“ Sufficient to such a man is this punishment,a which was inflicted of many. ”
Sufficient to such a man - The incestuous person who had been by Paul’s direction removed from the church. The object of Paul here is to have him again restored. For that purpose he says that the...
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...
man . one, as 2 Corinthians 2:7 . Punishment . censure. Greek. epitimia . Only here. Compare the verb epitimao . First occurance: Matthew 8:26 . Figure of speech Tapeinosis . App-6. of . by...
6. Sufficient. He now extends kindness even to the man who had sinned more grievously than the others, and on whose account his anger had been kindled against them all, inasmuch as they had...
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. Sufficient to such a man is this punishment - That is, the man has already suffered sufficiently. Here he gives a proof o...
Sufficient to such a man, &c.— "Sufficient to such a one, who has here been the aggressor, but is now a penitent, is this rebuke and censure, which he has already suffered by many, and, indeed,...
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. Sufficient - Greek х hikanon ( G2425 )], 'a sufficiency' (since he is repenting, 2 Corinthians 2:2 ; 2 Corinthi...
(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...
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment. — Better, perhaps, this censure, or rebuke: the Greek word epitimia being different from those in Matthew 25:46 , and in Hebrews 10:29 . It is n...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment ,.... By this punishment is meant, the excommunication of the incestuous person, or the censure that was laid upon him by the church: for this was infli...
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. Ver. 6. Sufficient to such a man ] The Novatians therefore were out, that refused to receive in those that repented o...
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...
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...
Case of the Incestuous Person. A. D. 57. 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved...
OLBGrk; This verse maketh it clear, that by any, 2 Corinthians 2:5 , he means the incestuous person, mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 , whom he had ordered to be cast out, and delivered to...
‘Sufficient to such a one is this punishment (‘censure, reproof, reprimand') which was inflicted by the many, so that, in contrast to that, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any...
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 2:1 . 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...
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...
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...
The case of the notorious sinner:
1 Corinthians 5:4 ; 1 Corinthians 5:5 ; 1 Timothy 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 13:10
Sufficient for such an one — With what a remarkable tenderness does St. Paul treat this offender! He never once mentions his name. Nor does he here so much as mention his crime. By many — Not only...