul’s direction removed from the church. The object of Paul here is to have him again restored. For that purpose he says that the puni...
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)...
MAN. one, as 2 Corinthians 2:7. PUNISHMENT. censure. Greek. _epitimia_. Only here. Compare the verb _epitimao_. First occurance: Matthew 8:26. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis_. App-6. OF. by. Greek. _h...
_Sufficient to such a man is this punishment_ See note on 1 Corinthians 5:3-5. The discipline of the Apostolic Church, which had as its main object the restoration of the offender, was content when th...
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...
ἹΚΑΝῸΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΤΟΙΟΎΤΩΙ Ἡ ἘΠΙΤΙΜΊΑ ΑὝΤΗ. Not, ‘This is a sufficient punishment for such a one,’ but THIS PUNISHMENT IS FOR SUCH A ONE A SUFFICIENT THING; it satisfies the requirements. Perhaps ἱκανόν is...
_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...
_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...
ΙΚΑΝΌΣ (G2425) достаточный, довольный. Использование _n._ вместо _fem._ может происходить под влиянием латинизма satis, "достаточно" (Hughes), ΤΟΙΟΎΤΩ _dat. от_ ΤΟΙΟΎΤΟΣ (G5108) такой, такой человек,...
SUFFICIENT TO SUCH A MAN, &C.— "Sufficient to such a one, who has here been the aggressor, but is now a penitent, is this rebuke and censure, which he has already suffered by many, and, indeed, by the...
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...
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. SUFFICIENT - Greek [ hikanon (G2425)], 'a sufficiency' (since he is repenting, 2 Corinthians 2:2; 2 Corint...
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...
2:6 rebuke (h-8) Or 'penalty.' many; (i-15) The body at large -- 'the mass,' as ch. 9.2....
_(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...
PUNISHMENT] probably excommunication: cp. 1 Corinthians 5:4; (a different case). OF MANY] i.e. by the majority....
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...
SUFFICIENT TO SUCH A MAN IS THIS PUNISHMENT. — Better, perhaps, _this censure,_ or _rebuke:_ the Greek word _epitimia_ being different from those in Matthew 25:46, and in Hebrews 10:29. It is natural...
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...
ἱκανὸν τῷ τοιούτῳ κ. τ. λ.: _sufficient to such an one_ (the word used in 1 Corinthians 5:5 to indicate the offender) _is this punishment_ (_which was inflicted_) _by the majority_. The directions giv...
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...
6._Sufficient. _He now extends kindness even to the man who had sinned more grievously than the others, and on whose account his anger had been kindled against them all, inasmuch as they had connived...
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...
SUFFICIENT TO SUCH A MAN IS THIS PUNISHMENT,.... By this punishment is meant, the excommunication of the incestuous person, or the censure that was laid upon him by the church: for this WAS INFLICTED...
Sufficient to such a man _is_ this punishment, which _was inflicted_ of many. Ver. 6. _Sufficient to such a man_] The Novatians therefore were out, that refused to receive in those that repented of t...
_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...
SUCH A MAN; the offender referred to, who had, by the discipline of the church, been brought to repentance. THIS PUNISHMENT; his excommunication, according to Paul's direction, 1 Corinthians 5:4-5; w...
The case of the notorious sinner:...
SUFFICIENT TO SUCH A MAN IS THIS PUNISHMENT, WHICH WAS INFLICTED OF MANY,...
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...
PUNISHMENT: Or, censure...
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; This verse maketh it clear, that by _any,_ 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5, he means the incestuous person, mentioned in 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1, whom he had ordered to be cast out, and delivered to Satan; which...
Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;...
2 Corinthians 2:6 This G3778 punishment G2009 which G3588 by G5259 majority G4119 sufficient G2425 man G5108 which -...
‘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 2:6. SUFFICIENT TO SUCH A MAN IS THIS PUNISHMENT INFLICTED BY THE MANY either ‘the majority,' in which case the decision was not unanimous, some dissenting, for reasons not hard to seek:...
PUNISHMENT (επιτιμια). Late word for old Greek to επιτιμιον (so papyri), from επιτιμαω, to show honour to, to award, to adjudge penalty. Only here in N.T.BY THE MANY (υπο των πλειονων). By the mo...
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...
IT IS ENOUGH. The Corinthian church followed Paul's instruction in the letter, and the majority punished the offender (see 2 Corinthians 7:8-11). When punishment has brought the desired change, it is...
_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...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:6 PUNISHMENT. Mostly likely exclusion from the fellowship of the church (compare 1 Corinthians 5:2,...
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...
_Sufficient to such a man is this punishment._ The public separation and shame of excommunication. Hence it follows that the man repented after his excommunication, and is here absolved by the Apostle...
_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 5:4; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Corinthians 13:10...
Many [τ ω ν π λ ε ι ο ν ω ν]. Rev., correctly, the many : the majority of the Church....
Sufficient for such an one — With what a remarkable tenderness does St. Paul treat this offender! He never once mentions his name. Nor does he here so much as mention his crime. By many — Not only by...
Observe here, 1. The nature of that punishment which the holy apostle thought and adjudged, to be sufficient for the guilty person's sin; and that was excision, not destruction; excommunication, not d...