2 Corinthians 2:10 (WEB)
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
Fathers and councils · 11
Jerome
“And that we might not think a man’s gift contemptible, he added,“for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it, in the presence of Christ.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10. Margin.
Read the whole comment“And elsewhere:“But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it in the person of Christ: that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10, 11.
Read the whole comment“Finally, the apostle himself says of one who had lived in incest and afterwards repented: ‘Contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him,’ and ‘To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also.’” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And the vessel of divine election himself said: “If ye have forgiven anything to any one, I forgive also, for what I have forgiven I have done it for your sakes in the person of Christ.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10.
Read the whole comment““To whom,” says he, “ye have forgiven anything, I forgive also, for I also have forgiven for your sakes in the person of Christ, for we are not ignorant of his devices.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10.
Read the whole comment“For what I also have forgiven, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10.
Read the whole comment“And to his disciple he gave similar injunctions, saying: “Reprove, beseech, rebuke.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…of hands upon them for repentance, they should come to the Lord with the peace which the martyrs have desired, by their letters to us, to be granted to them.” — editor's note: [2 Cor. ii. 10.]
Read the whole comment“I almost sin myself, in remitting sins more than I ought.” — editor's note: [See vol. ii. pp. 15, 22. And for this ecclesiastical “remission,” 2 Cor. ii. 10, which Cyprian imitates.]
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John Chrysostom
“Then, indicating that such a result cometh of the snares of that wicked one, he saith, “Lest Satan should get an advantage over us, for we are not ignorant of his devices,”meaning that he assails us with much craft.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 10, 11.
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Tertullian
“But if ye shall have forgiven any, so (do) I; for I, too, if I have forgiven ought, have forgiven in the person of Christ, lest we be overreached by Satan, since we are not ignorant of his injections.”” — editor's note: See 2 Cor. ii. 5–11.
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Cross-references · 9
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