Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Corinthians 1:10
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;We trust that he will still deliver — That we may at length be able to come to you. read more
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;We trust that he will still deliver — That we may at length be able to come to you. read more
Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.You likewise — As well as other churches.Helping with us by prayer, that for the gift — Namely, my deliverance.Bestowed upon us by means of many persons — Praying for it, thanks may be given by many. read more
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.For I am the more emboldened to look for this, because I am conscious of my integrity; seeing this is our rejoicing - Even in the deepest adversity.The testimony of our conscience — Whatever others think of us.That in simplicity — Having one end in view, aiming singly at... read more
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.Ye have acknowledged us in part — Though not so fully as ye will do.That we are you rejoicing — That ye rejoice in having known us.As ye also are ours — As we also rejoice in the success of our labours among you; and we trust shall rejoice therein in the day of the Lord Jesus. read more
Address and Benedictory Greeting, 2 Corinthians 1:1-7 . 1. An apostle Note on 1 Corinthians 1:1. Our brother Literally, the brother. Note 1 Corinthians 1:1. Even with Timothy, whom he addresses as his own son, and endorses as working the work of the Lord, as I, (1 Corinthians 16:10.) Paul is obliged to assert himself as solely an apostle. All Achaia Including the whole of southern Greece. As Corinth was the political capital, so now it is also the Christian capital. read more
2. Grace be to you Doddridge says that this benediction occurs in eleven of Paul’s epistles. The apostle would scatter his benedictions wherever Christian Churches can be found. read more
3. Father of mercies As if all mercies were the offspring of the divine heart. God of all comfort The Jews too strongly held that the afflicted were the objects of God’s hatred; but the apostle finds that God is the supreme consoler of the afflicted. Modern atheistic philosophy denies any proof of divine goodness in the creation. But whatever proof of divine wrath there is in the creation, Christianity finds an infinite mercy in redemption. read more
4. Able to comfort The consolations St. Paul receives from God, he receives not for himself alone. They are gifts wherewith he is able to console and enrich others. The fulness of the generous heart overflows, nay, empties itself, in blessings upon its fellow-sufferers. read more
5. Sufferings of Christ Not as some render, sufferings for Christ; but the same sufferings in kind as those of Christ; or rather, sufferings undergone by Christians in their oneness with Christ, so that they are his. By Christ For Christ makes consolation to abound to all who undergo his sufferings. The martyr for Christ has rejoiced and triumphed in the flame through Christ. read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Corinthians 1:9
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:Yea, we had the sentence of death in ourselves — We ourselves expected nothing but death. read more