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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...
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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...
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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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WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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2:7 grace (k-10) Or 'forgive,' as ver. 10; Luke 7:42 ....
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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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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....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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,...
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Ne forte....absorbeatur, _Greek: katapothe, absorbeatur, deglutiatur._...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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CONTRARIWISE; instead of continuing his exclusion from the church,
they ought now to restore him....
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SO THAT CONTRARIWISE YE OUGHT RATHER TO FORGIVE HIM AND COMFORT HIM,
LEST PERHAPS SUCH A ONE SHOULD BE SWALLOWED UP WITH OVERMUCH SORROW....
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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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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 2:7 so G5620 contrary G5121 you G5209 rather G3123
forgive G5483 (G5664) and G2532 comfort G3870
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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_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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1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 5:4; 2
Corinthians 7:10;...
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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...
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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...