ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 2 v10

PAUL’S FORGIVENESS. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is practicing what he preaches. He has the right to give orders, but he cannot refuse to do himself what he is asking others to do. In the first letter he condemned this man’s crime, in the hope that everyone would loathe him for it, but now he wants him to be received back and prays that they will no longer show any anger toward him. The Corinthians evidently did not have the apostle’s wisdom and did not understand that this ought to be done immediately. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

SOFTEN CONTENTIOUSNESS. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul lets the Corinthians take the lead and tells them that he will follow. This is the best way to soften an exasperated and contentious spirit. Then, lest he should make them careless and they should refuse forgiveness, he again constrains them by saying that he himself has already forgiven the man. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 4.5.

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