_This is the third time I am coming to you_ Or, as some understand it, am preparing to come: see on 2 Corinthians 12:14. For in the Acts of the Apostles no mention is made of his being at Corinth more than once before this second epistle was written. It must be observed, however, that that history b... [ Continue Reading ]
_I told you before_ As you will remember; _and foretel you_ now, _as if I were present_ That is, I declare what you ought to regard as much as if I spake it personally to you; _and being absent_ In body, not in spirit; _now I write to them_ who _heretofore have sinned_ In any scandalous and aggravat... [ Continue Reading ]
_Examine yourselves_, &c. You examine and try me, but let me admonish you to turn the search into your own hearts, that ye may know, with certainty, _whether ye be in the faith_ Whether ye possess true and saving faith in Christ and his gospel, and are therefore true Christians. For if, on a strict... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now I pray God that ye do no evil_ To give me occasion of showing my apostolical power; _not that we should appear approved_ I desire not to appear approved by miraculously punishing you; _but that ye_ may _do that which is honest_ Το καλον, that which is _beautiful_, _amiable_, and good; _though w... [ Continue Reading ]
_Finally, brethren, farewell_ Χαιπετε, _rejoice;_ be happy; _be perfect_ Aspire to the highest degrees of Christian wisdom and grace, of knowledge, holiness, and usefulness. _Be of good comfort Filled with joy and peace through believing, and abounding in hope_ of the glory of God, _through the powe... [ Continue Reading ]