McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
2 Corinthians 1:20
For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
Verse 20. _FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD_] Had we been light, fickle, worldly-minded persons; persons who could only be bound by our engagements as far as comported with our secular interest; would God...
FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN HIM - All the promises which God has made through him. This is another reason why Paul felt himself bound to maintain a character of the strictest veracity. The reason w...
2. PAUL'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATIONS. CHAPTER 1:8-24 _ 1. His Experience. (2 Corinthians 1:8)_ 2. His Explanations. (2 Corinthians 1:15) The Apostle speaks, first of all, of the trouble he had whe...
But had he not laid himself open to a charge of fickleness? Had he not led them to expect that he would ere this have paid them another visit, returning through Corinth from Macedonia, and taking from...
It was with this confidence that I previously planned to visit you, that I might bring you pleasure for the second time, and so go on to Macedonia by way of you, and be sped by you on my way to Judaea...
COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
ALL, &c.. as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are. and in Him. The texts read" Wherefore also through (App-104, 2 Corinthians 1:1) Him they are. "Amen, This Hebrew word is translated "veri...
_For all the promises of God in him are yea_ Literally, for how many soever the promises of God be, in Him is the yea. The Apostle here, as elsewhere, reminds us that God's gifts depend upon His promi...
St Paul's reason for putting off his coming 15. _And in this confidence_ It was the conviction of this community of interest which made St Paul desire to visit Corinth. It was (see 2 Corinthians 1:23...
19–22. Closely connected with what precedes, as is shown by the γάρ, extending and confirming the argument....
15–24. The rest of this chapter and part of the next are taken up with the Apostle’s defence of himself against a charge of ‘lightness’ (ἐλαφρία), _i.e._ of not caring for the Corinthians or for his e...
ΔΙῸ ΚΑῚ ΔΙʼ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ (אABCFP) rather than καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ (D2KL). 2 Corinthians 1:1-2. THE APOSTOLIC SALUTATION 20. ὍΣΑΙ ΓᾺΡ ἘΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΙ ΘΕΟΥ͂, ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ΤΌ ΝΑΊ. _For_ HOW MANY SOEVER BE _the promises of...
_A DESIRE TO SPARE THEM 2 CORINTHIANS 1:19-24:_ The promises of Jesus and His commandments left no doubt. Therefore, those that preach Him cannot manifest a fickle spirit in their preaching either. Je...
ΌΣΟΣ (G3745) сколь многий; rel. _pron._ указывает на количество, ΈΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΙ (G1860) обещание, ΆΜΉΝ (G281) Евр. слово, означающее "истинный" "достойный доверия"; предполагает устойчивость, твердость,...
DISCOURSE: 2001 THE STABILITY OF THE PROMISES 2 Corinthians 1:20. _For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us_. MANKIND in general discover much versatil...
YEA, YEA, AND NAY, NAY?— The sense of these verses is, "I did not change my design through levity, nor did I purpose first one thing and then the contrary, as selfish views might determine me, 2 Corin...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Explanation of His Deferred Visit Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 1:15-24. And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 and by yo...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Acrimony (2 Corinthians 1:12-24) 12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and...
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. Rather, How many soever be the promises of God in Him is the "yea" ('faithfulness to His word;' contrasted...
1 Timothy is associated with Paul in this introduction, as Sosthenes is in the former epistle, yet it is evident that Paul himself wrote both epistles, for he continually refers to himself in them, an...
1:20 us. (d-23) Or 'with' or 'before God, for glory by us.' It may be read thus. 'was not yea and nay, but in him is the yea, (for whatsoever promises of God there are, in him is the yea, and in him t...
INTRODUCTORY SECTION 2 Corinthians 1:1. Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and gives tha...
PARAPHRASE. 'When you find me now writing from Macedonia before you have had a visit at all, you may think me changeable and capricious. (18) But I assure you solemnly I am not easily turned from my p...
IN HIM _are_ YEA AND.. AMEN] Christ is the affirmation (the YEA) and the fulfilment (the AMEN) of God's promises. AMEN] For the general Amen see 1 Corinthians 14:16. BY US] as the instruments....
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT 2 CORINTHIANS AUTHOR Paul wrote the letter called 2 Corinthians. See 2 Corinthians 1:1 and 2 Corinthians 10:1. The letter...
ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD... — Literally, _as many as are the promises of God._ Many of the better MSS. give a different reading: “In him is the Yea, wherefore also by him is the Amen to God for glory b...
CHAPTER 3 THE CHURCH'S ONE FOUNDATION. 2 Corinthians 1:15 (R.V) THE emphatic words in the first sentence are "in this confidence." All the Apostle's plans for visiting Corinth, both in general and i...
ὅσαι γὰρ ἐπαγγελίαι κ. τ. λ.: _for how many soever be the promises of God, in Him is the Yea_. Not only was Christ a διάκονος περιτομῆς … εἰς τὸ βεβαιῶσαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τῶν πατέρων (Romans 15:8), but...
HIS CHANGE OF PLAN WAS NOT DUE TO FICKLENESS. καὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην κ. τ. λ.: _and in this confidence_ (_sc._, that they would acknowledge his sincerity) _I was minded to come before_ (_sc...
SINCERE LIKE HIS MASTER 2 Corinthians 1:12 The Apostle laid great emphasis on the witness of his conscience. See Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16. As we pass out of this life, and stand in the revealing dawn of...
The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sal...
A CHANGE IN PLANS Since they had mutual pride and respect for one another, Paul had confidently planned to visit them on the way to and from Macedonia, but had changed plans to give them time to corre...
(12) For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in (u) him Amen, unto the glory of God by (x) us. (12) Last of all he declares the sum of his doctrine, that is, that all the promises of salvat...
The doctrine which the apostle delivered to them was not ambiguous, doubtful, or contradictory, first one thing, then another; on the contrary, it was such, that the apostle could say, (ver. 14.) we a...
(15) And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; (16) And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you t...
20._For all the promises of God _— Here again he shows how firm and unvarying the preaching of Christ ought to be, inasmuch as he is the groundwork (289) of _all the promises of God. _For it were wors...
The apostle writes the second Epistle to the Corinthians under the influence of the consolations of Christ consolations experienced when the troubles which came upon him in Asia were at their height;...
FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN HIM [are] YEA,.... This is a reason or argument proving what is before said, that "in" Christ "was yea", since "all the promises of God in him are yea"; and shows, that...
For all the promises of God in him _are_ yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. Ver. 20. _In him are yea and amen_] That is, truth and assurance. They will eat their way over all Alps of...
_When I therefore was thus minded_ Having, therefore, purposed this; _did I use lightness_ Did I lightly change my purpose? or, _the things that I purpose_ in general; _do I purpose according to the f...
BY US; through our preaching....
FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN HIM ARE YEA, AND IN HIM AMEN, UNTO THE GLORY OF GOD BY US. Because Paul had changed his original plan as to his visit to Corinth, some of his personal enemies in that ci...
No fickleness can be charged to the apostle:...
It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
15-24 The apostle clears himself from the charge of levity and inconstancy, in not coming to Corinth. Good men should be careful to keep the reputation of sincerity and constancy; they should not res...
As Christ was YEA, and all his doctrine certain and uniform, so ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE YEA; the promises of the Messiah have their yea and Amen in him; all the promises of grace, whatsoever is pr...
2 Corinthians 1:20 For G1063 all G3745 promises G1860 God G2316 in G1722 Him G846 Yes G3483 and G2532 in
‘But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yes and no. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him...
2 Corinthians 1:20. FOR HOW MANY SOEVER BE THE PROMISES OF GOD, IN HIM IS THE YEA; WHEREFORE ALSO THROUGH HIM IS THE ‘AMEN, UNTO THE GLORY OF GOD THROUGH US. This is but an expansion of the preceding...
IN HIM IS THE YEA (εν αυτω το Να). Supply γεγονεν from the preceding sentence, "In him was the Yea come true." This applies to all God's promises.THE AMEN (το Αμην). In public worship (1 Corinthi...
2 Corinthians 1:20 (R.V.) God's Certainties and Man's Certitudes. I. Note first God's certainties in Christ. (1) There is the certainty about God's heart. The hopes and shadowy fore-revelations of th...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,_ Paul is very careful to remind the Corinthians of that fact, since some of them had gone the length of denying his apostleshi...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:_ Paul is ver...
CONTENTS: Paul's interest in the Corinthian Christians and his encouragement to them in Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Silvanus. CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's op...
2 Corinthians 1:1. _Paul and Timothy our brother._ It was proper that Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth. _With all the saints which are in Achaia;_ in which peninsula t...
FOR IT IS HE. Acts 13:32-33 proves that what God had promised to Abraham, Israel and David, was made to come true when Jesus was raised from death!!! THIS IS THE REASON. "It is because Christ is the Y...
_For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us._ ALL THE PROMISES I. The dignity of the promises. They are “the promises of God.” 1. They were each one ma...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:20 God’s PROMISES find their fulfillment in Christ. Thus the OT Scriptures should be read as pointing to Christ (see the Overview of the Bible). Paul expresses hi...
SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS He consoles the Corinthians, whom in the First Epistle he had sharply rebuked, and absolves the excommunicated fornicator, who was now penitent....
_For all the promises of God in Him are yea._ All the promises of God in the Old Testament relating to the Messiah were constant and true, and have been fulfilled in Him. 1 The yea yea here, and in S....
_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...
EXPOSITION Address and greeting (2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:2). Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympathetically...
Tonight let's turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 1. The church of Corinth had been a divided church. There was a lot of carnality, a lot of problems in their doctrines that prompted Paul's first epistle,...
1 John 2:24; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:11; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Corinthians 4:1
All [ο σ α ι]. Wrong. As many as. Are yea, etc. Making this the predicate of promises, which is wrong. The meaning is that how many soever are God's promises, in Christ is the incarnate answer, "yea!...
For all the promises of God are yea and amen in him — Are surely established in and through him. They are yea with respect to God promising; amen, with respect to men believing; yea, with respect to t...
Our apostle had proved in the foregoing verse the constancy of his own doctrine which he preached from the immutabilithy and constancy of Christ, the subject of it. Here he proveth Christ to be unchan...