With myself [ε μ α υ τ ω]. Rev., better, for myself. Paul, with affectionate tact, puts it as if he had taken this resolution for his own pleasure. In heaviness [ε ν λ υ π η]. Meaning, apparently, the apostle's own sorrowful state of mind. This is wrong. He refers to the sorrow which his coming woul... [ Continue Reading ]
If I make, etc. I is emphatic, implying that there are enough others who caused them trouble. Who then is he, etc. The thought underlying the passage, 2Co 1:24 - ii. 1 - 3, is that the apostle's own joy is bound up with the spiritual prosperity of the Church. Compare Philippians 4:1. As the helper... [ Continue Reading ]
Anguish [σ υ ν ο χ η ς]. Only here and Luke 21:25. Lit., a holding together, constraining, or compressing. See on taken, Luke 4:38. So anguish, from the Latin, angere to choke : anger, which, in earlier English, means affiction, mental torture : anxious : the Latin anguis a snake, marking the serpen... [ Continue Reading ]
Any. Referring to the incestuous person. Not to me. Not that Paul did not grieve over the offender; but he desires to emphasize the fact that the injury caused by the sin was not to him personally, but to the Church. But in part, that I may not overcharge you all [α λ λ α α π ο μ ε ρ ο υ ς ι ν α μ... [ Continue Reading ]
Many [τ ω ν π λ ε ι ο ν ω ν]. Rev., correctly, the many : the majority of the Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
Forgive [χ α ρ ι σ α σ θ α ι]. The idea of freeness (cariv, see on Luke 1:30) lies in the word forgive, which is forth - give. Overmuch sorrow [τ η π ε ρ ι σ σ ο τ ε ρ α λ υ π η]. Rev. gives the force of the article, his sorrow. Overmuch, excessive, through the refusal of pardon.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 brotherly love.... [ Continue Reading ]
The proof of you [τ η ν δ ο κ ι μ η ν υ μ ω ν]. See on Romans 5:4. Your tried quality. See on 1 Peter 1:7. Compare Philippians 2:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the person [ε ν π ρ ο σ ω π ω]. Better, as Rev., in margin, presence; or face, as if Christ were looking on. See on ch. 2 Corinthians 1:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us [ι ν α μ η π λ ε ο ν ε κ τ η θ ω μ ε ν υ π ο τ ο υ σ α τ α ν α]. Lit., in order that we be not made gain of, or overreached, by Satan. Rev., that no advantage may be gained over us. The verb, from pleon more, and ecw to have, appears in the noun pleonexia gre... [ Continue Reading ]
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 impressed upon it; the troubles at Ephesus, the repose at Troas, the anxiety and consolation of Macedonia... [ Continue Reading ]
Rest [α ν ε σ ι ν]. Rev., relief. See on liberty, Acts 24:23. Taking my leave [α π ο τ α ξ α μ ε ν ο ς]. The verb means, primarily, to set apart or separate; hence to separate one's self, withdraw, and so to take leave of. The A. V. gives this sense in every case, except Mark 6:46, where it wrongly... [ Continue Reading ]
Causeth to triumph [θ ρ ι α μ β ε υ ο ν τ ι]. This rendering is inadmissible, the word being habitually used with the accusative (direct objective) case of the person or thing triumphed over, and never of the triumphing subject. Hence, to lead in triumph. It occurs only here and Colossians 2:15. It... [ Continue Reading ]
A sweet savor of Christ [χ ρ ι σ τ ο υ ε υ ω δ ι α]. Compare Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 4:18. As so often in Paul's writings, the figure shifts; the apostolic teachers themselves being represented as an odor, their Christian personality redolent of Christ. It is not merely a sweet odor produced by C... [ Continue Reading ]
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 appropriate here, where it is used in both senses. The two words are combined, Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 4:... [ Continue Reading ]
Which corrupt [κ α π η λ ε υ ο ν τ ε ς]. Only here in the New Testament. From kaphlov a huckster or pedler; also a tavernkeeper. The kaphloi formed a distinct class among the Greek dealers, distinguished from the ejuporoi merchants or wholesale dealers. So Plato : "Is not retailer [κ α π η λ ο υ ς]... [ Continue Reading ]