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Verse 23. _I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL_] The apostle here
resumes the subject which he left 2 Corinthians 1:16, and in the most
solemn manner calls God to _witness_, and consequently to puni...
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MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL - It is well remarked
by Rosenmuller, that the second chapter should have commenced here,
since there is here a transition in the subject more distinct t...
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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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2 Corinthians 1:23 to 2 Corinthians 2:4. Paul now states the real and
sufficient reason for his apparent vacillation. He had already paid a
visit to Corinth (_cf_. 2 Corinthians 13:2) which had been f...
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COMFORTED TO COMFORT (2 Corinthians 1:1-7)...
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I call God to witness against my soul that it was because I wished to
spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. I am not saying this
because we have any desire to domineer over your faith, but b...
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CALL GOD FOR. RECORD. invoke God as. witness.
CALL. Greek. _epikaleomai_. See Acts 2:21, Compare Acts 25:11; Acts
25:12; Acts 25:21;...
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_I call God for a record upon my soul_ Literally, TO WITNESS, as the
Rhemish version. Tyndale, whom the other translators follow, has
_recorde_. Either (1) I call God to witness _against_my soul, i.e....
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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...
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ἘΓῺ ΔῈ ΜΆΡΤΥΡΑ ΤῸΝ ΘΕῸΝ
ἘΠΙΚΑΛΟΥ͂ΜΑΙ ἘΠῚ ΤῊΝ ἘΜῊΝ ΨΥΧΉΝ. BUT
_I call God for a_ WITNESS _upon my soul_. Ἐγώ and τ. θεόν
are emphatic; ‘God is faithful (2 Corinthians 1:18), and it is God
who sealed us...
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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...
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_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...
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MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD— Or, _to witness._ Nothing but the
great importance of St. Paul's vindicating his character to such a
church, would have justified the solemnity of an oath of this ki...
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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...
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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...
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Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I
came not as yet unto Corinth.
MOREOVER I - Greek, 'But I (for my part),' who changed my purpose of
coming to you, in contrast to...
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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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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. '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...
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MOREOVER.. CORINTH] Another reason for the Apostle's change of plan
was consideration for their feelings. RECORD] RV 'witness.' TO SPARE
YOU] i.e. from censure. This refers to 2 Corinthians 13:2, 'If...
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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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I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD. — Better, _I call upon God as a witness
against my soul._ The thought seems to come across St. Paul’s mind
that the Corinthians will require a more specific explanation of his...
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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 appe...
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THE REAL REASON OF THE POSTPONEMENT OF HIS VISIT TO CORINTH WAS THAT
HE DID NOT WISH HIS NEXT VISIT TO BE PAINFUL, AS THE LAST HAD BEEN....
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ἐγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικ. κ. τ.
λ.: _but_ (_sc._, whatever my opponents may say) _I invoke God as a
witness against my soul, sc._, if I speak falsely; _cf._ Romans 1:9;
Galatians 1:20; Philippians...
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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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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'S VERIFICATION OF PAUL'S SINCERITY
God had established Paul's sincerity by backing him with signs and
miracles. Since God was a promise keeper, He would not support one who
was dishonest. God had...
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(14) Moreover I call God for a record upon my (z) soul, that to spare
you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
(14) Now coming to the matter, he swears that he did not lightly alter
his purpose of coming...
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Now as to my not coming to you, I call God to witness, that I only
deferred my coming out of kindness to you, that I came not hitherto to
Corinth, to spare you, when by reason of the disorders among y...
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(21) Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath
anointed us, is God; (22) Who hath also sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (23) Moreover I call God for a
reco...
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23._I call God for a witness. _He now begins to assign a reason for
his change of purpose; for hitherto he has merely repelled calumny.
When, however, he says that _he spared them, _he indirectly thro...
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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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MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL,.... The apostle having
asserted his stability, both as a minister and a Christian, which,
with others, he had from God, appeals to him in the most solem...
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Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I
came not as yet unto Corinth.
Ver. 23. _I call God to record_] He purgeth himseff by oath. So those,
Joshua 22:22 ....
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_Moreover, I call God to record_ As if he had said, That you may
believe me in what I am going to affirm, I call God as a witness,
_upon_, or against _my soul_ If I do not speak the truth. Was not Pau...
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I CALL GOD; to witness the truth of what he said.
TO SPARE YOU; to save them from that painful discipline which he might
have found necessary, had he visited them in their disorderly state....
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MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL THAT TO SPARE YOU I
CAME NOT AS YET UNTO CORINTH....
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God Himself Paul's witness:...
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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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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...
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Here is a perfect form of an oath, which is nothing else but a solemn
calling of God to witness the truth of what we speak, whether
promising or asserting. Those words, UPON MY SOUL, also have the for...
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[Having first argued that he could not be guilty of duplicity because
of the very nature of his relationships to the true and faithful God,
Paul in this section answers the charge more specifically by...
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2 Corinthians 1:23 Moreover G1161 I G1473 call G1941 (G5731) God G2316
witness G3144 against G1909 my G1699
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‘But I call God for a witness on my soul, that to spare you I
forbore coming to Corinth.'
So why then had Paul failed in his promise to come to Corinth? He
calls on God to witness to the truth of what...
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2 Corinthians 1:23. BUT I CALL GOD FOR A WITNESS UPON MY SOUL, THAT TO
SPARE YOU (AND FOR THAT REASON ONLY) I FORBARE TO COME UNTO CORINTH.
Little would they expect such an explanation, and evidently...
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BUT I CALL GOD FOR A WITNESS UPON MY SOUL
(Εγω δε μαρτυρα τον θεον επικαλουμα επ
την εμην ψυχην). Solemn attestation, "calling heaven to
witness is frequent in literature from Homer onwards" (Plumme...
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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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I CALL GOD. We see how important it was to Paul to re-establish the
confidence the Corinthians once had in him. He calls God as his
witness! IT WAS. Here is the reason why he changed his travel plans....
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_I call God for a record … that to spare you I came not as yet to
Corinth._
WHY PAUL DID NOT VISIT CORINTH
His reasons were--
I. One of mercy: to spare them pain (2 Corinthians 1:23)--to save them...
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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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_Moreover, I call God for a record upon my soul._ From this it is
lawful for a Christian to take an oath, says S. Augustine (qu. 5,
inter. 83); for the Apostle here takes an oath, and that one of
exec...
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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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_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...
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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 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Timothy
1:20;...
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I call God for a record [τ ο ν θ ε ο ν ε π ι κ α λ ο υ
μ α ι]. Rev., better, witness. A common classical idiom. Compare
Plato : "Next will follow the choir of young men under the age of
thirty, who wi...
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I call God for a record upon my soul — Was not St. Paul now speaking
by the Spirit? And can a more solemn oath be conceived? Who then can
imagine that Christ ever designed to forbid all swearing? That...
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In these words, our apostle doth assure the Corinthians in. very
solemn manner, that it was not any inconstancy or carnal respect in
himself that made him delay his coming to them, but it was purely t...