2 Corinthians 7:1 Consider: I. That part of the exhortation which requires the destruction of evil: "Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit." By filthiness is meant moral pollution of any kind. It denotes not exclusively or especially any particular sin, but sin as suc... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Corinthians 7:10 Notice: I. Godly sorrow: its nature and origin. (1) The nature of godly sorrow. In the immediate context it is directly contrasted with a commoner truth, the sorrow of the world. The sorrow of the world, though it seem a thick homogeneous covering over all human life, is yet made... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Corinthians 7:11 Marks of Godly Sorrow. No sham work will suffice in religion. _Heart_work must be God's work. He who _made_the heart alone can change it from its natural hardness and stubbornness into one that is broken and contrite. I. Godly sorrow is such a sorrow as God approves of, because... [ Continue Reading ]