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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Corinthians 7:3

I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.I speak not to condemn you — Not as if I accused you of laying this to my charge. I am so far from thinking so unkindly of you, that ye are in our hearts, to live and die with you - That is, I could rejoice to spend all my days with you. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:3

3. Condemn you The apostle is checked in his self-assertion by a delicate fear lest he should seem to retain in his heart a lurking feeling of resentment at the Corinthians for listening for even a moment to the insinuations of his traducers in his absence. Condemn Blame, impute wrong. Said before Above, at 2 Corinthians 6:12. To die and live So prominent with Paul is the readiness and liability for death that it stands as first and most probable. It contradicts the favourite fancy of... read more

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