2 Corinthians 2:7 (WEB)
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
Fathers and councils · 12
Jerome
“For were the reward the same for the married and for virgins, he would never after enjoining continence have said:“Each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
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. 7.
Read the whole comment“And in his second epistle to the same, “lest such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow,” he calls him back, and begs them to confirm their love towards him, so that he who had been destroyed by incest might be saved by penitence.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
Read the whole comment“On hearing such falsehoods he used to weep that no one gave credit to the truth; the father alone used cleverly to put in a word for him that he might not be “swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
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John Damascene
“In another way it allows the pious man to suffer sore trials in order that he may not depart from a right conscience nor lapse into pride on account of the power and grace granted to him, as was the case with Paul.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17Conference XIV
“…lest haply they be plunged in continual sorrow and a despair that brings death, and so those who are of this sort be “swallowed up in overmuch sorrow.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore Paul said, “Lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up by overmuch sorrow.” ( 2 Cor. ii. 7.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Therefore Paul again was in fear about him that had committed fornication, lest any such thing should befall him, and persuaded the Corinthians speedily to deliver him, “lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
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Basil the Great
“No one ought to cherish a grudge against the sinner who repents, but heartily to forgive him.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…the second and says, “So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7
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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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Gregory of Nazianzus
“But Paul confirmed love towards him when he saw his amendment, and gives the reason, “that such an one be not swallowed up by overmuch sorrow,” being overwhelmed by the excess of the punishment.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. ii. 7.
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Cross-references · 21
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIV.17.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.29.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.