John Bengel Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:9 - 7:9

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John Bengel Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:9 - 7:9


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2Co 7:9. Νῦν χαίρω, I now rejoice) The now forms an epitasis;[38] not only do I not repent, that you had brief sorrow, but I even rejoice, because it has proved salutary to you.-εἰς μετάνοιαν, unto repentance) Unto here determines the kind of sorrow.-κατὰ Θεὸν, [after a godly manner] according to God) according to here signifies the feeling of the mind, having regard to and following God. There is no sorrow with God; but the sorrow of penitents renders the mind conformable to God; comp. κατὰ, according to, Rom 14:22; Col 2:8; 1Pe 4:6. So in Philostr. in Heroicis, p. 665, κατὰ θεὸν ἥκω, I am come here under divine auspices.-ἐν μηδενὶ, in nothing) This is consonant with that feeling, under which the apostle also speaks, 2Co 11:9, ἐν πάντι, in everything.-ζημιωθη̄τε, ye might suffer loss or damage) All sorrow which is not according to God, is damaging, and deadly, 2Co 7:10.

[38] i.e. He had already said, I rejoiced, in 2Co 7:7 : and here in 2Co 7:9, now, added to the same word I rejoice, augments its force. See Append.-ED.