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Charity Urged. (a. d. 57.)
CHARITY URGED. (A. D. 57.) In these verses the apostle speaks very respectfully to the Corinthians, and with great skill; and, while he seems to excuse his urging them so earnestly to charity, still presses them thereto…
Charity Urged. (a. d. 57.)
CHARITY URGED. (A. D. 57.) Here we have, I. Proper directions to be observed about the right and acceptable manner of bestowing charity; and it is of great concernment that we not only do what is required, but do it as…
The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE'S SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY. (A. D. 57.) Here we may observe, I. The mild and humble manner in which the blessed apostle addresses the Corinthians, and how desirous he is that no occasion may be given him to use s…
The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE'S SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY. (A. D. 57.) In these verses the apostle proceeds to reason the case with the Corinthians, in opposition to those who despised him, judged him, and spoke hardly of him: "Do you," says h…
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS HIS CLAIMS. (A. D. 57.) In these verses observe, I. The apostle refuses to justify himself, or to act by such rules as the false apostles did, 2 Corinthians 10:12. He plainly intimates that they took…
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS HIS CLAIMS. (A. D. 57.) Here we may observe, 1. The apology the apostle makes for going about to commend himself. He is loth to enter upon this subject of self-commendation: Would to God you could be…
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS HIS CLAIMS. (A. D. 57.) After the foregoing preface to what he was about to say, the apostle in these verses mentions, I. His equality with the other apostles—that he was not a whit behind the very c…
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS HIS CLAIMS. (A. D. 57.) Here we have a further excuse that the apostle makes for what he was about to say in his own vindication. 1. He would not have them think he was guilty of folly, in saying wha…
The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE RECOUNTS HIS SUFFERINGS. (A. D. 57.) Here the apostle gives a large account of his own qualifications, labours, and sufferings (not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who had enabled him t…
The Apostle's Rapture. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE'S RAPTURE. (A. D. 57.) Here we may observe, I. The narrative the apostle gives of the favours God had shown him, and the honour he had done him; for doubtless he himself is the man in Christ of whom he speak…
Paul's Expostulations. (a. d. 57.)
PAUL'S EXPOSTULATIONS. (A. D. 57.) In these verses the apostle addresses himself to the Corinthians two ways:— I. He blames them for what was faulty in them; namely, that they had not stood up in his defence as they oug…
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS HIS CLAIMS. (A. D. 57.) In these verses observe, I. The apostle threatens to be severe against obstinate sinners when he should come to Corinth, having now sent to them a first and second epistle, wi…
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS HIS CLAIMS. (A. D. 57.) Here we have, I. The apostle's prayer to God on the behalf of the Corinthians, that they might do no evil, 2 Corinthians 13:7. This is the most desirable thing we can ask of G…
The Apostolic Benediction. (a. d. 57.)
THE APOSTOLIC BENEDICTION. (A. D. 57.) Thus the apostle concludes this epistle with, I. A valediction. He gives them a parting farewell, and takes his leave of them for the present, with hearty good wishes for their spi…
The Introductory Address. (a. d. 56.)
THE INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. (A. D. 56.) In these verses we have the preface or introduction to the epistle, where observe, I. The person or persons from whom this epistle is sent—from Paul an apostle, &c., and all the bre…
The Apostle's Concern at Their Defection. (a. d. 56.)
THE APOSTLE'S CONCERN AT THEIR DEFECTION. (A. D. 56.) Here the apostle comes to the body of the epistle; and he begins it with a more general reproof of these churches for their unsteadiness in the faith, which he after…
The Apostle's Integrity. (a. d. 56.)
THE APOSTLE'S INTEGRITY. (A. D. 56.) What Paul had said more generally, in the preface of this epistle, he now proceeds more particularly to enlarge upon. There he had declared himself to be an apostle of Christ; and he…
Paul's Journey to Jerusalem; Paul's Decision and Fidelity. (a. d. 56.)
PAUL'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM; PAUL'S DECISION AND FIDELITY. (A. D. 56.) It should seem, by the account Paul gives of himself in this chapter, that, from the very first preaching and planting of Christianity, there was a…
Peter Reproved by Paul. (a. d. 56.)
PETER REPROVED BY PAUL. (A. D. 56.) I. From the account which Paul gives of what passed between him and the other apostles at Jerusalem, the Galatians might easily discern both the falseness of what his enemies had insi…
Justification by Faith. (a. d. 56.)
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. (A. D. 56.) The apostle is here dealing with those who, having embraced the faith of Christ, still continued to seek for justification by the works of the law; that is, who depended upon their ow…
Justification by Faith. (a. d. 56.)
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. (A. D. 56.) The apostle having reproved the Galatians for not obeying the truth, and endeavoured to impress them with a sense of their folly herein, in these verses he largely proves the doctrine…
Design of the Law; The True Children of Abraham. (a. d. 56.)
DESIGN OF THE LAW; THE TRUE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. (A. D. 56.) The apostle having just before been speaking of the promise made to Abraham, and representing that as the rule of our justification, and not the law, lest the…
The Redemption by Christ. (a. d. 56.)
THE REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. (A. D. 56.) In this chapter the apostle deals plainly with those who hearkened to the judaizing teachers, who cried up the law of Moses in competition with the gospel of Christ, and endeavored…
Affectionate Remonstrance. (a. d. 56.)
AFFECTIONATE REMONSTRANCE. (A. D. 56.) In these verses the apostle puts them in mind of what they were before their conversion to the faith of Christ, and what a blessed change their conversion had made upon them; and t…