2 Corinthians 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the personb of Christ; ”

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

To whom ye forgive anything - The sense here is, “I have confidence in you as a Christian society and such confidence, that if you forgive an offence in one of your members, I shall approve the a...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I it] in the (h) person of Christ; (h) Truly, and from the heart.
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Someone in the congregation at Corinth who had done wrong is now to be forgiven. There are still some scholars who think that the person here referred to is the same as the wrong-doer of 1 Corinthia...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I forgive also . also forgive. for your sake. Literally on account of (Greek. dia . App-104. 2 Corinthians 2:2 ) you. person . face, i.e. eight, or presence. Christ. App-98.
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. To whom ye forgive. That he might the more readily appease them, he added his vote in support of the pardon extended by them. (326) “Do not hesitate to forgive: I promise that I shall co...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it , for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; To whom ye forgive any thing - Here he farth...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Another encouragement to their restoring th...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 2:8-13. The Object and Results of the severe Letter The Apostle reminds them that to produce this godly sorrow was the object of the letter he wrote before. He then speaks of one man who has...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also. — The procedure of 1 Corinthians 5:3-7 is again, obviously, in his mind. Though absent in body, he had made himself a sharer spiritually in that cens...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - 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 untrustwort...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - 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 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

What a remarkable light is thrown on his first letter by his declaration that he wrote it "out of much affliction and anguish of heart," and "with many tears." Referring thus to his first letter, Pau...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. (2) For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? (3) An...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also ,.... This may extend to the forgiveness of any person, in any case; either in time past, or at the present time, or in time to come; though it has a part...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it , for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Ver. 10. To whom ye forgive ] Or, gratif...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Sufficient to such a man With what remarkable tenderness does the apostle treat this offender! He never once mentions his name, nor does he here so much as mention his crime; but speaks of him in t...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

These first few verses are a continuation of chapter 1. Paul had purposed that he would not come to the Corinthians "in heaviness," and for this reason delayed his visit. For his First Epistle was su...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Case of the Incestuous Person. A. D. 57. 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; The word so often repeated in this verse, and translated forgive, is carizomai, which signifies to give, or gratify, or do a kindness, as well as to forgive; so as it needeth not always to...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But to whom you forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the presence of Christ, so that no advantage may be gained over...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( N.B .— The paragraph really begins at 2 Corinthians 1:23 .) 2 Corinthians 1:1 . Determined .—As in 1 Corinthians 2:2 . For myself .—So R.V., meaning, “For my own sake as we...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:1 . But I determined that I would not come again to you in heaviness; but rather wait till the late scandal should subside. The offender, a man no doubt much known in the city, had...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

But if any have caused grief The aim of Church discipline is in the last resort the restoration of the fallen. The Church has, of course, an interest of its own to guard i it is bound to prot...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of his reasons for not coming to them direct from Ephesus ( 2 Corinthians 2:1-47 ). Their treatment of the incestuous offender ( 2 Corinthians 2:5-47 ). His thankfulness...
2 Corinthians 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The case of the notorious sinner:
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:4 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; John 20:23 ; Matthew 18:18
2 Corinthians 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To whom ye forgive — He makes no question of their complying with his direction. Anything — So mildly does he speak even of that heinous sin, after it was repented of. In the person of Christ — By...

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

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes