2 Corinthians 7:5

2 Corinthians 7:5

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.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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When we had come (elqontwn hmwn). Genitive absolute with second aorist active participle of erxomai. Paul now returns to the incident mentioned in II Corinthians 2:12 before the long digression on the glory of the ministry.

Had no relief (oudemian esxhken anesin). Perfect active indicative precisely as in II Corinthians 2:13 which see, "has had no relief" (dramatic perfect).

Afflicted (qlibomenoi). Present passive participle of qlibw as in II Corinthians 4:8, but with anacoluthon, for the nominative case agrees not with the genitive hmwn nor with the accusative hmav in verse II Corinthians 7:6. It is used as if a principal verb as in II Corinthians 9:11; II Corinthians 11:6; Romans 12:16 (Moulton, Prolegomena, p. 182; Robertson, Grammar, pp. 1132-35).

Without were fightings (ecwqen maxai). Asyndeton and no copula, a parenthesis also in structure. Perhaps pagan adversaries in Macedonia (cf. I Corinthians 15:32).

Within were fears (eswqen foboi). Same construction. "Mental perturbations" (Augustine) as in II Corinthians 11:28.

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