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2 CORINTHIANS 1:11 h`mw/n (2) {B}
The Committee preferred the reading h`mw/n, which is adequately
supported by a variety of witnesses (î46c a A C D* G Y 1739 Old Latin
vg syrp,...
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Verse 2 Corinthians 1:11. _YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER_] Even
an _apostle_ felt the prayers of the Church of God necessary for his
comfort and support. What innumerable blessings do the prayers...
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YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER FOR US - Tyndale renders this in
connection with the close of the previous verse; “we trust that yet
hereafter he will deliver us, by the help of your prayer for us....
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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...
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SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION.
2 Corinthians 1:1 f. Timothy, whose approaching visit to Corinth had
been announced in 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 16:11, is now
again in Paul's company, and
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COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
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I want you to know, brothers, about the terrible experience which
happened to us in Asia, an experience in which we were excessively
weighted down till it was beyond bearing, so that we despaired even...
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HELPING TOGETHER. co-operating. Greek. _sunupourgeo_. Only here.
BY. No Preposition. Dative case.
PRAYER. Greek. _deesis,_ App-134.
GIFT. Greek. _charisma_. App-184.
UPON. Greek. _eis_. App-104.
B...
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The mutual interdependence of St Paul and the Corinthian Church
3. _Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_ Two
feelings rise at once in the Apostle's mind. The first is an
overwhel...
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_You also helping … by prayer for us_ Cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2
Thessalonians 3:1; Hebrews 13:18; James 5:15-16.
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ΣΥΝΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΎΝΤΩΝ ΚΑῚ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ὙΠῈΡ
ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΤΗ͂Ι ΔΕΉΣΕΙ. _Ye also helping together_ ON OUR
BEHALF _BY YOUR_ SUPPLICATION (R.V.). For different words for
‘prayer’ see Philippians 4:6; 1 Timothy 2:1 : δέησις i...
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_GOD WILL DELIVER US 2 CORINTHIANS 1:7-11:_ Paul was not disappointed
in the spiritual strength of the Corinthian brethren. They had
remained steadfast in much suffering and he wanted them to have the...
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YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER— "I have this confidence in God's
continual care; and it is the more cheerful, as I persuade myself
_you_ are and will be _assisting us by your prayers, that so the...
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Butler's Comments
SECTION 1
Affliction (2 Corinthians 1:1-11)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our
brother.
To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the s...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Comfort in Affliction
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 1:3-11. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforteth
us...
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Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed
upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on
our behalf.
HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER FOR US - rather, 'h...
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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...
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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...
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PARAPHRASE. 'For it is right, my friends, that you should know that I
had to undergo very severe suffering in Ephesus, and was even at
death's door. (9) This great danger taught me that my life is in...
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YOU ALSO HELPING BY PRAYER. St. Paul asks the prayers of the
Corinthians, and tells them that they will thus help in his recovery.
The Apostle always attached great importance to the prayers of others...
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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...
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YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER... — They too to whom he writes
can help him as he helps them. Indirectly he asks their prayers for
him, but he does so with a refined delicacy of feeling, by assumi...
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CHAPTER 2
FAITH BORN OF DESPAIR.
2 Corinthians 1:8 (R.V)
PAUL seems to have felt that the thanksgiving with which he opens this
letter to the Corinthians was so peculiar as to require explanation.
I...
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συνυπουργούντων καὶ ὑμῶν κ. τ. λ.: _ye
also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; i.e._,
apparently, “helping _me_ ”. St. Paul claims that the sympathy of
his converts with him shall be...
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HIS RECENT PERIL. 2 Corinthians 1:8. οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν κ.
τ. λ.: _for we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about_ (for
ὑπέρ with gen. in this sense, _cf._ chap. 2Co 8:23, 2 Corinthians
12:8; 2 Thess...
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SHARING COMFORT IN AFFLICTION
2 Corinthians 1:1
This was a circular letter, including in its scope all the scattered
communities in the district. _Grace_ was the usual salutation of the
West, _Peace_...
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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...
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GOD DELIVERED PAUL
During Paul's trip to Ephesus, trouble arose between Paul and the
devoted followers of Diana, who were led by Demetrius (Acts 19:23-41;
Acts 20:1). There is no doubt he saw great op...
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(6) Ye also helping together by prayer for us, (7) that for the gift
[bestowed] upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by
many on our behalf.
(6) That he may not seem to boast of hi...
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That for this gift, [3] or favour, obtained for us by many persons,
&c. The words and construction are obscure, both in the Latin and
Greek. It would seem a tautology if translated, that by may person...
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(8) For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which
came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above
strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: (9) But we had...
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11._That the gift bestowed upon us through means of many persons. _As
there is some difficulty in Paul’s words, interpreters differ as to
the meaning. I shall not spend time in setting aside the
inter...
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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;...
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YOU ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER FOR US,.... Though the apostle
ascribes their deliverance solely to God, as the author and efficient
cause of it; yet he takes notice of the prayers of the saints f...
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Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift
_bestowed_ upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by
many on our behalf.
Ver. 11. _You also helping together_] The best...
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_For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant_ As if he had said, We
speak thus concerning the sufferings wherewith God is pleased to
exercise his people, because we have lately experienced them in a...
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THE GIFT; the deliverance just referred to.
BY THE MEANS OF MANY PERSONS; by means of their intercessory prayers
for the apostle and his helpers, which God heard and answered.
BY MANY; the many who h...
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YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER FOR US THAT FOR THE GIFT BESTOWED
UPON US BY THE MEANS OF MANY PERSONS THANKS MAY BE GIVEN BY MANY ON
OUR BEHALF.
Paul here recounts a bit of personal history, conce...
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Paul's recent peril:...
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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....
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1-11 We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is
able to give peace to the troubled conscience, and to calm...
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YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER FOR US: faith ought; not to hinder
prayer; nor doth God's principal efficiency, as to any mercy or
deliverance bestowed upon us, give a _supersedeas_ to us, as to th...
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ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for
the gift [of special deliverance] _bestowed upon us by means of many_
[who prayed for us], _thanks may be given by many persons o...
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2 Corinthians 1:11 you G5216 also G2532 together G4943 (G5723) prayer
G1162 for G5228 us G2257 that G2443
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GOD BOTH AFFLICTS AND COMFORTS ALL WHO ARE HIS FOR THEIR SALVATION (2
CORINTHIANS 1:3).
The verses that follow lay the foundation of what he will say
throughout the letter. At first sight they might a...
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‘You also helping together on our behalf by your supplication, that,
for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by
many persons on our behalf.'
Having risen to the heights Pau...
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2 Corinthians 1:11. YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER ON OUR BEHALF BY YOUR
SUPPLICATION delicately taking it for granted that they were doing it,
and so virtually soliciting their prayers, THAT FOR THE GIFT B...
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YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER ON OUR BEHALF
(συνυπουργουντων κα υμων υπερ ημων).
Genitive absolute with present active participle of late compound verb
(συν and υπουργεω for υπο and εργον). Paul relied...
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2 Corinthians 1:11
I. We must take care we do not hinder. We may hinder by indifference.
People who hinder are often people who live at ease. Take care you do
not hinder any good work, do not dishear...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AS YOU HELP US. The prayers of the Corinthian Christians had also been
a source of help, as they plead with God for him. AND GOD WILL BLESS
US. In response to these many prayers! Compare James 5:16-18...
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_And whether we be afflicted … or whether we be comforted, it is for
your consolation and salvation._
PERSONAL SUFFERINGS
I. Are often experienced in the rest of enterprises (2 Corinthians
11:23; 2...
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_Ye also helping together by prayer for us._
HELPING TOGETHER
You have four girls; Mary does the work of the rest--such help is not
good. All help is dangerous for any of us when there is absence of...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3 Paul offers praise to God as
he introduces the main themes to follow.
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1 Paul’s Defense of His
Ministry as an Apostle. Paul’s ministry reflects the work of the
Holy Spirit.
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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....
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_That by the means of many persons._ Primasius reads this, "By a
company of many persons," that is, children, youths, and old men. S.
Paul's meaning is, that through many people in a great concourse o...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 1:8.—No certainty as to the “_affliction_”
referred to, whether some outward persecution at Ephesus (query at
Ephesus at all?) known to his readers (query that of Romans...
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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...
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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,...
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1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Corinthians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2
Corinthians 9:12;...
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Persons [π ρ ο σ ω π ω ν]. Face is the usual rendering of the
word in the New Testament. Even when rendered person the usage is
Hebraistic for face. See on James 2:1 There is no reason for
abandoning...
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You likewise — As well as other churches. Helping with us by prayer,
that for the gift — Namely, my deliverance. Bestowed upon us by
means of many persons — Praying for it, thanks may be given by many...
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Our apostle having commemorated the goodness and power of God in
former deliverances, and expressed his assurance of present and future
deliverances, doth in this verse excite and exhort the faithful...