2 Corinthians 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:10

From so great a death. From a state of dejection and despair, which seemed to show death in all its power (see 2 Corinthians 4:10-12 ). And doth deliver. Perhaps a pious marginal gloss which has crept into the text of some manuscripts. We trust; rather, we have set our hope . That . This word is omitted in some good manuscripts, as also are the words, "and doth deliver." He will yet deliver us. This implies either that the perils alluded to were not yet absolutely at an end, or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:10

Who delivered us from so great a death - From a death so terrible, and from a prospect so alarming. It is intimated here by the word which Paul uses, that the death which he apprehended was one of a character especially terrific - probably a death by wild beasts; note, 2 Corinthians 1:8. He was near to death; he had no hope of rescue; and the manner of the death which was threatened was especially frightful. Paul regarded rescue from such a death as a kind of resurrection: and felt that he owed... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 1:8-11

2 Corinthians 1:8-11. For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant As if he had said, We speak thus concerning the sufferings wherewith God is pleased to exercise his people, because we have lately experienced them in a large measure: of our trouble which came to us in Asia It is probable that the apostle here refers either to some opposition which he met with in his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts 18:23,) of which no particular account has reached us; or to the tumult excited... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 1:1-11

1:1-11 INTRODUCTION AND ENCOURAGEMENTPaul greets the Corinthian church, along with other Christians in Achaia, in the name of the God of all comfort (1:1-3). One reason why Christians suffer all kinds of troubles is that they may know how to sympathize with and help others who are similarly troubled. Just as they share in Christ’s sufferings, so they can share in his comfort (4-5). When the Corinthians see the divine comfort Paul experiences in his sufferings, they should be encouraged to bear... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 1:10

delivered. Greek. ruomai, Note the different tenses, giving the Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . from = out of. Greek. ek . App-104 . so great . Greek. telikoutos. Only here, Hebrews 2:3 .James 3:4 .Revelation 16:18 . doth . The texts read "will", trust = hope. yet = still also. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:10

Who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us.So great a death ... How could anyone refer to any ordinary fatal illness in terms like these? The implication is overwhelming that something extraordinary was involved; and common fatal diseases are not extraordinary.Will deliver ... Paul could not have meant that he still had remnants of the "fatal infection"; but rather that whatever danger might beset him in the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 1:10

10. doth deliver—The oldest manuscripts read, "will deliver," namely, as regards immediately imminent dangers. "In whom we trust that He will also (so the Greek) yet deliver us," refers to the continuance of God's delivering help hereafter. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 1:1-11

I. INTRODUCTION 1:1-11Like most of Paul’s epistles, this one begins with a salutation to the recipients and than words of thanksgiving to God for His encouraging comfort. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

B. Thanksgiving for comfort in affliction 1:3-11In this pericope Paul gave thanks to God for the comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3-7) and deliverance (2 Corinthians 1:8-11) that he had experienced recently. He wanted to enable his readers to appreciate what he as an apostle had endured for Christ and the super-abounding comfort God supplies to compensate for all afflictions suffered for His sake."It [this section] is no mere amiable preamble intended only to cushion the sterner matters which the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 1:8-11

2. Thanksgiving for deliverance 1:8-11Paul’s thanksgiving continues, but its focus shifts from the reason for thanksgiving to details of the situation that provided the occasion for it. read more

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