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Text -- 2 Corinthians 7:4 (NET)

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A Letter That Caused Sadness
7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
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Robertson , Vincent , Wesley , JFB , Clarke , Calvin , TSK

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: 2Co 7:4 - -- I overflow with joy in all our affliction ( huperperisseuomai tēi charāi epi pāsēi tēi thlipsei hēmōn ). A thoroughly Pauline sentiment...

I overflow with joy in all our affliction ( huperperisseuomai tēi charāi epi pāsēi tēi thlipsei hēmōn ).

A thoroughly Pauline sentiment. Perisseuō means to overflow, as we have seen. Hupeṙperisseuō (late word, so far only here and Byzantine writers) is to have a regular flood. Vulgate superabundo .

Vincent: 2Co 7:4 - -- My boldness Note the change for the first time to the first person singular.

My boldness

Note the change for the first time to the first person singular.

Vincent: 2Co 7:4 - -- Comfort The Greek has the comfort, the article apparently pointing to the special comfort he had received through the coming of Titus (2Co 7:6)...

Comfort

The Greek has the comfort, the article apparently pointing to the special comfort he had received through the coming of Titus (2Co 7:6).

Vincent: 2Co 7:4 - -- I am exceeding joyful ( ὑπερπερισσεύμαι τῇ χαρᾷ ) Lit., I superabound with the joy . Rev., I overflo...

I am exceeding joyful ( ὑπερπερισσεύμαι τῇ χαρᾷ )

Lit., I superabound with the joy . Rev., I overflow with joy . Note the article again, the joy.

Wesley: 2Co 7:4 - -- Of this he treats, 2Co 7:6, &c.; of his joy, 2Co 7:7, &c.; of both, 2Co 7:13.

Of this he treats, 2Co 7:6, &c.; of his joy, 2Co 7:7, &c.; of both, 2Co 7:13.

JFB: 2Co 7:4 - -- (compare 2Co 6:11).

(compare 2Co 6:11).

JFB: 2Co 7:4 - -- Not only do I speak with unreserved openness to you, but I glory (boast) greatly to others in your behalf, in speaking of you.

Not only do I speak with unreserved openness to you, but I glory (boast) greatly to others in your behalf, in speaking of you.

JFB: 2Co 7:4 - -- At the report of Titus (2Co 7:6-7, 2Co 7:9, 2Co 7:13; 2Co 1:4).

At the report of Titus (2Co 7:6-7, 2Co 7:9, 2Co 7:13; 2Co 1:4).

JFB: 2Co 7:4 - -- Greek, I overabound with joy (2Co 7:7, 2Co 7:9, 2Co 7:16).

Greek, I overabound with joy (2Co 7:7, 2Co 7:9, 2Co 7:16).

JFB: 2Co 7:4 - -- Described in 2Co 7:5; also in 2Co 4:7-8; 2Co 6:4-5.

Described in 2Co 7:5; also in 2Co 4:7-8; 2Co 6:4-5.

Clarke: 2Co 7:4 - -- Great is my boldness of speech - He seems to refer to the manner in which he spoke of them to others

Great is my boldness of speech - He seems to refer to the manner in which he spoke of them to others

Clarke: 2Co 7:4 - -- Great is my glorying of you - They had probably been very loving and affectionate previously to the time in which they were perverted by their false...

Great is my glorying of you - They had probably been very loving and affectionate previously to the time in which they were perverted by their false apostle. He therefore had boasted of them in all the Churches

Clarke: 2Co 7:4 - -- I am filled with comfort - My affection for you has still the most powerful ascendancy in my soul. Here we may see the affection of the most tender ...

I am filled with comfort - My affection for you has still the most powerful ascendancy in my soul. Here we may see the affection of the most tender father to his children

Clarke: 2Co 7:4 - -- I am exceeding joyful - Ὑπερπερισσευομαι· I superabound in joy; I have a joy beyond expression. Ὑπερπερισσευω ...

I am exceeding joyful - Ὑπερπερισσευομαι· I superabound in joy; I have a joy beyond expression. Ὑπερπερισσευω is an extremely rare verb. I have not met with it in any Greek author; and it occurs no where in the New Testament but here and in Rom 5:20

Clarke: 2Co 7:4 - -- In all our tribulation - Perhaps επι here should be rendered under instead of in, as it signifies, Mar 2:26; Luk 3:2; Act 11:28. Under all our ...

In all our tribulation - Perhaps επι here should be rendered under instead of in, as it signifies, Mar 2:26; Luk 3:2; Act 11:28. Under all our tribulations, I feel inexpressible joy on your account.

Calvin: 2Co 7:4 - -- 4.Great is my boldness Now, as if he had obtained the enlargement of heart that he had desired on the part of the Corinthians, he leaves off complain...

4.Great is my boldness Now, as if he had obtained the enlargement of heart that he had desired on the part of the Corinthians, he leaves off complaining, and pours out his heart with cheerfulness. “What need is there that I should expend so much labor upon a matter already accomplished? For I think I have already what I asked. For the things that Titus has reported to me respecting you are not merely sufficient for quieting my mind, but afford me also ground of glorying confidently on your account 637 Nay more, they have effectually dispelled the grief, which many great and heavy afflictions had occasioned me.” He goes on step by step, by way of climax; for glorying is more than being of an easy and quiet mind; and being freed from grief occasioned by many afflictions, is greater than either of those. Chrysostom explains this boldness somewhat differently, in this manner — “If I deal with you the more freely, it is on this account, that, relying on the assurance of your good will towards me, I think I may take so much liberty with you.” I have stated, however, what appeared to me to be the more probable meaning — that the report given by Titus had removed the unfavorable impression, which had previously racked his mind. 638

TSK: 2Co 7:4 - -- my boldness : 2Co 3:12, 2Co 6:11, 2Co 10:1, 2Co 10:2, 2Co 11:21; Eph 6:19, Eph 6:20; Phi 1:20; 1Th 2:2 great : 2Co 1:14, 2Co 9:2-4; 1Co 1:4; 1Th 2:19 ...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 2Co 7:4 - -- Great is my boldness of speech toward you - This verse seems designed to soften the apparent harshness of what he had said 2Co 6:12, when he in...

Great is my boldness of speech toward you - This verse seems designed to soften the apparent harshness of what he had said 2Co 6:12, when he intimated that there was a lack of love in them toward him (Bloomfield), as well as to refer to the plainness which he had used all along in his letters to them. He says, therefore, that he speaks freely; he speaks as a friend; he speaks with the utmost openness and frankness; he conceals nothing from them. He speaks freely of their faults, and he speaks freely of his love to them; and he as frankly commends them and praises them. It is the open, undisguised language of a friend, when he throws open his whole soul and conceals nothing.

Great is my glorying of you - I have great occasion to commend and praise you, and I do it freely. He refers here to the fact that he had boasted of their liberality in regard to the proposed collection for the poor saints of Judea 2Co 9:4; that he had formerly boasted much of them to Titus, and of their readiness to obey his commands 2Co 7:14; and that now he had had abundant evidence, by what he had heard from Titus (verses 5ff), that they were disposed to yield to his commands, and obey his injunctions. He had probably often had occasion to boast of their favorable regard for him.

I am filled with comfort - That is, by the evidence which I have received of your readiness to obey me.

I am exceeding joyful - I am overjoyed. The word used here occurs nowhere else in the New Testament except in Rom 5:20. It is not found in the classic writers; and is a word which Paul evidently compounded (from ὑπὲρ huper and περισσεύω perisseuō ), and means to superabound over, to superabound greatly, or exceedingly. It is a word which would be used only when the heart was full, and when it would be difficult to find words to express its conceptions. Paul’ s heart was full of joy; and he pours forth his feelings in the most fervid and glowing language. I have joy which cannot be expressed.

In all our tribulation - see the note, 2Co 1:4.

Poole: 2Co 7:4 - -- Great is my boldness of speech toward you because I so dearly love you, therefore I speak so boldly and freely to you (as men use to speak most freel...

Great is my boldness of speech toward you because I so dearly love you, therefore I speak so boldly and freely to you (as men use to speak most freely to those whom they most love).

Great is my glorying of you I boast of your obedience to others, and therefore would be far from exposing you. And this I do not feignedly, for

I am filled with comfort on your behalf (a further account of this he giveth us afterward).

I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation yea, (saith he), the report I have received of your carriage and behaviour, upon your receipt of my former Epistle, hath filled me with a joy that balanceth all the affliction and tribulation that I meet with for the gospel. So good news to a faithful minister is the repentance and reformation of any member or members that belong to his flock; whereas the hireling, or false teacher, is not much concerned whether the souls of his people do well or ill.

Gill: 2Co 7:4 - -- Great is my boldness of speech towards you,.... Or "liberty of speaking", which I use with you; I very freely, and without any disguise, open my mind ...

Great is my boldness of speech towards you,.... Or "liberty of speaking", which I use with you; I very freely, and without any disguise, open my mind to you; I faithfully tell you your faults; I am free in my exhortations and counsels to you, as in the case of the incestuous person, and in other instances, which is a sign of true friendship; for had I any suspicion of you, or not cordial affection for you, I should have been more reserved, more upon my guard, and have spoke and wrote with more caution: besides,

great is my glorying, or "boasting of you"; of your faith in Christ, your love to the people of God, respect to the ministers of the Gospel, obedience to us, and very great liberality to the poor saints, of which the apostle frequently boasts in this epistle: now as speaking freely to them when present with them, or in writing to them, so glorying in them, and speaking well of them when absent, clearly showed what an opinion he had of them, and what true hearty respect he had for them:

I am filled with comfort, says he; not only with divine and spiritual consolations from God, but with the news Titus brought of the state of this church, of the good effect the apostle's reproof and advice had both upon them, and the offender among them, and of their tender and affectionate regard to him: this filled him brimful of comfort, yea, adds he,

I am exceeding joyful; I abound, I over abound in joy; such is the joy that possesses my soul, at the tidings brought me, that it superabounds all the sorrow and anguish of spirit, out of which I wrote unto you, occasioned by the unhappy affair among you: yea, it makes me inexpressibly joyful in all our tribulation; which is not small we meet with, wherever we go, in preaching the Gospel of Christ.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Co 7:4 Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied t...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 2Co 7:1-16 - --1 He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life;2 and to bear him like affection as he does to them.3 Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declar...

MHCC: 2Co 7:1-4 - --The promises of God are strong reasons for us to follow after holiness; we must cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. If we hope ...

Matthew Henry: 2Co 7:1-4 - -- These verses contain a double exhortation: - I. To make a progress in holiness, or to perfect holiness in the fear of God, 2Co 7:1. This exhortat...

Barclay: 2Co 7:2-4 - --Paul is speaking with the accents of purest love. The breaches are healed. The quarrels are all made up and love reigns supreme. The phrase that we...

Constable: 2Co 1:12--8:1 - --II. ANSWERS TO INSINUATIONS ABOUT THE SINCERITY OF PAUL'S COMMITMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS AND TO THE MINISTRY 1:12--7:16 ...

Constable: 2Co 6:11--7:5 - --1. An appeal for large-heartedness and consistency 6:11-7:4 Paul now turned to a direct appeal f...

Constable: 2Co 7:2-4 - --Restatement of the appeal 7:2-4 7:2 Paul returned to his appeal for the Corinthians' full affection (6:11-13) claiming no fault toward the Corinthians...

College: 2Co 7:1-16 - --2 CORINTHIANS 7 2. Holiness Demanded (6:14-7:1) (continued) 7:1 Since we have these promises, dear friends, Despite the fact that serious warnings...

McGarvey: 2Co 7:4 - --Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction . ...

Lapide: 2Co 7:1-16 - --  CHAPTER 7 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He declares his love, sincerity, and his confidence in the Corinthians. ii. He declares (ver. 6) his jo...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: 2Co 7:4 " Receive every inward and outward trouble, every disappointment, pain, uneasiness, temptation, darkness and desolation with both hands, as to a true ...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) Second Corinthians From Macedonia a.d. 54 Or 55 By Way of Introduction The Pauline authorship is admitted by all real scholars, though there is ...

JFB: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) THE following reasons seem to have induced Paul to write this Second Epistle to the Corinthians: (1) That he might explain the reasons for his having ...

JFB: 2 Corinthians (Outline) THE HEADING; PAUL'S CONSOLATIONS IN RECENT TRIALS IN ASIA; HIS SINCERITY TOWARDS THE CORINTHIANS; EXPLANATION OF HIS NOT HAVING VISITED THEM AS HE HA...

TSK: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The most remarkable circumstance in this Epistle, observes Mr. Scott, is the confidence of the Apostle in the goodness of his cause, and in the power ...

TSK: 2 Corinthians 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Co 7:1, He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life; 2Co 7:2, and to bear him like affection as he does to them; 2Co 7:3, Whereof le...

Poole: 2 Corinthians 7 (Chapter Introduction) CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 7

MHCC: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) The second epistle to the Corinthians probably was written about a year after the first. Its contents are closely connected with those of the former e...

MHCC: 2 Corinthians 7 (Chapter Introduction) (2Co 7:1-4) An exhortation to holiness, and the whole church entreated to bear affection to the apostle. (2Co 7:5-11) He rejoiced in their sorrowing ...

Matthew Henry: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians In his former epistle the apostle had signified his i...

Matthew Henry: 2 Corinthians 7 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter begins with an exhortation to progressive holiness and a due regard to the ministers of the gospel (2Co 7:1-4). Then the apostle retur...

Barclay: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS TO THE CORINTHIANS The Greatness Of Corinth A glance at the map will show that Corinth was made for greatness. The south...

Barclay: 2 Corinthians 7 (Chapter Introduction) Get You Out (2Co_6:14-18; 2Co_7:1) The Accent Of Love (2Co_6:11-13; 2Co_7:2-4) Godly Sorrow And Godly Joy (2Co_7:5-16)

Constable: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background First Corinthians did not dispel the problems in th...

Constable: 2 Corinthians (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-11 A. Salutation 1:1-2 B. Thanksgiving for c...

Constable: 2 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Bibliography Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. 4 vols. Reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book Hou...

Haydock: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE CORINTHIANS. INTRODUCTION. The subject and design of this second Epistle to the Corinthian...

Gill: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 CORINTHIANS This epistle, according to the subscription at the end of it, was written from Philippi of Macedonia; and though the ...

Gill: 2 Corinthians 7 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 CORINTHIANS 7 This chapter begins with an inference deduced, from what is said in the latter part of the foregoing chapter, engag...

College: 2 Corinthians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION Studying 2 Corinthians plunges the modern reader back to the real, tumultuous world of early Christianity. The simple ideals of sharing ...

College: 2 Corinthians (Outline) OUTLINE I. OPENING - 1:1-2 II. THANKSGIVING - 1:3-11 A. GOD COMFORTS - 1:3-7 B. GOD DELIVERS - 1:8-11 III. DEFENSE OF INTEGRITY - 1:12...

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