Theodoret of Cyrus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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On 2 Corinthians

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:1
    Timothy and Titus were both sent to Corinth, but Paul did not mention Titus in the letter because he was the one who actually carried it there.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 289

  2. 2 Corinthians 1:3
    Christ himself teaches us that God is his Father..

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 289

  3. 2 Corinthians 1:8
    I think that Paul is referring here to the riot at Ephesus which was provoked by Demetrius the silversmith..

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 291

  4. 2 Corinthians 1:12
    Paul is saying that he teaches only what he has been taught by the grace of God, adding nothing of his own to it.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 292

  5. 2 Corinthians 1:13
    Paul says that, in spite of the accusations leveled against him, he does not preach one thing and think another. The facts speak for themselves and prove that he is right.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 292

  6. 2 Corinthians 1:14
    Paul says that the Corinthians have understood only in part, because they have not yet rejected the false accusations which had been made against him.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 292

  7. 2 Corinthians 1:16
    Some people think that Paul said this aggressively, because in the first epistle he had promised the Corinthians that he would visit the Macedonians first and then come to Corinth. But as they were not willing to wait for him, he gives them a piece of his mind.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 293

  8. 2 Corinthians 1:22
    God is the source of all good things. He has given us firm faith in Christ. He has anointed us and made us worthy to receive the seal of the Holy Spirit.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 295

  9. 2 Corinthians 1:24
    Paul added this because his authority was evidently what the Corinthians were afraid of.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 296

  10. 2 Corinthians 2:6
    Paul reveals the zeal of the Corinthians, for they had all turned against this man, just as he had ordered them to.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 297

  11. 2 Corinthians 2:8
    Paul’s command now is that they should unite the member to the body, return the sheep to the flock and show him their most sincere love and affection.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 298

  12. 2 Corinthians 2:13
    Paul mentions Titus here for a purpose. Since he was the one who took the letter to Corinth, Paul wanted the church there to appreciate his worth.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 299

  13. 2 Corinthians 3:1
    Paul is telling the Corinthians that they should have been commending him without any reminders of this kind.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 301

  14. 2 Corinthians 3:3
    Forgetting the false teachers, Paul goes on to the heart of the matter and expounds the difference between the two Testaments.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 302

  15. 2 Corinthians 3:9
    The law condemned sinners, but grace receives them and justifies them by faith. It leads them to holy baptism and grants them forgiveness of sins.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 303

  16. 2 Corinthians 3:10
    The light of a lamp shines brightly in the darkness of the night, but at midday it is barely visible and is not even thought of as light.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 304

  17. 2 Corinthians 3:13
    Paul says that the law was fading away, by which he means that it was coming to an end in Christ, whose coming was foretold by the law.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 305

  18. 2 Corinthians 3:16
    The same is true for you as well. When you believe in Christ, the veil of your unbelief will be taken away.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 305

  19. 2 Corinthians 3:17
    Paul shows here that the Spirit and God are equal. Moses turned his eyes toward God; we turn ours toward the Holy Spirit. Paul would hardly have said that what the Spirit reveals is greater than what Moses saw if the Spirit were merely a creature and not God himself.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 305-6

  20. 2 Corinthians 4:2
    Paul is talking here about circumcision, which the false apostles were covertly forcing on newly converted Gentiles.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 307

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