2 Coríntios 2

2 Coríntios 2

Vincent - Only here and Luke 21:25+. Lit., a holding together, constraining, or compressing. See on taken, Luke 4:38. So anguish, from the Latin, angere to choke: anger, which, in earlier English, means affliction, mental torture: anxious: the Latin anguis a snake, marking the serpent by his throttling. In Sanscrit, anhas, from the same root, was the name for sin, the throttler. It reappears obscurely in our medical term quinsy, which was originally quinancy, Greek κυνάγκη dog-throttling, med., cynanche. Tears (1144 )(dakruon) describes the salty watery fluid from the eyes. Gilbrant - This term has many references in classical and Koine Greek and is found 35 times in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew word dim‛āh. In the New Testament Paul used this word to describe how he ministered to those he discipled (i.e., “with many tears”; cf. Acts 20:19, 31; 2 Corinthians 2:4). This was in a manner similar to Jesus’ description of the woman who ministered to Him with her “tears” (Luke 7:38, 44). Revelation 7:17 and 21:4 both use words from Isaiah 25:8 to say that God will wipe away “every tear” from His people’s faces." (Complete Biblical Library) Secular use - that which drops like tears, gum, sap, τῆς ἀκάνθης Hdt.2.96. Dakruon - 10v - tear(2), tears(8) - Lk. 7:38; Lk. 7:44; Acts 20:19; Acts 20:31; 2 Co. 2:4; 2 Tim. 1:4; Heb. 5:7; Heb. 12:17; Rev. 7:17; Rev. 21:4 Dakruon in Septuagint - 2 Ki. 20:5; Ps. 6:6; Ps. 39:12; Ps. 42:3; Ps. 56:8; Ps. 80:5; Ps. 116:8; Ps. 126:5; Eccl. 4:1; Isa. 25:8; Isa. 38:5; Jer. 9:1; Jer. 9:18; Jer. 13:17; Jer. 14:17; Jer. 31:16; Lam. 1:2; Lam. 2:11; Lam. 2:18; Mic. 2:6; Mal. 2:13; THE PATIENT CHRISTIAN 2 Corinthians 2:1–17 I. THE PURPOSE—vv. 1–4 1. Sorrow—vv. 1–2. Paul, writing to Christians, has sorrow in his heart because the way the Christians were living and acting. 2. Shame—v. 3. While Paul was away, the people went back into sin. Paul warns them to straighten out their lives and live according to God’s Word. 3. Showing—v. 4. Though he was very strict, Paul always spoke with love and compassion. You may be bold and yet do it in love. II. THE PATIENCE—vv. 5–11 1. Punishment—vv. 5–6. Those who encouraged sinning (1 Cor. 5:1–13), were punished. The people join with Paul in his disapproval of these people. 2. Plan—v. 7. Forgive those who were wrong, but have seen their wrong and have repented. Regardless of the past, forgive and forget! 3. Patience—v. 8. Forgiving shows maturity and understanding. It shows God’s love within you. 4. Purpose—vv. 9–10. Paul is seeing how much the people will forgive. An unforgiving spirit is sinful. 5. Problem—v. 11. Never retain bitterness within you. III. THE POWER—vv. 12–17 1. Preaching—v. 12. Paul visits Troas on his second and perhaps third Missionary journey. 2. Problem—v. 13. Paul could not find Titus. 3. Power—v. 14. God using man to accomplish His work. 4. Prospect—vv. 15–16. Death to the Christian means the start of everlasting life. 5. Purpose—v. 17. The purpose of Paul, and all other ministers giving God’s Word, is a DIVINE CALL UPON THEIR LIVES. 2 Corinthians 2:5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree--in order not to say too much--to all of you. Kistemaker - But if someone has caused you grief, he has not grieved me, but to some extent—that I may not be too severe—all of you.