2 Corinthians 7:3 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

2 Corinthians 7:3

1 Therefore,^a having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

The Corinthians’ Repentance

2 Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, ^awe have cheated no one.

3 I do not say this to condemn; for ^aI have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.

4 ^aGreat is my boldness of speech toward you, ^bgreat is my boasting on your behalf. ^cI am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

5 For indeed, ^awhen we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but ^bwe were troubled on every side. ^cOutside were conflicts, inside were fears.

6 Nevertheless ^aGod, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by ^bthe coming of Titus,

7 and not only by his coming, but also by the¹ consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

8 For even if I made you ^asorry with my letter, I do not regret it; ^bthough I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while.

9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.

10 For ^agodly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; ^bbut the sorrow of the world produces death.

11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what ^aclearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be ^bclear in this matter.

12 Therefore, although I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, ^abut that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.

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2 Corinthians 7:3

In excusing myself, I do not accuse you, as though you suspected me of such things [MENOCHIUS], or as though you were guilty of such things; for I speak only of the false apostles [ESTIUS and Greek commentators]. Rather, "as though you were ungrateful and treacherous" [BEZA].

I have said before—in II Corinthians 6:11-12; compare Philippians 1:7.

die and live with you—the height of friendship. I am ready to die and live with you and for you (Philippians 1:7, Philippians 1:20, Philippians 1:24; Philippians 2:17-18). Compare as to Christ, John 10:11.

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