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A Hopeless Situation
Scholars explain that when Paul speaks of having the "sentence of death," he is describing a situation of utter hopelessness. Whether it was a literal judicial verdict, a severe illness, or overwhelming danger, he had exhausted all human means of escape and fully expected to die. This feeling of finality was the necessary setup for the spiritual lesson that followed.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 1:9
18th Century
Theologian
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves. The marginal reading is "answer." The word rendered "sentence" (apokrima) properly…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 1:9
Yea (αλλα). Confirmatory use as in 7:11, rather than adversative.
The answer of death (το αποκριμα του θαν…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 1:9
19th Century
Bishop
We had the sentence of death in ourselves.—The word translated “sentence” (apokrima) does not occur elsewhere in the New Testamen…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Corinthians 1:9–10
19th Century
Preacher
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 1:9
In his estimation Paul had received a death sentence (the word used can refer to an official verdict) from which there was no reprieve. But in the …
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 1:9
16th Century
Theologian
Nay more, we had the sentence of death. This is as if to say, “I had already resigned myself to dying, or had regarded it as a settled mat…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 1:9
17th Century
Pastor
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves
By the sentence of death is meant, not any decree of heaven, or appoin…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 1:1–11
17th Century
Minister
We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is able to give …