2 Corinthians 7:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. ”

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For godly sorrow - “Sorrow according to God” ( Ἡ γὰρ κατὰ Θεὸν λύπη Hē gar kata Theon lupē). That is, such sorrow as has respect to God, or is according to his will, or as leads the sou...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For (g) godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (g) God's sorrow occurs when we are not terrified with the fear of punishment,...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Agonising Anxiety has been Cancelled by Abundant Joy. The cause of his anxiety had been in part the condition of affairs in the church at Corinth, but even more the measures he had taken to deal wi...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

godly sorrow . grief (Greek. lupe. See 2 Corinthians 2:1 ) according to God, as in 2 Corinthians 7:9 . Compare Psalms 51 . Matthew 26:75 . worketh . Greek kategazomai, as in 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. Sorrow according to God (644) In the first place, in order to understand what is meant by this clause according to God, we must observe the contrast, for the sorrow that is acco...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2031 REPENTANCE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 . Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh de...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For godly sorrow - That which has the breach of God's holy law for its object. Work...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For godly sorrow, &c.— See the Inferences.
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Worketh ... worketh. In the best Greek reading ['Aleph (') B Delta, ergaze...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(e) 7:2-16. The Apostle's Joy in the Corinthians' repentance St. Paul goes on to ask them to give him their affection, and renews his assurance of purity of deed and motive. He tells them of the...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For godly sorrow. — Again we note the needless variation which is the easily besetting sin of the English version. Better, as before, the sorrow which is after the will of God. Repentance to sa...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE. 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 (R.V) IN this fine passage St. Paul completes, as far as it lay upon his side to do so, his reconciliation with the Corinthians. It conclu...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Joyous Effect of Godly Sorrow 2 Corinthians 7:5-16 After dispatching his first Epistle, with the strong words of 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 and elsewhere, Paul's tender heart had been rent with...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The section culminates in an appeal full of local coloring and suggestion. In a great cry he gave expression to the hunger of his heart when he wrote, "Make room for us" (see margin). He then declare...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. (3) I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE NATURE OF TRUE REPENTANCE ‘Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: … for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sor...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation ,.... These words contain a reason, proving that they had received no damage, but profit by the sorrow that had possessed them, from the nature of...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Ver. 10. Godly sorrow worketh ] Sin bred sorrow, and sorrow, being right, destro...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For though I made you sorry Caused you much distress and pain of mind by the letter I formerly wrote; I do not now repent Of writing it; although I did repent After it was sent away, fearing...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 1 is plainly connected with chapter 6. Because the saints of God have these promises, and because they are dearly beloved, they are exhorted to cleanse themselves from all filthiness of the fle...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Various Exhortations. A. D. 57. 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no re...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Godly sorrow; that sorrow which is according to God, either commanded by him, (as sorrow for our own or others sins, or for the judgments of God, as they are the indications of God's wrath and disp...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphant Return of Titus And Paul's Full Reconciliation With The Corinthian Church ( 2 Corinthians 7:1-16 ) Having searchingly examined their credentials by portraying to them the essence of...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 7:1 . Therefore .—This verse a branch broken from 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 . This word is like the jagged fibres which tell of the violence, and point back to the pare...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

salvation ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ). world Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". ( Galatians 6:14 ); ( John 7:7 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Revelation 13:8 ).
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 Notice: I. Godly sorrow: its nature and origin. (1) The nature of godly sorrow. In the immediate context it is directly contrasted with a commoner truth, the sorrow of the worl...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 7:1 . Having therefore these promises. Our good archbishop Langton is blamed by many critics for separating this verse from the preceding chapter. The great and precious promises of...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

For though I made you sorry with a letter I do not repent, though I did repent. The spirit of apostolical rebuke It was marked by-- I. Unflinching severity. St. Paul rejoiced in the pain he...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Conclusion of his appeal ( 2 Corinthians 7:1 ). The apostle's feelings towards them ( 2 Corinthians 7:2-47 ). Explanation of the objects of his last letter, and expression of his joy...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's rejoicing over the result of his measures:
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:4 ; 1 Kings 8:47-50 ; 1 Samuel 30:6 ; 2 Corinthians 12:21 ; 2 Samuel 12:13 ; 2 Samuel 13:4 ; 2 Samuel 17:23 ; 2 Timothy 2:25 ; 2 Timothy 2:26 ; Acts 11:18 ; Acts 3:19 ; Ezekiel...
2 Corinthians 7:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The sorrow of the world — Sorrow that arises from worldly considerations. Worketh death — Naturally tends to work or occasion death, temporal, spiritual, and eternal.

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 7:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 7:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 7:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 7:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 7:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes