Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the (a) flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (a) Both of body and soul, that by this means the sanctification may be perfect, consisting in both the parts of the flesh.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1) (b) Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. (1) He returns again from that admonition to his own person, contrasting with them the testimonies both of his faithfulness and also of his continual good will towards them. (b) Let me have some place a... [ Continue Reading ]
I speak not [this] to (c) condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you]. (c) To condemn you of unkindness or treachery.... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are (d) cast down, comforted us by the (e) coming of Titus; (d) Whose hearts are cast down, and are very much worn out. (e) With those things which Titus told me of you at his coming, that is, how fruitfully you read over my letters. And moreover and be... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though [it were] but for a season. (2) An objection: but you have handled us roughly. The apostle answers that he did not use his roughness without grief. A... [ Continue Reading ]
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to (f) repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. (f) In that this sorrow did you much good in leading you to amend your obscene behaviour and sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
For (g) godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (g) God's sorrow occurs when we are not terrified with the fear of punishment, but because we feel we have offended God our most merciful Father. Contrary to this there is another... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the (h) sight of God might appear unto you. (h) It was neither fake nor counterfeit, but such as I dare give account of before God.... [ Continue Reading ]