Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 2:5

Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 2:5 - 2:5

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 2:5 - 2:5

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If any (ei tis). Scholars disagree whether Paul refers to 1Co 5:1, where he also employs tis, toioutos, and Satanās as here, or to the ringleader of the opposition to him. Either view is possible. In both cases Paul shows delicacy of feeling by not mentioning the name.

But in part (alla apo merous). “But to some extent to you all.” The whole Corinthian Church has been injured in part by this man’s wrongdoing. There is a parenthesis (that I press not too heavily, hina mē epibarō) that interrupts the flow of ideas. Epibareō, to put a burden on (epi, baros), is a late word, only in Paul in N.T. (here and 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8). He does not wish to give pain by too severe language.