2 Corinthians 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. ”

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So that contrariwise - On the other hand: on the contrary. That is, instead of continuing the punishment. Since the punishment was sufficient, and has answered all the purpose of bearing your tes...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to (f) forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. (f) That whereas before you punished him sharply,...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

contrariwise . (on) the contrary. Greek. taunantion , for to enantion . Here, Galatians 1:2 , Gal 1:7. 1 Peter 3:9 , forgive. Greek. charizomai . App-184. comfort . Greek. parakaleo . App...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Lest such an one should be swallowed up by overmuch sorrow The end of excommunication, so far as concerns the power of the offender, is this: that, overpowered with a sense of his sin, he...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him , and comfort him , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Ye ought rather to forgive him - He had now suffered e...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. With overmuch sorrow - `with HIS х tee ( G3588 )...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye ought rather to forgive. — The indignation which St. Paul had felt has passed, on his hearing of the offender’s state, into pity and anxiety. The time had come for words of pardon and comfort an...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him ,.... On the other hand, so far the apostle suggests they should be from inflicting any other punishment on him, or by any means adding to, and in...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him , and comfort him , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Ver. 7. Should be swallowed up ] It was a saying o...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him: forgiveness in this place doth not signify the taking away or remitting of the guilt of sin, (that is God's work, not man s), b...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
2 Corinthians 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The case of the notorious sinner:
2 Corinthians 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:54 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ; 2 Corinthians 5:4 ; 2 Corinthians 7:10 ; 2 Samuel 20:19 ; 2 Samuel 20:20 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:15 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:6 ; C...

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge