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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1

But I determined this . The division of chapters is here unfortunate, since this and the next three verses belong to the paragraph which began at 2 Corinthians 1:23 . The verb means, literally, "I judged," but is rightly rendered "determined," as in 1 Corinthians 2:2 ; 1 Corinthians 7:37 . He is contrasting his final decision with his original desire, mentioned in 2 Corinthians 1:15 . With myself; rather, for myself; as the best course which I could take. That I would net... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-4

The sorrow of faithful love. The apostle has still in mind the unfaithful member who had brought so sad a disgrace upon the whole Church. His conduct in the matter, especially in changing his mind when he was fully expected at Corinth, had been misrepresented, and made the occasion of accusations against him as a fickle-minded, self-willed man. He therefore here explains why he did not visit Corinth while it remained uncertain how the offending member would be treated. He had no thought... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-11

The uniting force of Christian love. "But I determined this with myself," etc. The subject which these words suggest is the uniting force of Christian love. We see it here uniting all its subjects in a common sympathy, a common punishment, and a common forgiveness. Here is Christian love— I. UNITING ALL ITS SUBJECTS IN A COMMON SYMPATHY . "But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. For if I make you sorry, who is he then that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-11

Further explanations and directions touching matters lust discussed. The most copious writer in the New Testament is the man whose inward constitution and life are most fully brought into view. If the fact itself is noteworthy, the art of its management is even more significant. Didactic treatises would have excluded this method of blending the abstract and the concrete, and therefore the epistolary form which St. Paul adopted. What do we mean by this form? Much more, indeed, than a facile... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-17

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I make you sorry. The verse may be rendered. "For if I pain you, who then is it that gladdens me except he who is being pained by me?" The " I " being expressed in the original, is emphatic, and the verse has none of the strange selfish meaning which has been assigned to it, namely, that St. Paul thought "the grief which he had caused to be amply compensated for by the pleasure he received from that grief." It has the much simpler meaning that he was unwilling to pain those who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote this same unto you. And I wrote . He meets the tacit objection. If you shrink from causing us pain, why then did you write to us in terms so severe? The "I wrote" may be what is called the epistolary aorist, and will then be equivalent to our "I write:" "What I write to you now has the very object of sparing you a painful visit." If the aorist has its more ordinary sense, it refers to the First, and not to the present Epistle; and this seems the better view, for the "I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:3-4

Sympathy in grief and joy. How far from a formal or mechanical ministry was that of the apostle! He entered into the circumstances and the feelings of those for whom he had laboured. Nothing which affected their interests was indifferent to him. Some in his position would have said, "We have done our duty; it is no affair of ours how they act; why should we trouble ourselves regarding them?" Not so St. Paul. When the Corinthians acted unworthily, his sensitive heart was distressed; when... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:1

But I determined this with myself - I made up my mind on this point; I formed this resolution in regard to my course.That I would not come again to you in heaviness - In grief (ἐνη λύπ enē lup). “I would not come, if I could avoid it, in circumstances which must have grieved both me and you. I would not come while there existed among you such irregularities as must have pained my heart, and as must have compelled me to resort to such acts of discipline as would be painful to you. I resolved,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I make you sorry - “If when I should come among you, I should be called on to inflict sorrow by punishing your offending brethren by an act of severe discipline as soon as I came, who would there be to give me comfort but those very persons whom I had affected with grief? How little prepared would they be to make me happy, and to comfort me, amidst the deep sorrow which I should have caused by an act of severe discipline. After such an act - an act that would spread sorrow through the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:3-4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 2:2

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