哥林多後書 2:4-5 CUNPTS

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 2:3-4

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:4

For . He proceeds to assign the anguish which his First Epistle had caused him as a proof of his confidence that, as a body, they loved him as he loved them. If they had regarded each other with indifference, his letter would not have been written to them, as it were. in his heart's blood. Out of much affliction and anguish of heart. The word for "anguish" means "contraction," "pressure," "spasm" ( Luke 21:25 ). The expression may seem far too strong to be accounted for by the tone of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:4

The pains of rebuking. I. THESE ARE VERY REAL TO GRACIOUS NATURES . Some delight to castigate; but they are not gracious or noble—they are rather fitted to feel the rod than to wield it. An affectionate parent often suffers more than his chastened child; a faithful pastor than the rebuked Church member. Paul said that if he came to Corinth he would not spare; before he came, he did not spare himself. There was grief at Corinth, but as much or more in Macedonia. Joy in causing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5

But if any have caused grief. The word "pain" or "grief" which has been so prominent in the last verses, naturally reminds St. Paul of the person whose misdoings had caused all this trouble. The "any" is in the singular. He hath not grieved me, but in part, etc. Of the various ways of taking this verse, the most tenable seems to be this: "If any one has caused pain, he has not pained me but partly (not to weigh down too heavily) all of you. St. Paul is denying that the feelings with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

The results of his letter in their treatment of the incestuous offender. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Restoring the backslider. I. CHURCH DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CHURCH . "This punishment which was inflicted by the many" ( 2 Corinthians 2:6 ). Not by an individual, be he the pope himself, nor by priests or clergy, but by the whole body of the individual Church or a majority of its members. A Christian has a right to be judged by his peers. II. CHURCH DISCIPLINE SHOULD EVER HAVE IN VIEW RESTORATION . Its object is not to punish the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

The Church's dealings with unworthy members. "The main defence of the apostle against the charge of fickleness in the nonfulfilment of his promise was that he had abstained from going to Corinth in order to spare them the sharp rebuke lag must have administered had he gone thither. A great crime had been committed; the Church had been compromised, more especially as some of the Corinthians had defended the iniquity on the ground of liberty, and St. Paul had stayed away after giving his... read more

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 2:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

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