These words are argumentative, and infer the indispensable duty of Christians to preserve themselves untainted from the idolatrous, impute world, by the consideration of the promises specified in the preceding chapter, I WILL DWELL IN YOU, AND WALK IN YOU, AND. WILL BE YOUR GOD, AND YE SHALL BE MY P... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, 1. The duty which St. Paul exhorts the Corinthians to, namely, to receive him, their apostle, into their kind affections into the bosom of their love, RECEIVE US; that is, into your best affections. The ministers of Christ are very desirous of. large share and interest in their people'... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, When the apostle was come from Ephesus to Macedonia, how great. conflict he had, both from without and within: From without, by persecution and opposition both from the Jews and Gentiles; and from within by fears lest the false apostle should have perverted any of his young converts fr... [ Continue Reading ]
As if the apostle had said, Although in my former epistle. wrote somewhat sharply to you, by reason of the many abuses that were crept in amongst you;. do not now repent of that severity, because it produced. thorough and effectual reformation: Though at first. did repent of it, being unwilling to p... [ Continue Reading ]
Note here, that sorrow for sin, will be of no advantage or avail upon us, if it be not godly sorrow, or. SORROW ACCORDING TO GOD, as it runs in the original. Now it may be called. sorrow according to God, when it is. sorrow wrought in us by the Spirit of God, in obedience to the command of God, and... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle, in the foregoing verses, had declared, that godly sorrow, or. sorrow wrought by the Spirit of God, worketh true repentance, and produceth thorough reformation, not to be repented of: Now in this verse he proves, that the Corinthians sorrow for the incestuous person's sin, was of this na... [ Continue Reading ]
Here our apostle tells them, that he did not write so passionately and severely to them, only or chiefly for the incestuous person's sake, who had done the wrong, that he might be punished, not for his sake that had suffered the wrong, namely, the injured father, out of. particular kindness to have... [ Continue Reading ]
That is, in all the forementioned effects and fruits, signs and evidences of. true repentance, which were found in you, and are matter of great comfort to you, we are also comforted with you; and we also had. superadded joy, for the joy that Titus conceived, upon his understanding of your affairs; a... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, How the apostle had formerly taken occasion to speak boastingly, and not without assurance, concerning the church of Corinth. "Now, says the apostle, whatever. said of you, is as infallibly and certainly true, as what. have heretofore either or spoken to you."- Happy is it when. minist... [ Continue Reading ]