4. Great is my boldness of speech toward you<\/em> ] Cf. note on ch. 2Co 3:12<\/span>.<\/p>\n great is my glorying of you<\/em> ] See notes on ch. 2Co 1:14<\/span> and ch. 2Co 5:12<\/span>. The word here signifies not the ground<\/em> of rejoicing or boasting, but, as A. V., the act itself. St Paul explains his boldness of speech by the confidence he has that it will not be misplaced. This is another instance of the delicate tact of the Apostle referred to above.<\/p>\n comfort<\/em> ] For this word and tribulation<\/em>, see notes on ch. 2Co 1:3-4<\/span>. So also below in 2Co 7:6-7<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n I am exceeding joyful<\/em> ] Literally, I abound overmuch with Joy<\/strong>. The English word exceedingly<\/em> has lost much of its original force.<\/p>\n Great is my boldness of speech toward you – <\/B>This verse seems designed to soften the apparent harshness of what he had said 2Co 6:12<\/span>, 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.<\/P> Great is my glorying of you – <\/B>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<\/span>; that he had formerly boasted much of them to Titus, and of their readiness to obey his commands 2Co 7:14<\/span>; 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.<\/P> I am filled with comfort – <\/B>That is, by the evidence which I have received of your readiness to obey me.<\/P> I am exceeding joyful – <\/B>I am overjoyed. The word used here occurs nowhere else in the New Testament except in Rom 5:20<\/span>. It is not found in the classic writers; and is a word which Paul evidently compounded (from <\/SPAN><\/span> huper and <\/SPAN><\/span> perisseuo), 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. Pauls 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.<\/P> In all our tribulation – <\/B>see the note, 2Co 1:4<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. Great is my boldness of speech<\/B><\/I>] He seems to refer to the manner in which he spoke of them to others.<\/P> <\/P> Great<\/B><\/I> is <\/B>my glorying of you<\/B><\/I>] They had probably been very loving and affectionate previously to the time in which they were perverted by their false apostle. He therefore had<\/I> boasted of them in all the Churches.<\/P> <\/P> I am filled with comfort<\/B><\/I>] 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.<\/P> <\/P> I am exceeding joyful<\/B><\/I>] . I superabound in joy; I have a joy beyond expression. 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 Ro 5:20<\/span>.<\/P> <\/P> In all our tribulation.<\/B><\/I>] Perhaps here should be rendered under<\/I> instead of in<\/I>, as it signifies, Mr 2:26<\/span>; Lu 3:2<\/span>; Ac 11:28<\/span>. Under<\/I> all our tribulations, I feel inexpressible joy on your<\/I> account<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Great is my boldness of speech toward you; <\/B>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). <\/P> Great is my glorying of you; <\/B>I boast of your obedience to others, and therefore would be far from exposing you. And this I do not feignedly, for <\/P> I am filled with comfort<\/B> on your behalf (a further account of this he giveth us afterward). <\/P> I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation; <\/B>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. <\/P> <\/p>\n 4. boldness of speech<\/B>(compare2Co 6:11<\/span>). <\/P> glorying of you<\/B>Notonly do I speak with unreserved openness to you,<\/I> but I glory<\/I>(boast) greatly to others in your behalf,<\/I> in speaking ofyou.<\/I> <\/P> filled with comfort<\/B>atthe report of Titus (2Co 7:6<\/span>;2Co 7:7<\/span>; 2Co 7:9<\/span>;2Co 7:13<\/span>; 2Co 1:4<\/span>).<\/P> exceeding joyful<\/B>Greek,<\/I>I overabound<\/I> with joy (2Co 7:7<\/span>;2Co 7:9<\/span>; 2Co 7:16<\/span>).<\/P> our tribulation<\/B>describedin 2Co 7:5<\/span>; also in 2Co 4:7<\/span>;2Co 4:8<\/span>; 2Co 6:4<\/span>;2Co 6:5<\/span>.<\/P><\/p>\n Great is my boldness of speech towards you<\/strong>,…. 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,<\/p>\n great is my glorying<\/strong>, 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:<\/p>\n I am filled with comfort<\/strong>, 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,<\/p>\n I am exceeding joyful<\/strong>; 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.<\/p>\n I overflow with joy in all our affliction <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). A thoroughly Pauline sentiment. <\/SPAN><\/span> means to overflow, as we have seen. H-<\/SPAN><\/span> (late word, so far only here and Byzantine writers) is to have a regular flood. Vulgate superabundo<\/I>. <\/P> <\/p>\n My boldness. Note the change for the first time to the first person singular. <\/P> Comfort. The Greek has the comfort, the article apparently pointing to the special comfort he had received through the coming of Titus (ver. 6). I am exceeding joyful [ ] <\/SPAN><\/span>. Lit., I superabound with the joy. Rev., I overflow with joy. Note the article again, the joy.<\/P> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “Great is my boldness of speech toward you,”<\/strong> (polle moi parresia pros humas) “I have much boldness toward you,” or toward interest in and defence of you all. Great is his candor, faithfulness of love, 1Co 1:4-7<\/span><\/p>\n 2) “Great is my glorying of you,”<\/strong> (polle moi kauchesis huper humon) I have (do) much boasting on behalf of you all;” Php_2:17. He gloried upon receiving good news, of their conduct, 2Co 1:14<\/span>; 2Co 3:2<\/span>.<\/p>\n 3) “I am filled with comfort,”<\/strong> (pepleromai to paraklesei) “I have been filled with comfort,” that Titus had brought to Paul, from them, Php_2:17-18; 2Co 1:24<\/span>.<\/p>\n 4) “I am exceeding joyful,”<\/strong> (huperperisseuomai te chara) “I overflow with joy.”<\/p>\n 5) “In all our tribulation,”<\/strong> (epi pase te thlipsei hemon “upon occasion of all our affliction;” Paul receive( comfort and joy, in spite of his great pain, upon every report of good news from the church at Corinth where he had invested a good part of his valuable life, Act 18:11<\/span> (1 1\/2 years) and again for (3 months) Act 20:2-3<\/span>.<\/p>\n 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) <\/p>\n (637) “Timothy is despatched” (by Paul) “to Corinth, and after him Titus is sent. In the mean time, ‘a door is opened of the Lord’ to the Apostles to preach Christ’s gospel at Troas; but, strange to relate! he who panted so earnestly for such opportunities, had neither heart nor tongue to improve the present. The expected messenger from Corinth had not arrived — he had ‘no rest in his spirit,’ and abandoning the rich harvest which invited his labors, he wandered into Macedonia. Nor yet did he find ease: ‘For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side — without were fightings; within were fears.’ At last Titus arrives with tidings from Corinth. The Apostle’s letter had been well received; it had produced the intended effects; a spirit of repentance had fallen upon the Church; they had applied themselves vigorously to the correction of abuses; the love which they bore to their spiritual father had revived with additional strength. ‘Now! thanks be unto God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place!’ ‘Great is my boldness of speech towards you, great is my glorying of you; I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.’ (2Co 2:14<\/span>; 2Co 7:4<\/span>.) What a sudden change! what a wonderful transformation! Formerly we saw him like a soldier, wounded, weak, disabled, dispirited, fallen to the ground; now he is lifted up, victorious, and borne on the triumphant car. ” — M’Crie’s Sermons, p. 39. — Ed. <\/p>\n (638) “ La mauuaise opinion ou le souspecon qu’il auoit d’eux, et dont il estoit tourmente en son coeur;” — “The bad opinion or suspicion that he had of them, and with which he had been tormented in his heart.” <\/p>\n Appleburys Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n Pauls Frankness 2Co. 7:4-13<\/span> a. 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.<\/p>\n 5 For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more. 8 For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season), 9 I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter. 12 So although I wrote unto you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest unto you in the sight of God. 13 Therefore we have been comforted: and in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.<\/p>\n Comments<\/p>\n Great is my boldness of speech.Some assume that Paul is referring to the great confidence which he had in the Corinthians. While the expression may be translated confidence it really refers to ones frankness in speaking our boldly. Paul did speak frankly when he boasted about the willingness of the Corinthians to follow his instructions. See 2Co. 7:14<\/span>. Frankness is seen in two issues: (1) he was filled with comfort and (2) he was overflowing with joy in all his afflictions. Paul suffered as anyone else would when he was afflicted. The sting of the lash hurt him as much as it did anyone else. He felt the pain of hunger and cold as anyone else did. But the joy of knowing that he was the servant of God, bearing the message of reconciliation to all who would accept it, caused his joy to overflow like a river out of its banks and cover the ground as far as one could see.<\/p>\n for even when we were come into Macedonia.Paul now describes his distress and shows how God had comforted him in it all.<\/p>\n His anxiety over the situation in Corinth had caused him to go to Troas where he was hoping to find Titus and learn from him about conditions in Corinth. But when he got there, he had no relief for his spirit, so he went on to Macedonia. There, he says, Our flesh had no relief. In the first instance it was anxiety of mind and heart as he waited for the report of the action of the church on the instruction he had written them in First Corinthians, particularly in chapter five about the sin of the one who had taken his fathers wife thus bringing the whole church into disrepute before the pagans. 1Co. 5:1-13<\/span>. But his distress in Macedonia seems to have been the result of physical hardships which he suffered. He describes them as afflictions, fightings and fears, but gives no details as to their nature. We may assume that those who had been opposing him kept up their steady bombardment of criticism by every means that would bring him distress. Conflicts that were without produced fears within, fears, perhaps, as to whether or not he would be able to complete his mission of reconciling the sinners at Corinth to their God, for this would require repentance and a change of conduct on their part.<\/p>\n He that comforteth the lowly.Paul had faced enough to cause him to be depressed, but God who had led him in triumph in Christ in every place had not forsaken him. Although long delayed, God had comforted him by the presence of Titus who he met in Macedonia.<\/p>\n Some have assumed that the section from 2Co. 2:14-17<\/span>; 2Co. 3:1-18<\/span>; 2Co. 4:1-18<\/span>; 2Co. 5:1-21<\/span>; 2Co. 6:1-18<\/span>; 2Co. 7:1-6<\/span> is a long digression. Paul began it with the reference to his trip to Macedonia to look for Titus without saying whether or not he had found him until he reached 2Co. 7:6<\/span>. But we should remember that Pauls meeting Titus and learning from him about the repentance of the Corinthians had filled him to overflowing with joy in all the suffering which he had undergone. It was perfectly logical for him to treat at length his hope and joy and frankness as he told of his love and longing for the Corinthians and urged them to make room for him in their hearts. This, of course, involved their repentance and change of conduct about which he was now ready to write.<\/p>\n and not by his coming only.It was not the presence of Titus only that brought comfort to Paul, for two other factors were involved: (1) the fact that Titus himself had been comforted by the Corinthians, and (2) the report Titus made of the attitude of the Corinthians toward Paul. Paul alluded again to their attitude toward Titus in verses 1415.<\/p>\n while he told us your longing.The Corinthians had their hearts set on seeing Paul again. While it is true that at one time some arrogant ones among them had suggested that Paul would not come to see them again, every trace of this seems to have been wiped out by the report of Titus. 1Co. 4:18<\/span>. Titus told him about their lamentation, deep personal mourning, for the things that they had permitted to go on in their midst that had brought the church of God into disrepute before the pagans of their community and caused sorrow to Paul as their father in the gospel. The wrong had been done by disregarding the instruction of the apostle. The Corinthians had shown great zeal for him as their spiritual father by correcting the situation. So while Paul rejoiced at the coming of Titus, he rejoiced even more over the report of their attitude toward him, for that meant their reconciliation to God.<\/p>\n for though I made you sorry with my epistle.See comment on 2Co. 2:3-4<\/span> as to the identity of this epistle. In the absence of any manuscript evidence to the contrary I assume that this is a reference to First Corinthians. That epistle is full of sharp rebuke for various sins that were being practiced by the church in Corinth. Paul seems now to return to what he had written in 2Co. 2:5-11<\/span> which appears to be a clear reference to the one who was living with his fathers wife. See 1Co. 5:1-13<\/span>. See Studies in First Corinthians for comments on that situation.<\/p>\n I do not regret it.After hearing Titus report of their reaction to that epistle, Paul writes, I do not regret it. Then he hastens to add that he had regretted it, that is, not the writing of the epistle but the effect of it for it brought them temporary sorrow. Paul, as their spiritual father, did not take pleasure in causing them sorrow, even though he had to reprove them for their sin with the hope that they might be restored to the life of purity and righteousness in Christ.<\/p>\n I now rejoice.Again he makes it clear that he was not rejoicing that it had become necessary for him to write so as to bring them sorrow, for his rejoicing was in that which resulted from their sorrow, that is, their repentance. At one point they seem to have been indifferent toward the sin of the one who was living with his fathers wife. The instruction which Paul had given had caused them to reverse their attitude and carry out the punishment which had been ordered by the apostle. Repentance is the change of the mind or the reversal of a decision which is brought about through godly sorrow and results in changed conduct. Two other motivating forces are mentioned in the Scriptures which lead to repentance: (1) the goodness of God (Rom. 2:4<\/span>) and (2) the impending judgment (Act. 17:30-31<\/span>).<\/p>\n for ye were made sorry after a godly sort.Literally, according to God. This means sorrow as God would have it turn out, for it would lead to repentance. Consequently nothing that Paul had written in his epistle had caused them loss. They had corrected the wrong; they were to forgive the sinner; they were not to allow Satan to have the advantage over them. 2Co. 2:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation.In accord with Gods purpose, their sorrow had produced a reversal of their decision about sin. That, in turn, brought about their salvation, and there was no regret in it.<\/p>\n but the sorrow of the world worketh death.This bold contrast between godly sorrow and the sorrow of the world justifies Pauls rejoicing over the outcome of his epistle. The sorrow of the world involved shame and disgrace and led ultimately to death, for the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23<\/span>).<\/p>\n For behold, this self-same thing.Paul now calls upon the Corinthians to observe for themselves what had happened as a result of the sorrow that was according to God: (1) what earnest care it produced in you, that is, their eagerness to correct the sin that they had so carelessly allowed to go on in their midst; (2) clearing of yourselves, that is, the action they had taken under the instruction of the apostle to clear themselves of involvement in such sins as fornication, covetousness, idolatry, reviling, drunkenness, extortion and the like. See 1Co. 5:11<\/span>; (3) what indignation, that is, they were indignant that they had allowed one of their members to bring them such disgrace; (4) what fear, that is, reverence for God and the word delivered to them through His apostle, lest they be punished with the wrongdoer; (5) what longing, that is, their earnest desire for the purity of life to which they had been called in Christ; (6) what zeal, that is, their eager response to the directions Paul had written to them, for they had purged out the old leaven that they might no longer be characterized by malice and wickedness; (7) what avenging, that is, they had taken the necessary steps to punish the wrongdoer for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. See 1Co. 5:5<\/span>; 2Co. 2:8-11<\/span>.<\/p>\n Paul was generous on his commendation of the Corinthians, reminding them that in all these things by their swift action they had proved themselves to be innocent of any further wrongdoing.<\/p>\n I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong.The attitude of the Corinthians which Paul had just described explained his purpose in writing First Corinthians, particularly, chapter five. His purpose was not primarily for the benefit of the one who had done the wrong, nor was it for the one who had suffered the wrong. It was for their concern for the apostles instruction that had led them to take the necessary steps to clear themselves from guilt of carelessly allowing such practices to go on in their midst. What they had accomplished had been done in the sight of God as they demonstrated their earnest care for Paul.<\/p>\n Another view of this verse assumes that the one who was wronged was Paul, not the father of the man who was living with the fathers wife. It assumes that the one who did the wrong was one of his detractors who had sought to discredit him before the Corinthians. This is based on the supposition that the epistle that had caused them sorrow was some other than our First Corinthians. See Studies in First Corinthians on chapter five.<\/p>\n Therefore we have been comforted.Thus Paul closes his remarkable explanation of the effect of Titus report about conditions in Corinth.<\/p>\n (4) Great is my boldness of speech.<\/strong>The context shows that he is not apologising for bold and plain speaking, but uses the word as implying confidence (1Ti. 3:13<\/span>; Phm. 1:8<\/span>). He can speak without reticence now, because he is going to express his comfort and joy at what had been reported to him.<\/p>\n I am exceeding joyful.<\/strong>Literally, I exceedingly abound<\/em> (or, overflow<\/em>) in joy.<\/em> The verb is the same as in Rom. 5:20<\/span>, and answers to the pressed above measure which he had used in 2Co. 1:8<\/span>, in speaking of his troubles.<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. <\/strong> Great<\/strong> Paul cannot directly address the Corinthians (as at 2Co 6:1<\/span>) without breaking into exultation. <\/p>\n Boldness<\/strong> The fearlessness of a friendship that dares say any thing it pleases. <\/p>\n Great glorying<\/strong> A climax; as is also comfort <\/strong> and exceeding joyful<\/strong>. Paul was lovingly bold <\/strong> in speaking to them, and boastful in speaking of them. He spake to them in fearless love; he spake to them in (if we may so say) holy pride. <\/p>\n Tribulation<\/strong> In every crisis of danger and damage, joy over his Corinthian Church was a cheer and an exultation.<\/p>\n ‘Great is my confidence (or ‘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.’<\/p>\n Indeed he wants them to know that he is not speaking to them with any doubt as to their response. He speaks boldly towards them because of his confidence in them. He glories greatly because of them. For the news he had received about them had filled him full with encouragement and had comforted him, and caused him to overflow with joy in the midst of the affliction that he and his companions were facing. Note the stress on just how encouraged and joyful he was, ‘filled full’, ‘overflowing with joy’. (It was this same feeling that had caused him to recognise God’s triumphs in 2Co 2:14<\/span>).<\/p>\n 2Co 7:4<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Boldness of speech<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Freedom of speech. <\/em>Doddridge. The word rendered exceeding joyful, <\/em>, is very expressive, and seems to be a word of the Apostle’s own making. <\/p>\n 2Co 7:4<\/span> . A further, and that a psychological, proof for the . . .<\/p>\n is the internal frame of mind, the good joyous confidence<\/em> (see on Eph 3:12<\/span> ), without which no , no self-boasting<\/em> for the sake of the readers, would outwardly take place ( , as in 2Co 5:12<\/span> , 2Co 8:24<\/span> ). To take it of the libertas loquendi<\/em> (Pelagius, Beza, Luther, Vatablus, Cornelius a Lapide, and many others, including Schrader and Ewald) is inappropriate, because by the in this<\/em> sense there would be no negation of . . And the taking the of inward<\/em> boasting before God<\/em> (Osiander), ought to have been precluded by 2Co 7:14<\/span> , comp. 2Co 9:3<\/span> .<\/p>\n . . . .] The two clauses form a climax, so that . is correlative with . and . with . In the use of the article<\/em> with . and Paul already looks to the special<\/em> comfort and joy, of which he intends to speak further (2Co 7:7<\/span> ). The dative of the instrument<\/em> (as at 2Ma 5:5 ; 2Ma 7:21 ; 3Ma 4:10 ) is used with . in the N. T. also at Rom 1:29<\/span> , and in classic Greek, though seldom. See Elmsley, ad Soph. Oed. Col.<\/em> 16; Blomfield, Gloss. Aesch. Agam<\/em> . 163; Bernhardy, p. 168. Comp. also Jacobs, ad Anthol.<\/em> XI. p. 209.<\/p>\n ] I am exceeding richly provided with<\/em> , Mosch. vi. 13; comp. the passive in Mat 13:12<\/span> ; Mat 25:29<\/span> . The present<\/em> sets forth the thing as still continuously taking plac.<\/p>\n .] does not belong to , but to the two whole affirmations . . and . ; and is not, as Grotius thought, post<\/em> , as in Herod. i. 45: (see, generally, Wurm, ad Dinarch<\/em> . p. 39 f.), since (comp. 2Co 1:3-11<\/span> ) the tribulation still continues, but in, at<\/em> . See Winer, p. 367 [E. T. 490].<\/p>\n 4 Great is<\/em> my boldness of speech toward you, great is<\/em> my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Ver. 4. I am exceeding joyful<\/strong> ] Gr. , I do overbound exceedingly with joy. Others may revel, the godly only rejoice: they have an exuberance of joy, such as no good can match, no evil out match. Witness the martyrs, ancient and modern. Oh, how my heart leapeth for joy, said one of them, that I am so near the apprehension of eternal bliss! God forgive me mine unthankfulness and unworthiness of so great glory. In all the days of my life I was never so merry as now I am in this dark dungeon. Believe me there is no such joy in the world as the people of Christ have under the cross. Thus and much more Mr Philpot, martyr. (Acts and Mon.) <\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> ] <\/strong> , as in reff., confidence<\/strong> , which leads to and justifies : not here liberty of speech<\/em> ,’ as Chrys., al.<\/p>\n <\/strong> ., to others<\/em> , in speaking of them.<\/p>\n <\/strong> ., the consolation<\/strong> (which I have received), viz. that furnished by the intelligence from you. Though this is anticipating what follows 2Co 7:7<\/span> ; 2Co 7:9<\/span> , I cannot but believe it to have been already before the Apostle’s mind, and to have been referred to by the articles before . and .<\/p>\n On the construction of with an instrumental dative, see reff., and Winer, edn. 6, 31. 7. So Eurip. Herc. Fur. 372, , and Bacch 18, .<\/p>\n <\/strong> .] I am made exceedingly to abound<\/strong> , see Mat 13:12<\/span> . The pres. indicates the abiding<\/em> of the effect.<\/p>\n <\/strong> , with the joy<\/strong> ; see above.<\/p>\n <\/strong> . <\/strong> <\/strong> . <\/strong> <\/strong> .<\/strong> , in (reff.) all our tribulation<\/strong> : refers to both<\/em> preceding clauses. What he means, is explained in the next verse.<\/p>\n <\/strong> here not of Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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