ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 1 v23

HE WENT ELSEWHERE. AMBROSIASTER: Here Paul is addressing people who apparently wanted to reform but were not making much of an effort in that direction. It was to spare them until they pulled themselves together that he went elsewhere for the time being. Paul did not want them to think that he despised them as unworthy. Once they realized that, they would mend their ways, and then the apostle would come to visit them. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAGREEABLE. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul stayed away from Corinth at least partly because if he had gone there he would have had to take on the role of disciplinarian, which neither he nor they wanted. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 4.1.

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