2 Corinthians 2:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. ”

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him - The word rendered here as “confirm” ( κυρῶσαι kurōsai) occurs in the New Testament only here and in Galatians 3:15 . It...
2 Corinthians 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would (g) confirm [your] love toward him. (g) That at my entreaty you would declare by the consent of the whole church, that you take him again as a brother.
2 Corinthians 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

beseech . Greek. parakaied , as above. confirm . ratify with authority. Greek. kuroo . Only here and Galatians 1:3 ; Galatians 1:15 . Akin to kuries , lord. toward. Greek. eia . App-104....
2 Corinthians 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. That ye would confirm your love toward him - You do love him, notwithstanding the reproach he has brought on the Gospel; and notw...
2 Corinthians 2:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. Confirm your love toward him - giving effect in act to your love; namely, by restoring him to your fellowship, and praying...
2 Corinthians 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That ye would confirm your love. — The word for “confirm” (better, perhaps, ratify — comp. Galatians 3:15 ) suggests the thought of an act as formal and public as the rebuke had been. The excomm...
2 Corinthians 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore I beseech you ,.... Or exhort you: that ye would confirm your love towards him : express your love to him in the most kind and tender manner, show the same, and as strong love to him as...
2 Corinthians 2:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. Ver. 8. Confirm your love, &c. ] Gr. κυρωσαι, ratify it, and declare it authentic, as it were in open court, and by publi...
2 Corinthians 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; That you would restore him to a communion with you in your church assemblies, and take him into the bosom of your church again, and be (as before) friendly towards him. The word which we tra...
2 Corinthians 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The case of the notorious sinner:
2 Corinthians 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 5:13 ; Galatians 6:1 ; Galatians 6:10 ; Galatians 6:2 ; Jude 1:22 ; Jude 1:23

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 2:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 2:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 2:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge