고린도후서 2:16-17 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:12-17

After these directions concerning the excommunicated person the apostle makes a long digression, to give the Corinthians an account of his travels and labours for the furtherance of the gospel, and what success he had therein, declaring at the same time how much he was concerned for them in their affairs, how he had no rest in his spirit, when he found not Titus at Troas (2 Cor. 2:13), as he expected, from whom he hoped to have understood more perfectly how it fared with them. And we find... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:12-17

2:12-17 When we had come to Troas to tell the good news of Christ, even when a door of opportunity stood open to us in the Lord, I had no rest for my spirit, because I did not find Titus, my brother, there. But thanks be to God who at all times leads us in the train of his triumph in Christ, and who, through us, displays the perfume of the knowledge of him in every place; for we are the sweet scent of Christ in God to those who are destined for salvation and to those who are destined for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the savour of death unto death ,.... Who are for death, or appointed to it; see Jeremiah 43:11 . What the apostle says of the Gospel, and Gospel ministers, the Jews his countrymen used frequently to say of the law, and to which he seems to refer; "saith Rabba F6 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 88. 2. , to them that go on the right hand of it, (the law,) it is סמא דחיי , "the savour of life"; but to them that go on the left hand of it, it is סמא דמותא , "the savour of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as many ,.... The apostle here removes from himself, and other ministers of the Gospel, a character which belonged not to them, but to the false apostles; who are described by their number many; there were great swarms of false teachers in the early times of Christianity; see 1 John 2:18 ; some copies read, "as the rest": and so the Syriac and Arabic versions; and also by their quality, which corrupt the word of God ; by "the word of God", may be meant the Scriptures in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the savour of death unto death - There are several sayings among the ancient Jewish writers similar to this. In Debarim Rabba, sec. i. fol. 248, it is said: "As the bee brings home honey to its owner, but stings others; so it is with the words of the law;" לישראל חיים סם sam chaiyim leyisrael , "They are a savour of lives to the Israelites:" העולם לאומות המות וסם vesam hammaveth leomoth haolam , "And a savour of death to the people of this world." The learned reader... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God - God has made Us sufficient for these things by giving us his own pure doctrine, the ministry of reconciliation, which we conscientiously preserve and preach; and we act, not like many among you, who, having received that doctrine, corrupt it; mingling with it their own inventions, and explaining away its force and influence, so as to accommodate it to men of carnal minds. The word καπηλευοντες , from καπηλος , a tavernkeeper,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:16

Verse 16 16.And who is sufficient for these things? This exclamation is thought by some (349) to be introduced by way of guarding against arrogance, for he confesses, that to discharge the office of a good Apostle (350) to Christ is a thing that exceeds all human power, and thus he ascribes the praise to God. Others think, that he takes notice of the small number of good ministers. I am of opinion, that there is an implied contrast that is shortly afterwards expressed. “Profession, it is true,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:17

Verse 17 17.For we are not. He now contrasts himself more openly with the false apostles, and that by way of amplifying, and at the same time, with the view of excluding them from the praise that he had claimed to himself. “It is on good grounds,” says he, “that I speak in honorable terms of my apostleship, for I am not afraid of being convicted of vanity, if proof is demanded. But many on false grounds arrogate the same thing to themselves, who will be found to have nothing in common with me.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-17