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A Model of Gentle Correction
Commentators consistently highlight Paul's remarkable pastoral sensitivity. He avoids naming the offender, referring to him simply as "any." This delicate approach, as scholars like Albert Barnes and AT Robertson note, aims to correct the sin without crushing the sinner, providing a model for how the church should handle discipline with grace and a focus on restoration.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 2:5
18th Century
Theologian
If any have caused grief. There is undoubtedly here an allusion to the incestuous person. But it is very delicately done. He does not ment…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 2:5
If any (ε τις). Scholars disagree whether Paul refers to 1 Corinthians 5:1, where he also employs τισ, τοιουτος, and Σ…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 2:5
19th Century
Bishop
But if any have caused grief.—The man who had been the chief cause of his sorrow is now prominent in his thoughts. He will not nam…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 2:5
The man referred to in these verses is almost certainly not the man guilty of incest (1 Corinthians 5; see comment on vv.10–11). Rather…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 2:5
16th Century
Theologian
But if any one. Here is a third reason to alleviate the offense — that he had grief in common with them, and that the cause of it…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 2:5
17th Century
Pastor
But if any have caused grief
The incestuous person is here manifestly designed, though he is not named, who had been…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 2:5–11
17th Century
Minister
The apostle desires them to receive the person who had done wrong back into their communion, because he was aware of his fault and greatly afflicte…