ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 2 v7

OVERWHELMED BY SORROW. AMBROSIASTER: A person who is swallowed up in too much affliction will turn in desperation to committing sins. True repentance, on the other hand, is a turning away from sin. If this person repents, he will prove that he is sorry for what he has done. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

RESTORING THE MAN. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul asks the Corinthians not only to lift the censure but also to restore the man to his former status, for to punish a man without healing him means nothing. Note too how Paul keeps the man himself humble, so that he will not become worse as a result of having been forgiven. For although he had both confessed and repented, Paul makes it clear that he obtained forgiveness not so much by his repentance as by God’s free gift. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 4.4.

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