McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Verse 16. _TO THE ONE_ WE ARE _THE SAVOUR OF DEATH UNTO DEATH_] There are several sayings among the ancient Jewish writers similar to this. In _Debarim Rabba_, sec. i. fol. 248, it is said: "As the b...
TO THE ONE - To those who perish. WE ARE THE SAVOUR OF DEATH UNTO DEATH - We are the occasion of deepening their condemnation, and of sinking them lower into ruin. The expression used here means liter...
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...
LIFE. Greek. _zoe_. App-170. FOR. Greek. _pros._ App-104....
_To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life_ The reading accepted by most recent editors is -a savour arising from death and resulting in death," a...
16. ἘΚ ΘΑΝΆΤΟΥ … ἘΚ ΖΩΗ͂Σ (אABC, Copt. Aeth., Clem. Orig.). In both places ἐκ is omitted (?as difficult) DFGKL, Vulg. Arm., Chrys. Iren-Lat. 16. ΟἾΣ ΜῈΝ ὈΣΜῊ ἘΚ ΘΑΝΆΤΟΥ ΕἸΣ ΘΆΝΑΤΟΝ, ΟἾΣ ΔῈ ὈΣΜῊ ἘΚ ΖΩΗ...
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...
_CHRISTIANS TRIUMPH IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-17:_ Paul was very discouraged at not finding Titus. However he did not allow this to turn him away. He was always grateful that God makes it possible...
ΈΚ ΘΑΝΆΤΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΘΆΝΑΤΟΝ (G2288) от смерти, к смерти. Рабби использовали похожие слова по отношению к закону. Для некоторых это лекарство, для других — смертельный яд (SB, 3:498; Barrett), ΊΚΑΝΌΣ (G242...
DISCOURSE: 2004 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MINISTRY 2 Corinthians 2:15. _We are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savour of death un...
FOR WE ARE UNTO GOD, &C.— _For, upon God's account,_ [_or, in order that God may be known_] _we communicate a savoury odour of Christ, to them who are saved, and to them who are not,_ 2 Corinthians 2:...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Destiny (2 Corinthians 2:14-17) 14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhe...
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? THE SAVOUR OF [ ek (G1537 ), FROM] DEATH UNTO DEATH ... OF,...
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...
_(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...
The figure of the triumphal procession is continued. 'Some of the conquered enemies were put to death when the procession reached the Capitol; to them the smell of the incense was “an odour of death u...
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...
TO THE ONE WE ARE THE SAVOUR OF DEATH UNTO DEATH. — As with other instances of St. Paul’s figurative language, we note the workings of a deeply, though unconsciously, poetic imagination. Keeping the i...
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....
οἷς μὲν ὀσμὴ κ. τ. λ.: _to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life_; and yet it is the same ὀσμή in both cases; _cf._ Luke 2:34. ἐκ θανάτου εἰς θάνατον may be...
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...
To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. (4) And who [is] sufficient for these things? (4) Again, he dismisses all suspicion of arrogance, att...
The odour of death, &c. The preaching of the apostle, which by its fragrant odour brought many to life, was to others, through their own fault, the occasion of death; by their wilfully opposing and re...
(14) Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place. (15) For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in the...
_MAN’S INSUFFICIENCY_ ‘Who is sufficient for these things?’ 2 Corinthians 2:16 St. Paul occupied so peculiar a position that it cannot be doubted that he stood in need of peculiar assistance and gu...
16._And who is sufficient for these things? _This exclamation is thought by some (349) to be introduced by way of guarding against arrogance, for he confesses, that to discharge the office of a good A...
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...
TO THE ONE WE ARE THE SAVOUR OF DEATH UNTO DEATH,.... Who are for death, or appointed to it; see Jeremiah 43:11. What the apostle says of the Gospel, and Gospel ministers, the Jews his countrymen used...
To the one _we are_ the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who _is_ sufficient for these things? Ver. 16. _The savour of death_] Aristotle writeth, that vu...
2 Cor. 2:14-16. - "Maketh manifest the favour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved, and in them that perish. To the one we are the...
_For we_ The preachers of the gospel, the apostles especially; _are unto God a sweet odour of Christ_ He is well pleased with this perfume diffused by us, with this incense of his name and gospel, whi...
THE SAVOR OF DEATH UNTO DEATH; a deadly savor, having death for its result; because, by rejecting the gospel, they turn that which was intended for their life into an occasion of death. THE SAVOR OF...
TO THE ONE WE ARE THE SAVOR OF DEATH UNTO DEATH, AND TO THE OTHER THE SAVOR OF LIFE UNTO LIFE. AND WHO IS SUFFICIENT FOR THESE THINGS?...
PAUL'S TRIUMPH IN CHRIST. 2 Corinthians 2:12...
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...
As sweet smells, which are to some pleasant and comfortable, are to others pernicious and deadly; so it is with the sweet savour of the gospel. The report which we in all places make of Christ, to som...
2 Corinthians 2:16 To G3739 one G3303 aroma G3744 death G2288 to G1519 death G2288 and G1161 other G3739
‘But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and is making known through us the fragrance of his knowledge in every place. For we are a sweet fragrance of Christ to God, in those w...
2 Corinthians 2:16. TO THE ONE A SAVOUR FROM DEATH UNTO DEATH; TO THE OTHER A SAVOUR FROM LIFE UNTO LIFE: the one class, already “dead in trespasses and sins,” sinking deeper, and approaching nearer,...
FROM DEATH UNTO DEATH (εκ θανατου εις θανατον). From one evil condition to another. Some people are actually hardened by preaching.AND WHO IS SUFFICIENT FOR THESE THINGS? (κα προς ταυτα τις ικανο...
2 Corinthians 2:14 The Absolute Character and Critical Effects of the Ministry of the Gospel. I. The absolute or real character is seen in what it is to God. The gospel not only displays and embodies...
2 Corinthians 2:15 God Glorified in the Preaching of the Gospel. I. The gospel is a revelation of all which is most illustrious in Godhead and of all that as sinful creatures we are most concerned in...
2 Corinthians 2:16 The Missionary. I. Among the qualifications of the true missionary, I do not scruple to put first a love of souls; or, if the expression be thought to have too technical a meaning,...
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...
A DEADLY STENCH. The Good News hardens some in their sin, and it is to them the stench of death! A FRAGRANCE. The Good News brings a response in others that opens to them the blessings of God! WHO, TH...
_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...
_Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ._ GOD’S TRIUMPH AND PAUL’S The authorised translation at first sight strikes us as most suitable. Practically Paul had been engaged...
_For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved and in them that perish._ DISSIMILAR EFFECTS OF THE SAME THING Consider the totally different effects which the same thing has on...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:12 These verses explain some of Paul’s actions behind writing 2 Corinthians 1:1 (vv....
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:15 AROMA... FRAGRANCE. Some believe this refers to the incense spread along the streets during the triumphal procession (see note on v. 14). However, the terms us
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:16 WHO IS SUFFICIENT FOR THESE THINGS? The implied answer clearly is “No one.” Our “sufficiency” comes only from God by means of his grace. Some of Paul’s opponen...
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...
_To the one we are the savour of death unto death, and to the other the savour of life unto life_." " _We are_," says Theophylact, " _a royal censer, and wherever we go we carry with us the odour of t...
_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 15:10; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:8; 2 Corinthians 12:11;...
To the one a savor, etc. [ο σ μ η]. Returning to the word used in ver. 14, which is more general than eujwdia sweet savor, denoting an odor of any kind, salutary or deadly, and therefore more appropri...
And who is sufficient for these things — No man living, but by the power of God's Spirit....