2 Corinthians 7:9-12 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:11

What carefulness it wrought in you - Carefulness of obeying my directions, 2 Corinthians 7:15 ; yea, what clearing of yourselves from guilt by inflicting censures on the guilty person, and putting away evil from among you, 1 Corinthians 5:13 ; yea, what indignation against him who had dishonored his profession, and defiled the Church; yea, what fear of my displeasure, and the rod which I threatened, 1 Corinthians 4:21 ; yea, what vehement desire to rectify what was amiss in this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:12

Not for his cause that had done the wrong - viz. the incestuous person. Nor for his cause that suffered wrong - Some think the apostle means himself; others, that he means the Church at Corinth, the singular being put for the plural; others, the family of the incestuous person; and others, the father of the incestuous person. If this latter opinion be adopted, it would seem to intimate that the father of this person was yet alive, which would make the transgression more flagrant; but... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:9

Verse 9 9.Not because you have been made sorry. He means, that he feels no pleasure whatever in their sorrow — nay more, had he his choice, he would endeavor to promote equally their welfare and their joy, by the same means; but that as he could not do otherwise, their welfare was of so much importance in his view, that he rejoiced that they had been made sorry unto repentance. For there are instances of physicians, who are, indeed, in other respects good and faithful, but are at the same time... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:10

Verse 10 10.Sorrow according to God (644) In the first place, in order to understand what is meant by this clause according to God, we must observe the contrast, for the sorrow that is according to God he contrasts with the sorrow of the world Let us now take, also, the contrast between two kinds of joy. The joy of the world is, when men foolishly, and without the fear of the Lord, exult in vanity, that is, in the world, and, intoxicated with a transient felicity, look no higher than the earth.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:11

Verse 11 11.What earnest desire it produced in you I shall not enter into any dispute as to whether the things that Paul enumerates are effects of repentance, or belong to it, or are preparatory to it, as all this is unnecessary for understanding Paul’s design, for he simply proves the repentance of the Corinthians from its signs, or accompaniments. At the same time he makes sorrow according to God to be the source of all these things, inasmuch as they spring from it — which is assuredly the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:12

Verse 12 11.]Ye have approved yourselves to be clear. The Old Interpreter reads, “Ye have shown yourselves.” Erasmus renders it, “Ye have commended yourselves.” I have preferred a third rendering, which appeared to me to suit better — that the Corinthians showed by clear evidences, that they were in no degree participants in the crime, with which they had appeared, from their connivance, to have had some connection. What those evidences were, we have already seen. At the same time, Paul does... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:1-16

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:9

Not that ye were made sorry. They might have drawn this mistaken conclusion from his remark that he "rejoiced" when he heard of their "lamentation" ( 2 Corinthians 7:7 ). After a godly sort; literally, according to God; i.e. in a way which he would approve ( Romans 8:27 ). In nothing. Not even when we rebuked you, and caused you pain. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow, etc. "For the sorrow Which is according to God worketh out a repentance unto salvation which bringeth no regret." Sin causes regret, remorse, that sort of repentance ( metomeleia ) which is merely an unavailing rebellion against the inevitable consequences of misdoing; but the sorrow of self-reproach which follows true repentance ( metanoia, change of mind) is never followed by regret. Some take "not to be regretted" with "salvation," but it is a very unsuitable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:11

For behold, etc. The effects produced by their repentance showed that it was "according to God;" for it brought forth in them "the fruits of good living to the honour and glory of God." Carefulness ; rather, earnestness, active endeavour . Yea what. There is an untranslatable energy about the original Greek. The same use of ἀλλὰ (Latin, immo vero ) in a climax is found in 1 Corinthians 6:11 . Clearing of yourselves; literally, apology, self-defence, addressed to me... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:11

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