2Cor 7 | TSK | STEP | He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life; and to bear him like affection as he does to them. Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what comfort he took in his afflictions by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow, which his former epistle had wrought in them; and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them. therefore. let. filthiness. perfecting. in.

2 Corinthians 7

1 He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life;

2 and to bear him like affection as he does to them.

3 Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what comfort he took in his afflictions by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow, which his former epistle had wrought in them;

13 and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.

therefore.

1:20; 6:17,18; Ro 5:20,21; 6:1-11; Heb 4:1; 2Pe 1:4-8

let.

Ps 51:10; 119:9; Pr 20:9; 30:12; Isa 1:16; Jer 13:27; Eze 18:30-32

Eze 36:25,26; Mt 5:8; 12:33; 23:25,26; Lu 11:39,40; Tit 2:11-14

Jas 4:8; 1Pe 1:22; 2:11; 1Jo 1:7,9; 3:3

filthiness.

Isa 55:7; Jer 4:14; 1Co 6:20; Eph 2:3; 1Th 5:23

perfecting.

Mt 5:48; Eph 4:12,13; Php 3:12-15; 1Th 3:13; 4:7; Heb 12:23

1Pe 5:10

in.

2Ch 19:9; Ps 19:9; Pr 8:13; 16:6; Ac 9:31; Heb 12:28

Receive.

11:16; Mt 10:14,40; Lu 10:8; Php 2:29; Col 4:10; Phm 1:12,17; 2Jo 1:10

3Jo 1:8-10

we have wronged.

1:12; 4:2; 6:3-7; 11:9; 12:14-18; Nu 16:15; 1Sa 12:3,4; Ac 20:33

Ro 16:18; 1Th 2:3-6,10; 2Th 3:7-9

to condemn.

12; 2:4,5; 13:10; 1Co 4:14,15

for.

6:11,12

ye.

3:2; 11:11; 12:15; Php 1:8,9

to die.

Ru 1:16,17; 1Th 2:8

my boldness.

3:12; 6:11; 10:1,2; 11:21; Eph 6:19,20; Php 1:20; 1Th 2:2

great.

1:14; 9:2-4; 1Co 1:4; 1Th 2:19

I am filled.

6,7; 1:4; 2:14; 6:10; Ac 5:41; Ro 5:3; Php 2:17; Col 1:24; 1Th 3:7-9

Jas 1:2

when.

1:16,17; 2:13; Ac 20:1; 1Co 16:5

our.

4:8-12; 11:23-30; Ge 8:9; Isa 33:12; Jer 8:18; 45:3; Mt 11:28-30

troubled.

4:8; Job 18:11; Jer 6:25; 20:10

without.

De 32:25; 1Co 15:31

fears.

2:3,9; 11:29; 12:20,21; Ga 4:11,19,20; 1Th 3:5

that comforteth.

1:3,4; 2:14; Isa 12:1; 51:12; 57:15,18; 61:1,2; Jer 31:13; Mt 5:4

Joh 14:16; Ro 15:5; Php 2:1; 2Th 2:16,17

comforted.

2:13; 1Co 16:17,18; 1Th 3:2,6,7; 3Jo 1:2-4

but.

Ac 11:23; Ro 1:12; Col 2:5; 1Th 3:8; 2Jo 1:4

when.

11; 2:9; Ps 141:5; Pr 9:8,9

earnest.

5:2; 8:16; Lu 22:44; Php 1:20; Heb 2:1; Jas 5:17; Jude 1:3

mourning.

10; Jud 2:4,5; Ps 6:1-6; 30:5; 31:9-11; 38:18; 51:1; 126:5,6

Jer 31:18-20; Mt 5:4; 26:75; Jas 4:9,10

fervent.

1:14; 2:3,4; 1Th 3:6

though I made.

6,11; 2:2-11; La 3:32; Mt 26:21,22; Lu 22:61,62; Joh 16:6; 21:17

Heb 12:9-11; Re 3:19

though I did.

Ex 5:22,23; Jer 20:7-9

I rejoice.

6,7,10; Ec 7:3; Jer 31:18-20; Zec 12:10; Lu 15:7,10,17-24,32

Ac 20:21

after a godly manner. or, according to God.

10,11; 1:12; *Gr:

that ye.

2:16; 10:8-10; 13:8-10; Isa 6:9-11

repentance.

12:21; 2Sa 12:13; 1Ki 8:47-50; Job 33:27,28; Jer 31:9; Eze 7:16

Eze 18:27-30; Jon 3:8,10; Mt 21:28-32; 26:75; Lu 15:10; 18:13

Ac 3:19; 11:18; 2Ti 2:25,26

the sorrow.The sorrow of carnal men about worldly objects, loss of fortune, fame, or friends; which, being separated from the fear and love of God, and faith in his providence and mercy, frequently drinks up their spirits, breaks their proud, rebellious hearts, or drives them to lay desperate hands on themselves.

Ge 4:13-15; 30:1; 1Sa 30:6; 2Sa 13:4; 17:23; 1Ki 21:4; Pr 15:13,15

Pr 17:22; 18:14; Jon 4:9; Mt 27:4,5; Heb 12:17

that.

9; Isa 66:2; Zec 12:10-14; 1Co 5:2

carefulness.

7; 1Co 12:25; Tit 3:8

clearing.

Ge 44:6,7; 1Co 5:13; Eph 5:11; 1Ti 5:21,22

indignation.

2Sa 12:5-7; Ne 5:6-13; 13:25; Job 42:6; Jer 31:18-20; Da 6:14

Mr 3:5; Eph 4:26

fear.