ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 7 v5

FEAR WITHIN. AMBROSIASTER: It is because the flesh is irrational that Paul says that it has no rest from its suffering. But the soul, although it was suffering in the body, did have rest. This is because of the hope that God would reward them for the tribulations inflicted on them by unbelievers. Fightings were inflicted on the body, and fears attacked the soul, but Paul was not at all afflicted in the Spirit, who was given to him so that he might endure such things. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

FIGHTING WITHOUT. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul had to contend with the opposition of unbelievers without and of weak-kneed believers within. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 14.2.

ENEMIES WITHIN. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul had to do battle not only with external foes but also with enemies within the fellowship of the church. He was afraid that believers would be turned away to harmful things. COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 323.

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