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Theodoret of Cyrus

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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On 2 Corinthians

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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:12
    Quality, not quantity, is what counts.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 329

  2. 2 Corinthians 8:18
    These words refer to Barnabas.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 331

  3. 2 Corinthians 8:22
    Some people think this refers to Apollos, whom Paul promised in his first epistle that he would send..

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 332

  4. 2 Corinthians 9:2
    Paul holds up the Macedonians to the Corinthians and the Corinthians to the Macedonians as examples to imitate.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 333

  5. 2 Corinthians 9:9
    Paul adds the prophetic testimony which shows that indifference to money is the beginning of eternal life.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 335

  6. 2 Corinthians 9:12
    Paul is pointing out that giving to the saints is not just a matter of supplying their immediate wants. It has many other ramifications as well and leads to blessings of different kinds.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 336

  7. 2 Corinthians 9:14
    The Corinthians will reap the benefit of the prayers of the poor. Those prayers come out of great love.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 336

  8. 2 Corinthians 9:15
    It is Paul’s custom to praise God every time he expounds some divine dispensation or other.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 336

  9. 2 Corinthians 10:1
    Some Jewish believers were ordering Gentile converts to follow the law of Moses. They condemned Paul, calling him base and stupid, and claiming that although he kept the law in secret himself, he was prepared to dispense the Gentiles from it publicly, because he thought they were too ignorant to be able to keep it. Paul refutes this charge by reminding the Corinthians of the miracles which he had done among them and of the gifts which they had received because of him.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 337

  10. 2 Corinthians 10:3
    Although we are surrounded by the world, we do not give in to it.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 337

  11. 2 Corinthians 10:6
    Paul explains why he is being patient. He wants to try to persuade as many as possible to amend their ways. He will punish only those who continue to resist his exhortations.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 338

  12. 2 Corinthians 10:9
    This is what Paul’s enemies were saying he was trying to do.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 339

  13. 2 Corinthians 11:1
    Paul realizes that wise people do not boast of themselves, but he has been forced to do so.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 340

  14. 2 Corinthians 11:9
    This is the greatest condemnation of the Corinthians imaginable. For while he was benefiting them, Paul was being funded by others elsewhere.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 343

  15. 2 Corinthians 11:15
    It is the devil’s custom to imitate the things of God. He sets up false prophets to oppose the true ones and assumes the form of an angel in order to deceive men.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 344

  16. 2 Corinthians 11:17
    Jesus said that when we have done all, we should confess that we are no more than unprofitable servants. This is why Paul says here that he is not speaking with the Lord’s authority.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 344

  17. 2 Corinthians 12:4
    Some argue that here Paul is referring to things which he actually saw, like the beauty of paradise and the choirs of the saints which are to be found there.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 348

  18. 2 Corinthians 12:7
    By “messenger of Satan” Paul means the insults, attacks and riots which he had to face.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 349

  19. 2 Corinthians 12:9
    Paul wanted to make it clear that his affliction was not a natural property of the body but something which was intended by God for a higher purpose.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 350

  20. 2 Corinthians 12:10
    Paul does not say that he enjoyed these things but that he had learned to cope with them.

    COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 350

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