2 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2:1

Verse 1

In heaviness; in sadness.

2 Corinthians 2:2

Verse 2

He wished to regard his spiritual children as the source of joy and happiness to him, and accordingly he did not wish to be the means of giving pain to them.

2 Corinthians 2:3

Verse 3

That my joy is the joy of you all, that my enjoyment consists in promoting and witnessing yours.

2 Corinthians 2:4

Verse 4

I wrote unto you; referring to his former Epistle.

2 Corinthians 2:5

Verse 5

It is generally supposed that the individual whose case is considered in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13: is referred to in this passage. (2 Corinthians 2:5-8.) The meaning of this verse is not clear. The idea may be, that the pain which that case had given the apostle was only a partial and temporary interruption to the joy and satisfaction which the church at Corinth had generally afforded him.

2 Corinthians 2:6

Verse 6

It would seem that Paul had learned, perhaps through Titus, (see 2 Corinthians 7:5-7,) that the church had exercised towards this offending member the discipline which he had recommended in the former Epistle.

2 Corinthians 2:7

Verse 7

Ye ought rather to forgive him; that is, ye ought now to forgive him.

2 Corinthians 2:8

Verse 8

Confirm; restore and establish.

2 Corinthians 2:11

Verse 11

Get an advantage; by retaining in his kingdom one, who, being penitent, ought now to be restored to the kingdom of Christ. (Compare 1 Corinthians 5:5.)

2 Corinthians 2:12

Verse 12

Troas was on the coast near the north-eastern corner of the Egean Sea, on the way from Ephesus to Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 2:13

Verse 13

I had no rest in my spirit. He felt so solicitous to hear from Corinth that he could not continue in his work at Troas, although a favorable opportunity for effort seemed to be open there before him. He accordingly went on into Macedonia, hoping to find Titus there.

2 Corinthians 2:14

Verse 14

In every place; that is, wherever we go. Though he left a favorable opening for usefulness in Troas he found that he was made the instrument of disseminating the knowledge of God in Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 2:15

Verse 15

We are unto God a sweet savor; our labors and instrumentality are acceptable to God.

2 Corinthians 2:16

Verse 16

The savor of death unto death; by being the means of greatly aggravating their sin. For the guilt and condemnation of the sinner is in proportion to the light and the privileges which he enjoys.–For these things; for such high responsibilities.