Effects of 2 COR. VII. no rest, but bwe A. D. 60. were troubled on every side; i without h ch. 4. 8. were fightings, within i De. 32. 25. were fears. 6 Nevertheless ch. 1. 4. God, that comfort-1 ch. 2. 13. eth those that are m ch. 2. 4. cast down, comforted us by the coming t Or, of Titus ; according 7 And not by his to God." coming only, but n 2 Sa. 12, by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, 13. Ma. 26.75. o Pr. 17. 22. when he told us your p ch. 2. 4. earnest desire, your mourning, your fer Ro. 15. 32. vent mind toward me; so that I re-ver. 9 joiced the more. Kara Osov. 8 For though I Or, in the made you sorry with requires. manner God a letter, I do not re pent, m though I did ver. 10 *The sorrow godly sorrow. to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.* 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this mat repent: for I perceive of the world, suffered wrong, P but that the same epistle is the certain that our care for you hath made you sorry, way to des- in the sight of God though it were but for peration, un- might appear unto less God pre a season. vent it; as 9 Now I rejoice, not appears from that ye were made the horrid sorry, but that ye examples of sorrowed to repent- Cain, Saul, ance : for ye were and Judas; Ahithophel, made sorry after a but the regodly manner, that corded tears ye might receive da- of David give mage by us in nothing. n the clearest example of the other 10 For a godly sor- kind of sorrow worketh repent-row.-Beza. ance to salvation not! ch. 12. 18. Or, gift. d 1 Co. 1. 5. & 12. 13. f 1 Co. 7. 6. 1 MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedo-e ch. 9. 8. nia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction & the abundance of their joy and a their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. Ma. 8. 20. Ph. 2. 6, 7. h 1 Co. 7.25. i Pr. 19. 17. Ma. 10.42. 1 Ti. 6. 18, 19. He. 13. 16. 3 For to their power, I bear record," yea, and beyond their tt Gr. power they were will willing. ing of themselves; k ch. 9. 2. 4 Praying us with ver. 1much intreaty that Γνωριζόμεν, we would receive the we make gift, and take upon us known to the b fellowship of you the grace of ministering the the saints. to God, &c. the Macedonians. 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 6 Insomuch desired we that Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. as 7 Therefore, yed abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in grace also. 8 fI speak not by commandment, but this by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sinCerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, & that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 10 And herein h I give my advice for this i is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward t ago. 11 Now a year therefore 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: n ver. 6. throughout all the churches; 19 And not that only, but who was also Pchosen of the churches to travel us with this with grace, which is administered by us 4 to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration r Ro. 12. 17. of your ready mind: q ch. 9. 8. ch. 4. 15. Ph. 4. 8. 1 Pe. 2. 12. tor, he hath. 14 But by an es Ph. 2. 25. quality, that now at this time your abun- ver. 14dance may be a supply So far seems to re- for their want, that Christianity that we should not necessaries 15 As it is written, suffer others Hem that had gather to lack the ed much had nothing of this preover; and he that sent life, had gathered little while we had no lack. abound in 16 But thanks be them. Witby.-It is to God, which put worthy of rethe same earnest care mark, How into the heart of Titus urgently the for you. apostle half of his 17 For indeed he pleads in beaccepted the exhor-poor bretation; but being thren, while more forward, of his he would reown accord he went for himself. ceive nothing unto you. 18 And we have -Scott. 20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you. 23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ, 2 For I know b the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaiad was ready much spoken a year ago; and your of before. zeal hath provoked f very many. 3 e Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: Pr. 11. 24. & 19. 17. Ga. 6.7.9. i & 25.5. Pr. 11. 25. 4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come Ph. 4. 19. with me, and find k Ps. 112. 9. you unprepared, we 1 Is. 55. 10. (that we say not, ye) m Ho. 10. 12. should be ashamed in Ma. 6. 1. this same confident boasting. ver. 5 That is, 5 Therefore I Not done thought it necessary sordidly, and to exhort the bre-as extorted thren, that would go before to you, and make they un from a co- giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things,may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, Hek hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10 Now he that ministereth1 seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your m righteousness ;) 9 COR. X. + Or, The apostle's ch. 8. 2. 12 For the admi-n ch. 1. 11. nistration of this ser- & 4. 15. vice not only o suppli-o ch. 8. 14. eth the want of the p Ma. 5. 16. saints, but is abun-q He. 13. 16. dant also by many r ch. 8. 1. thanksgivings untos Ja. 1. 17. God; 13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify p God a Ro. 12. 1. b ver. 10. ch. 12. 5. for ward ap 10. your professed sub-pearance. 1 Co. 4.21. reckon. 14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the 2 Ti. 2. 3. exceeding grace off Ac. 7. 22. God in you. 1 Co. 2. 5. 15 Thanks be unto ttor,to God. God for his unspeak-g Je. 1. 10. able gift. h 1 Co. 1. 19. CHAP. X. 1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who b in § presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 2 But I beseech & 3. 19. 1 Jno. 7. 24. 1Co.14.37. 1 Jno. 4. 6. n ch.11. 23. 1 Co. 3. 23. & 9. 1. spiritual power. you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which tt think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (d For the weaponse of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God g to the pulling down of holds ;) strong and 5 h Casting down imaginations, every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If m any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so ars we Christ's. |