2 Corinthians 7:6-16 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow - That which has the breach of God's holy law for its object. Worketh repentance - A thorough change of mind unto salvation, because the person who feels it cannot rest till he finds pardon through the mercy of God. But the sorrow of the world worketh death - Sorrow for lost goods, lost friends, death of relatives, etc., when it is poignant and deep, produces diseases, increases those that already exist, and often leads men to lay desperate hands on themselves. This... read more

Adam Clarke

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

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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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:13

For the joy of Titus - Titus, who had now met St. Paul in Macedonia, gave him the most flattering accounts of the improved state of the Corinthian Church; and indeed their kind usage of Titus was a full proof of their affection for St. Paul. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:14

For if I have boasted - The apostle had given Titus a very high character of this Church, and of their attachment to himself; and doubtless this was the case previously to the evil teacher getting among them, who had succeeded in changing their conduct, and changing in a great measure their character also; but now they return to themselves, resume their lost ground, so that the good character which the apostle gave them before, and which they had for a time forfeited, is now as applicable to... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:15

And his inward affection - Τα σπλαγχνα αυτου· Those bowels of his - his most tender affection. For the meaning of this word see the note on Matthew 9:36 . Whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all - This is a very natural picture; he represents Titus as overjoyed even while he is delivering his account of the Corinthian Church. He expatiated on it with extreme delight, and thereby showed at once both his love for St. Paul and his love for them. He loved them because they so... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:16

I have confidence in you, in all things - It appears that the apostle was now fully persuaded, from the accounts given by Titus, that every scandal had been put away from this Church; that the faction which had long distracted and divided them was nearly broken; that all was on the eve of being restored to its primitive purity and excellence; and that their character was now so firmly fixed, that there was no reason to apprehend that they should be again tossed to and fro with every wind of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:6

Verse 6 6.Who comforteth the lowly. This is mentioned as a reason; for he means that consolation had been offered to him, because he was borne down with evils, and almost overwhelmed, inasmuch as God is wont to comfort the lowly, that is, those that are cast down. Hence a most profitable doctrine may be inferred — that the more we have been afflicted, so much the greater consolation has been prepared for us by God. Hence, in the epithet here applied to God, there is a choice promise contained,... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 7 7.And not by his coming only. Lest the Corinthians should object in these terms — “What is it to us if Titus has cheered you by his coming? No doubt, as you loved him, you would feel delighted to see him;” he declares, that the occasion of his joy was, that Titus had, on returning from them, communicated the most joyful intelligence. Accordingly he declares, that it was not so much the presence of one individual, as the prosperous condition of the Corinthians, that had cheered him. ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:8

Verse 8 8.For though I grieved you. He now begins to apologize to the Corinthians for having handle them somewhat roughly in the former Epistle. Now we must observe, in what a variety of ways he deals with them, so that it might appear as though he sustained different characters. The reason is that his discourse was directed to the whole of the Church. There were some there, that entertained an unfavorable view of him — there were others that held him, as he deserved, in the highest esteem —... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:10

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:6

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:8

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