Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 2 Corinthians 7:9 - 7:9

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 2 Corinthians 7:9 - 7:9


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9. νῦν χαίρω. The νῦν is in emphatic contrast to μετεμελόμην. Yet his joy is not the result of their pain, but of the good effect of their pain, viz. their repentance.

κατὰ θεόν. ‘According to God’ means ‘according to the will of God’ (Rom 8:27); as God would have you sorry, ‘in God’s way.’

ἵνα ἐν μηδενὶ ζημιωθῆτε ἐξ ἡμῶν That in nothing ye might suffer loss (1Co 3:15; Luk 9:25) at our hands (Joh 6:65); nostra negligentia. Etsi pœnitert, eo quod vos nimium increpassem, tamen vester me facit non pœnitere profectus (Primasius). This was God’s will, that they should be helped towards salvation by the Apostle’s severity, not towards eternal loss by his silence.