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2 CORINTHIANS 2:9 eiv {A}
The omission of eiv by î46 436 2495 is accidental, occasioned by the
juxtaposition of eiv and eivj. The reading h|- (“whereby”), which
is narr...
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Verse 2 Corinthians 2:9. _FOR TO THIS END ALSO DID I WRITE_]
εγραψα, _I have_ _written_ this also, the advices and commands
which I now give you, _that I might know whether ye be obedient in all
thing...
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FOR TO THIS END ALSO DID I WRITE - The apostle did not say that this
was the only purpose of his writing, to induce them to excommunicate
the offender. He does not say that he wished in an arbitrary m...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
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TO THIS END for (Greek. _eie)_ this.
ALSO DID. WRITE. did. write also.
PROOF. Greek. _dokime._ See Romans 5:4 (experience).
WHETHER. if. App-118.
OBEDIENT. Greek _hupikoos._ See Acts 7:39.
IN. Gr...
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_For to this end also did I write_ St Paul here gives a third reason
for writing the first Epistle. Not only was he anxious for the
restoration of the offender, for a visit to Corinth which should hav...
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ΕἸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓᾺΡ ΚΑῚ ἝΓΡΑΨΑ. Here, as in 2
Corinthians 2:3, it is very unlikely that either 1 Corinthians or this
letter is meant. It is the _second lost letter_, written between these
two, to which ἕγρ...
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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...
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_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...
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ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать,
ΓΝΏ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать.
_Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель. Inch, _aor._,
"узнавать" (RWP).
ΔΟΚΙΜΉ (G1382) одобрение, доказат...
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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...
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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...
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For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you,
whether ye be obedient in all things.
FOR. Additional reason why they should restore him-namely, as a
"proof" of their obedienc...
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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...
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_(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...
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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...
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The Apostle valued the act of discipline as much for the proof it
afforded of the Corinthians' loyalty as for its effect upon the
offender....
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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...
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FOR TO THIS END ALSO DID I WRITE... — The tense of the Greek verb,
which may be what is known as the Epistolary aorist, used by the
writer of the time at which he writes, would not be decisive as to
w...
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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...
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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...
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THE OFFENDER HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY PUNISHED: THE APOSTLE ACQUIESCES IN
THEIR REMISSION OF THE PENALTY OF 1 Corinthians 5:1-5....
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εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ κ. τ. λ.: _for to this end also did I
write, viz., that I might know the proof of you, whether ye were
obedient in all things; i.e._, his object in writing the former letter
(1 _Cor._) w...
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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
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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...
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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...
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This was another reason why I wrote my former letter to you, viz. to
try your obedience, and your attachment to the faith, and that I might
know whether the difference of opinion which prevailed among...
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(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...
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9._For I had written to you also for this purpose. _He anticipates an
objection, that they might bring forward. “What then did you mean,
when you were so very indignant, because we had not inflicted
p...
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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...
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FOR TO THIS END ALSO DID I WRITE,.... Or "I have written", both in
this and in his former epistle to them, and in both with this view,
THAT I MIGHT KNOW THE PROOF OF YOU; that he might try, prove, an...
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For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you,
whether ye be obedient in all things.
Ver. 9. _Whether ye be obedient_] First to the Lord, and then to us
by the will of God,2 Co...
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_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...
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TO THIS END-DID I WRITE; his object in his first epistle was to induce
them, by disciplining this man, to give evidence of their disposition
to do right....
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FOR TO THIS END ALSO DID I WRITE, THAT I MIGHT KNOW THE PROOF OF YOU,
WHETHER YE BE OBEDIENT IN ALL THINGS....
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The case of the notorious sinner:...
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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...
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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...
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As for other ends, so for this also I wrote my former Epistle to you,
and I now write this Second Epistle to you also, that I might have an
experiment of you, what regard you would show to that aposto...
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For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you,
whether ye are obedient in all things. [This shows that Paul had made
his instructions concerning the incestuous man a test. If th...
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2 Corinthians 2:9 For G1063 to G1519 end G5124 also G2532 wrote G1125
(G5656) that G2443 you...
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2 Corinthians 2:9. FOR TO THIS END ALSO DID I WRITE, THAT I MIGHT KNOW
THE PROOF OF YOU, WHETHER YE ARE OBEDIENT IN ALL THINGS not only for
the man's good and the preservation of church purity, but “a...
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THAT I MIGHT KNOW THE PROOF OF YOU
(ινα γνω την δοκιμην υμων). Ingressive second
aorist active subjunctive, come to know. Δοκιμη is proof by
testing. Late word from δοκιμος and is in Dioscorides, me...
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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...
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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...
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FOR THIS VERY REASON. Paul says that their treatment of the offender
was a test of them! Paul will not DOMINEER (2 Corinthians 1:24), but
he will demand their obedience to the message of the Good News...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_For to this end also did I write._ Viz., this Epistle, to the end
that I might induce you to confirm your love toward him.
_That I might know the proof of you._ A proof of your obedience....
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_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
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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Corinthians 7:12; 2 Corinthians 7:15; 2
Corinthians 8:24;...
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The proof of you [τ η ν δ ο κ ι μ η ν υ μ ω ν]. See on
Romans 5:4. Your tried quality. See on 1 Peter 1:7. Compare
Philippians 2:22....
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Observe here, 1. Our apostle declares what was his in writing his
former epistle to them, namely, this amongst others, to exercise their
obedience, and to make trial what regard they would show to his...