ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 7 v4

IN SPITE OF AFFLICTIONS. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is confident because of the way the Corinthians responded to his reproof in the first letter. The fact that they did not take it badly has given him the confidence to admonish them again. He also says that he has been consoled by this to such an extent that in spite of all his affliction he is overflowing with joy. Seeing that there is hope for the people on whose behalf he is enduring hardships, he is rejoicing in spite of his tribulations, being certain that he will please God for the fact that they have received salvation. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

GREAT LOVE. CHRYSOSTOM: Some might think that these expressions of praise contradict the admonitions which have gone before. But this is not so, for they help the rebukes to be more acceptable by putting them in the wider context of Paul’s great love for the Corinthians. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 14.2.

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