_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:1. TIMOTHY.—“Not later (see 1 Corinthians 4:17)
and perhaps rather earlier than he wrote the First Epistle, Paul sent
(Acts 19:22) Timothy to Macedonia, with instructions to go on to
Corinth if he could, of which, however (1 Corinthians 16:10), Paul was
uncertain. We... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:3.—John calls the Son a “Comforter” (1 John
2:1). Christ calls the Spirit a “Comforter” (John 14:16,
“another” also implying that He Himself had been such to the
disciples). Here Paul calls the _Father a_ “_Comforter_.” Notice
how “_comfort_” runs through 2 Corinthia... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:8.—No certainty as to the “_affliction_”
referred to, whether some outward persecution at Ephesus (query at
Ephesus at all?) known to his readers (query that of Romans 16:4; cf.
1 Corinthians 16:9) (“_brethren_”), or such acute distress about
the state of things at C... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:12. REJOICING.—stronger and more correct. Cognate
word in Romans 5:2; Romans 5:11, where notice the varying translation;
an exultant, sometimes defiantly exultant, joy. The “_rejoicing_”
looks not backward to 2 Corinthians 1:17, but forward to the
“_testimony_” etc.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 my own sake as well as for
yours.” AGAIN.—To be linked with “_come_” only? (_q.d_. “To
come again, and to have a sorrowful visit”... [ Continue Reading ]