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A Final, Loving Warning
Commentators agree that Paul is issuing a final, serious warning. Having previously admonished the unrepentant Corinthians, he now declares his patience has a limit. Scholars like Calvin compare this to a loving parent who must use severity when gentleness fails. This demonstrates that church discipline, while firm, is rooted in a desire for the church's health and purity.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 13:2
18th Century
Theologian
I told you before. That I would not spare offenders; that I would certainly punish them. He had indicated this before in the first epistle…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 13:2
As when I was present the second time (ως παρων το δευτερον). This translation assumes the second visit as already made. It is a n…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 13:2
19th Century
Bishop
I told you before, and foretell you . . .—Better, I have warned you before (referring, probably, to the threat o…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 13:2
After expressing his personal fears about the forthcoming third visit (12:20– 21), Paul issues two direct warnings relative to this issue: “Every m…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 13:2
16th Century
Theologian
I told you before, and foretell you. The friendly and agreeable admonitions that he had addressed to them so frequently had been of no adv…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 13:2
17th Century
Pastor
I told you before, and foretell you as if I were present a
second time
He means, that…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 13:1–6
17th Century
Minister
Though it is God's gracious method to bear long with sinners, yet He will not bear always; eventually He will come, and will not spare those who re…