McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
2 Corinthians 2:12
Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ [i. e., intending to preach], and when a door [an opportunity-- 1 Corinthians 16:9 and note] was opened unto me in the Lord,
Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ [i. e., intending to preach], and when a door [an opportunity-- 1 Corinthians 16:9 and note] was opened unto me in the Lord,
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:12. _WHEN I CAME TO TROAS_] After having written the former epistle, and not having heard what effect it had produced on your minds; though the Lord had opened me a particular do...
FURTHERMORE - But (δὲ de). This particle is properly adversative; but frequently denotes transition, and serves to introduce something else, whether opposite to what precedes, or simply continuative...
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...
This will complete the joyful reconciliation already accomplished. Paul had found himself at Troas, restless and uneasy till he heard the result of his letter to Corinth. Even the great opportunity fo...
WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
When we had come to Troas to tell the good news of Christ, even when a door of opportunity stood open to us in the Lord, I had no rest for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, there. B...
FURTHERMORE. Now. to. Greek _eis._ App-104. TROAS. See Acts 16:8. TO PREACH CHRIST'S GOSPEL. for (Cr. _eis)_ the gospel (App-140) of the Messiah. DOOR. See 1 Corinthians 16:9, OF. Greek en. App-10...
_Furthermore, when I came to Troas_ Another proof is now given of the Apostle's sincere desire for the well-being of his converts, his distress at the non-arrival of Titus at the time expected. In spi...
12–17. The passage about the great offender (2 Corinthians 2:5-11) follows quite naturally after 2 Corinthians 2:4, the connecting thought being λύπη. But it is somewhat of a digression, from which th...
ἘΛΘῺΝ ΔῈ ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΤΡΩΙΆΔΑ. NOW _when I came to Troas_. ‘Furthermore’ (A.V.) is quite wrong. Having got the charge of levity and the case of the grievous offender out of the way, he returns to the affli...
_PAUL'S SEARCH FOR TITUS 2 CORINTHIANS 2:12-13:_ When Paul reached Troas he found a great open door for evangelism. Troas was an important port city along the Aegean Sea. It was situated in northweste...
ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти; здесь: прибывать. _Aor._ указывает на логически предшествующее действие: "Когда я пришел..." ΤΡΩΆΣ (G5174). Артикль означает: "в Тро...
WHEN I COME TO TROAS— _When I came to Troas, and a door to the gospel of Christ was opened._ Knatchbull. How uneasy St. Paul was, and upon what account, see ch. 2 Corinthians 7:5. It was not barely fo...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Distance (2 Corinthians 2:12-13) 12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord; 13but my mind could not rest because I d...
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, Paul expected to meet Titus at Troas to receive the tidings as to the effect of his first let...
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'I forgive any one whom you forgive; for I have no personal feeling in the matter, and it is only for your sakes that I speak of forgiveness at all, and I forgive in the spirit of Christ....
_(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...
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...
FURTHERMORE, WHEN I CAME TO TROAS. — The article, perhaps, indicates the Troad as a district, rather than the city, just as it does in the case of Saron. (See Note on Acts 9:35.) The case of the offen...
CHAPTER 7 CHRIST'S CAPTIVE. 2 Corinthians 2:12 (R.V) IN this passage the Apostle returns from what is virtually, if not formally, a digression, to the narrative which begins in 2 Corinthians 1:8 f.,...
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...
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED AT NOT MEETING TITUS IN TROAS, BUT HE REJOICES NOW TO LEARN THAT HIS MESSAGE OF REPROOF HAS BEEN LOYALLY RECEIVED IN CORINTH....
ἐλθὼν δέ κ. τ. λ.: _but_ (the particle δέ marking the resumption of his original subject) _when I came to Troas, for the purposes of the Gospel of Christ_ (_cf._ 2 Corinthians 9:13). He stayed there s...
THE SAVOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14, imagines himself as part of his Master's procession passing through the world.
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...
TRIUMPHANT IN CHRIST Before going into a brief discussion of discipline, Paul had been telling about the first letter and reasons for his delay in coming. He next resumed by telling them he went from...
PAUL'S SINCERITY If his words sounded boastful, Paul's conscience could withstand the test of God's scrutiny and still show him holy and truthful. He had not lived as one after earthly gain, but as on...
(2) Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, (2) He returns to the confirmation of his apostleship, and brings forth both the testimon...
When I was come to Troas....and a door was opened to me, towards promoting the gospel, which I never neglect, yet I had not rest in my spirit; I remained still in a great concern for you, not meeting...
(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...
12._When I had come to Troas _By now mentioning what he had been doing in the mean time, in what places he had been, and what route he had pursued in his journeyings, he more and more confirms what he...
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...
FURTHERMORE, WHEN I CAME TO TROAS,.... The apostle proceeds, in this latter part of the chapter, to take notice of and remove the charge of ostentation and insincerity in preaching the Gospel, and hin...
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to _preach_ Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, Ver. 12. _A door was opened_] An opportunity offered. Where the master sets up a light, there...
_Furthermore_ That ye may know my great concern for you; _when I came to Troas_ After the riot excited by Demetrius. He seems to refer to that passage from Asia to Macedonia, of which a short account...
TROAS; a city on the way from Ephesus to Macedonia, where Paul expected to meet Titus and learn from him the effect of his first epistle. But in this he was disappointed. He therefore left Troas and w...
PAUL'S TRIUMPH IN CHRIST. 2 Corinthians 2:12...
FURTHERMORE, WHEN I CAME TO TROAS TO PREACH CHRIST'S GOSPEL, AND A DOOR WAS OPENED UNTO ME OF THE LORD,...
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...
12-17 A believer's triumphs are all in Christ. To him be the praise and glory of all, while the success of the gospel is a good reason for a Christian's joy and rejoicing. In ancient triumphs, abunda...
This TROAS was either the city, or the whole country, called Troy or Ilium, or the lesser Phrygia. We read of Paul's going thither by sea from Philippi, ACTS 20:6, and of his having been there, 2 TIMO...
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‘Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord, I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother, but taking my leave of them, I...
2 Corinthians 2:12. NOW WHEN I CAME TO TROAS PROBABLY NOT THE city only, but the region of ‘the Troad.' It lay on the coast of Mysia, and commercially its importance was considerable, FOR THE GOSPEL O...
TO TROAS (εις την Τρωιαδα). Luke does not mention this stop at Troas on the way from Ephesus to Macedonia (Acts 20:1), though he does mention two other visits there (Acts 16:8; Acts 20:6).WHEN A DO...
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...
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...
WHEN I ARRIVED IN TROAS. Paul does not give us details of his recent plans and travel. He must have gone to Troas after the riot at Ephesus. [But the visit in Acts 20:6 must have been at a later time....
_Furthermore, when I came to Troas._ THE EFFECT OF THE GOSPEL MINISTRY I. The work which the minister undertakes. I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel”; “God maketh manifest the savour of His kn...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:12 These verses explain some of Paul’s actions behind writing 2 Corinthians 1:1 (vv....
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...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 2:12. TROAS.— Acts 20:1. Note, “_for the Gospel_,” literally exact. DOOR.—Cf. 1 Corinthians 16:9, and material there....
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 16:9; Acts 14:27; Acts 16:8; Acts 20:1; Acts 20:8;...
I came to Troas. Bengel remarks : "The whole epistle is an itinerary." The fact is another illustration of the strong personal feeling which marks the letter. "The very stages of his journey are impre...
Now when I came to Troas — It seems, in that passage from Asia to Macedonia, of which a short account is given, Acts 20:1. Even though a door was opened to me — That is, there was free liberty to spea...
Observe here, 1. The unwearied diligence of this great apostle in traveling from place to place, and carrying the gospel with him from one city and nation to another: I CAME TO TROAS, AND FROM THENCE...