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A Public Act of Love
Commentators emphasize that Paul's call to "confirm" their love was a plea for a formal, public act by the entire church. Scholars like Ellicott and Gill note that the Greek word used implies a legal ratification, suggesting the restoration should be as official and collective as the initial discipline had been.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 2:8
18th Century
Theologian
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. The word translated here as 'confirm,' (kyrōsai), appears in …
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 2:8
To confirm (κυρωσα). First aorist active infinitive of old verb κυροω, to make valid, to ratify, from κυρος (head, authority). In …
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 2:8
19th Century
Bishop
That you would confirm your love.—The word for “confirm” (better, perhaps, ratify—compare Galatians 3:15) suggests the thought of…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 2:8
Instead of continuing or increasing the punishment, the Corinthians ought to rescue the man from inordinate grief and complete his reformation by f…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 2:8
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore I beseech you
Or exhort you:
that you would confirm your love towards him…
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…