2 Corinthians 1:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. ”

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moreover, I call God for a record upon my soul - It is well remarked by Rosenmuller, that the second chapter should have commenced here, since there is here a transition in the subject more disti...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(14) Moreover I call God for a record upon my (z) soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. (14) Now coming to the matter, he swears that he did not lightly alter his purpose of coming...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 to 2 Corinthians 2:4 . Paul now states the real and sufficient reason for his apparent vacillation. He had already paid a visit to Corinth ( cf . 2 Corinthians 13:2 ) which had...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

call God for. record . invoke God as. witness. call. Greek. epikaleomai . See Acts 2:21 , Compare Acts 25:11 ; Acts 25:12 ; Acts 25:21 ; Acts 25:25 . &c. record. Greek. martur. Com...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. I call God for a witness. He now begins to assign a reason for his change of purpose; for hitherto he has merely repelled calumny. When, however, he says that he spared them, he indir...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. I call God for a record upon my soul - The apostle here resumes the subject which he left 2 Corinthia...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Moreover, I call God for a record— Or, to witness. Nothing but the great importance of St. Paul's vindicating his character to such a church, would have justified the solemnity of an oath of this...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. Moreover I - Greek, 'But I (for my part),' who changed my purpose of coming to you, in contras...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Introductory Section 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 . Salutation and Thanksgiving After the usual epistolary introduction, St. Paul makes pointed reference to a severe trouble he has lately endured, and g...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I call God for a record. — Better, I call upon God as a witness against my soul. The thought seems to come across St. Paul’s mind that the Corinthians will require a more specific explanation of...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 A PASTOR'S HEART. 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (R.V) WHEN Paul came to the end of the paragraph in which he defends himself from the charge of levity and untrustworth...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Tender-hearted and Forgiving 2 Corinthians 1:23-24 ; 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 In these opening words Paul evidently refers to the sin mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 . His judgment had been str...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second letter to the Corinthians was evidently the outcome of the first. The apostle opened with the usual introduction, laying emphasis on his apostleship by the will of God, coupled with the sa...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(21) Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (22) Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (23) Moreover I call God for a rec...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Moreover, I call God for a record upon my soul ,.... The apostle having asserted his stability, both as a minister and a Christian, which, with others, he had from God, appeals to him in the most so...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. Ver. 23. I call God to record ] He purgeth himseff by oath. So those, Joshua 22:22 .
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Moreover, I call God to record As if he had said, That you may believe me in what I am going to affirm, I call God as a witness, upon , or against my soul If I do not speak the truth. Was not Pa...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

It is again with apostolic authority that Paul writes, the will of God, a predominant matter in the epistle. While Paul uses his authority in lowliness, yet he must assert God's authority in writing....
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. A. D. 57. 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come un...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here is a perfect form of an oath, which is nothing else but a solemn calling of God to witness the truth of what we speak, whether promising or asserting. Those words, upon my soul, also have the...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But I call God for a witness on my soul, that to spare you I forbore coming to Corinth.' So why then had Paul failed in his promise to come to Corinth? He calls on God to witness to the truth of wh...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 1:12 . Rejoicing .—stronger and more correct. Cognate word in Romans 5:2-3 ; Romans 5:11 , where notice the varying translation; an exultant, sometimes defiantly e...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: Paul is...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 1:1 . Paul and Timothy our brother. It was proper that Timothy should be named, he having been specially sent to Corinth. With all the saints which are in Achaia; in which peninsul...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

I call God for a record … that to spare you I came not as yet to Corinth. Why Paul did not visit Corinth His reasons were-- I. One of mercy: to spare them pain ( 2 Corinthians 1:23 )--to sav...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Address and greeting ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 , 2 Corinthians 1:2 ). Thanksgiving for the comfort sent to him by God, wherein, as in his affliction which rendered it necessary, they sympa...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God Himself Paul's witness:
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:21 ; 1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:5 ; 1 Timothy 1:20 ; 2 Corinthians 1:18 ; 2 Corinthians 11:11 ; 2 Corinthians 11:31 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1 ; Galatians 1:20 ; Philipp...
2 Corinthians 1:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I call God for a record upon my soul — Was not St. Paul now speaking by the Spirit? And can a more solemn oath be conceived? Who then can imagine that Christ ever designed to forbid all swearing? T...

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 1:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 1:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 1:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 1:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 1:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes