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Verse 2 Corinthians 2:8. _THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM_ YOUR _LOVE TOWARD
HIM._] You do love him, notwithstanding the reproach he has brought on
the Gospel; and notwithstanding your love to him, ye were obl...
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WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM -
The word rendered here as “confirm” (κυρῶσαι kurōsai)
occurs in the New Testament only here and in Galatians 3:15. It means
to gi...
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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...
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Someone in the congregation at Corinth who had done wrong is now to be
forgiven. There are still some scholars who think that the person here
referred to is the same as the wrong-doer of 1 Corinthians...
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If anyone has caused grief, it is not I whom he has grieved, but to
some extent--not to overstress the situation--all of you. To such a
man the punishment that has been imposed by the majority is
suff...
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WHEN A SAINT REBUKES (2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4)...
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BESEECH. Greek. _parakaied_, as above.
CONFIRM. ratify with authority. Greek. _kuroo_. Only here and
Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:15. Akin to _kuries_, lord.
TOWARD. Greek. _eia_. App-104....
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_Wherefore I beseech you, that you would confirm your love towards
him_ The word -your" is not in the original. It is not _their_love,
but love _itself_, the fundamental principle (see 1 Corinthians 1...
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5–11. Having vindicated himself with regard to the charge of levity
(2 Corinthians 1:15 to 2 Corinthians 2:4), he now goes on to vindicate
his treatment of the grievous offender. It used to be assumed...
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ΚΥΡΩ͂ΣΑΙ ΕἸΣ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ�. TO RATIFY _towards him_
LOVE, _i.e._ to make it valid and effective (Galatians 3:15). The
metaphor is so natural, especially in one so fond of legal phraseology
as S. Paul, that...
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_LEST SATAN GET AN ADVANTAGE 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5-11:_ Paul realized that
he was not the only one that had been made to feel bad by the
fornicator in the church. Here Paul does not mention specifically t...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The One Who Caused Sorrow
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 2:5-11. But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused
sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you
all...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
Discord (2 Corinthians 2:1-11)
2 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2For if
I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I...
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Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM - giving effect in act to your love;
namely, by restoring him to your fellowship, and praying for h...
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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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CONFIRM _your_ LOVE] by restoring him to the Church....
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PARAPHRASE. 'Now with regard to the person who has been the occasion
of this grief, he has grieved not me only, but to some extent (not to
be too harsh) the Church. (6) And the sentence pronounced by...
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_(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...
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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...
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THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE. — The word for “confirm”
(better, perhaps, _ratify_ — comp. Galatians 3:15) suggests the
thought of an act as formal and public as the rebuke had been. The
excommunica...
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CHAPTER 6
CHURCH DISCIPLINE.
2 Corinthians 2:5 (R.V)
IN verses 5-11 2 Corinthians 2:5 of this Epistle, St. Paul said a
great deal about sorrow, the sorrow he felt on the one hand, and the
sorrow he...
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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 app...
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διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς κ. τ. λ.: _wherefore I beseech
you_ (or “exhort you,” see on 2 Corinthians 1:4) _to confirm your
love toward him_. Authority “to bind” and “to loose” had been
committed to the Apostl...
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THE OFFENDER HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY PUNISHED: THE APOSTLE ACQUIESCES IN
THEIR REMISSION OF THE PENALTY OF 1 Corinthians 5:1-5....
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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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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...
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DISCIPLINE THAT WORKED
Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth in an effort to
get them to change. Specifically, he was concerned that they were
tolerating sin. He directed them to withdr...
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Wherefore I beseech you that ye would (g) confirm [your] love toward
him.
(g) That at my entreaty you would declare by the consent of the whole
church, that you take him again as a brother....
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(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...
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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...
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WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU,.... Or exhort you:
THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARDS HIM: express your love to him
in the most kind and tender manner, show the same, and as strong love
to him as you d...
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Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm _your_ love toward him.
Ver. 8. _Confirm your love, &c._] Gr. κυρωσαι, ratify it, and
declare it authentic, as it were in open court, and by public
sente...
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_Sufficient to such a man_ With what remarkable tenderness does the
apostle treat this offender! He never once mentions his name, nor does
he here so much as mention his crime; but speaks of him in th...
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CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM; by receiving him again into the church.
The objects of church discipline are the repentance of offenders and
the honor of religion. Whenever these are accomplished, offen...
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WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU THAT YE WOULD CONFIRM YOUR LOVE TOWARD HIM,...
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The case of the notorious sinner:...
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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...
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5-11 The apostle desires them to receive the person who had done
wrong, again into their communion; for he was aware of his fault, and
much afflicted under his punishment. Even sorrow for sin should...
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OLBGrk;
That you would restore him to a communion with you in your church
assemblies, and take him into the bosom of your church again, and be
(as before) friendly towards him. The word which we trans...
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Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him....
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2 Corinthians 2:8 Therefore G1352 urge G3870 (G5719) you G5209
reaffirm G2964 (G5658) love G26 to G1519 him...
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‘Sufficient to such a one is this punishment (‘censure, reproof,
reprimand') which was inflicted by the many, so that, in contrast to
that, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any m...
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2 Corinthians 2:8. WHEREFORE I BESEECH YOU TO CONFIRM _YOUR _ LOVE
TOWARDS HIM by as public a restoration to fellowship as publicly he
had been banished from it....
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TO CONFIRM
(κυρωσα). First aorist active infinitive of old verb κυροω,
to make valid, to ratify, from κυρος (head, authority). In N.T.
only here and Galatians 3:15....
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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...
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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...
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LET HIM KNOW. Paul does not use his authority to demand it, but he
gently begs them to do this thing. Not only are they to officially
accept him back into their fellowship, but by their _actions_ they...
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_But if any have caused grief _
THE AIM OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE
is in the last resort the restoration of the fallen.
The Church has, of course, an interest of its own to guard i it is
bound to protest...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 2:5 The majority in Corinth had
expressed their repentance by punishing the leader of the rebellion
against Paul. Paul now calls them to follow his own Christlike e...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Galatians 5:13; Galatians 6:1; Galatians 6:10; Galatians 6:2; Jude
1:22
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Confirm your love [κ υ ρ ω σ α ι α γ α π η ν]. The verb
is found only here and Galatians 3:15. From kurov supreme power,
authority. Hence to take judicial resolution to treat the offender
with brother...