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Concluding remarks on 2nd Corinthians:
The most remarkable circumstance in this Epistle, observes Mr.
Scott, is the confidence of the Apostle in the goodness of his
cause, and in the power of God to bear him out in it. Opposed
as
he then was by a powerful and sagacious party, whose authority,
reputation, and interest were deeply concerned, and who were
ready
to seize on every thing that could discredit him, it is
wonderful
to hear him so firmly insist upon his apostolical authority,
and
so unreservedly appeal to the miraculous powers which he had
exercised and conferred at Corinth. So far from shrinking from
the contest, as afraid of some discovery being made,
unfavorable
to him and the common cause, he, with great modesty and
meekness
indeed, but with equal boldness and decision, expressly
declares
that his opposers and despisers were the ministers of Satan,
and
menaces them with miraculous judgments, when as many of the
deluded hearers had been brought to repentance and re-
established
in the faith, as proper means could in a reasonable time effect.
It is inconceivable that a stronger internal testimony, not
only
of integrity, but of devine inspiration, can exist. Had there
been any thing of imposture among the Christians, it was next
to
impossible but such a conduct must have occasioned a disclosure
of
it. Of the effects produced by this latter epistle we have no
circumstantial account; for the journey which St. Paul took to
Corinth, after he had written it, is mentioned by St. Like only
in
a few words, (Ac. XX.2,3) We know, however, that St. Paul was
there after he had written this Epistle; that the contributions
for the poor brethren at Jerusalem were brought to him from
different parts to that city (Ro XV.26;) and that, after
remaining
there several months, he sent salutations from some of the
principal members of that church, by whom he must have been
greatly respected, to the church of Rome (Ro. XVI.22,23) From
this time we hear no more of the false teacher and his party;
and
when CLEMENT of Rome wrote his epistle to the Corinthians, Paul
was considered by them as a divine apostle, to whose authority
he
might appeal without fear of contradiction. The false teacher,
therefore, must either have been silenced by St. Paul, by
virtue
of his apostolical powers, and by an act of severity which he
had
threatened, (2 Co. XIII.2,3;) or this adversary of the apostle
had, at that time, voluntarily quitted the place. Whichever was
the cause, the effect produced must operate as a confirmation
of
our faith, and as a proof of St. Paul's divine mission.
Chapter 1 Preliminary Remarks
1,2 Paul salutes the Corinthians
3-7 he encourages them against troubles, by the comforts and
deliverance which God had given him, as in all his
afflictions,
8-11 so particularly in his late danger in Asia.
12-14 And calling both his own conscience and theirs to witness
of his sincere manner of preaching the immutable truth of
the gospel,
15-24 he excuses his not coming to this, as proceeding not of
lightness but of his lenity towards them
Verse 1
* Paul
# ro 1:1-5 1co 1:1 1ti 1:1 2ti 11
* Timothy
# ac 16:1 ro 16:21 1co 16:10 phi 1:2 2:19-22 col 1:1,2 1th 1:1
# 2th 1:1 he 13:23
* the church
# ac 18:1-11 1co 1:2
* all
# 1co 6:11 ep 1:1
* Achaia
# 2co 9:2 11:10 ac 18:12 ro 15:26 16:5 1co 16:15 1th 1:7,8
@2Co1:2
2nd Corinthians 1:2
# ro 1:7 2sa 15:20 1ch 12:18 da 4:1 1co 1:3 ga 6:16 ep 6:23 phi
1:2
# col 1:2 1th 1:1 2th 1:2 phile 3
@2Co1:3
2nd Corinthians 1:3
* Blessed
# ge 14:20 1ch 29:10 ne 9:5 job 1:21 ps 18:46 72:19 da 4:34 ep
1:3
# 1pe 1:3
* the Father of our
# 1co 11:31 jno 5:22,23 10:30 20:17 ro 15:6 ep 1:3,17 phi 2:11
# 2jno 4,9
* the Father of mercies
# Ps 86:5,15 da 9:9 mi 7:18
* the God
# Ro 15:5
@2Co1:4
2nd Corinthians 1:4
* comforteth
# 2co 7:6,7 ps 86:17 is 12:1 49:10 51:3,12 52:9 66:12,13 jno 14:
16
# jno 14:18,26 2th 2:16,17
* that
# 2co 5,6 ps 32:5,7 34:2-6 66:16 is 40:1 66:14 phi 1:14 1th 4:
18
# 1th 5:11 he 12:12
@2Co1:5
2nd Corinthians 1:5
* as
# 2co 4:10,11 11:23-30 ac 9:4 1co 4:1-13 phi 1:20 3:10 col 1:24
* so
# lu 2:25 phi 2:1 2th 2:16,17
@2Co1:6
2nd Corinthians 1:6
* whether
# 2co 1:4 4:15-18 1co 3:21-23 2ti 2:10
* it is
# ac 21:5
* effectual (or wrought)
# 2co 4:17 5:5 ro 5:3-5 8:28 phi 1:19 he 12:10,11
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