the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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2 Corinthians 2:8
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that: Galatians 5:13, Galatians 6:1, Galatians 6:2, Galatians 6:10, Jude 1:22, Jude 1:23
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Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.
The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastwarde in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had shapen.
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place named Eden. He put the man he made in that garden.
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore I beseech you,.... Or exhort you:
that ye would confirm your love towards him: express your love to him in the most kind and tender manner, show the same, and as strong love to him as you did before, and as if he had never offended; receive him as a brother in the most affectionate manner, and embrace him with the most endearing expressions of respect and friendship; and let your reception of him in this kind and friendly way be with the full consent, and by the joint vote and suffrage of the whole church, for so the word translated "confirm" signifies; for as the ejection of a person out of a church must be done by the decree and vote of the church, or it is not authentic, so the reception of a person into it must be in like manner; and since this was to be done by the suffrage of the church, the apostle beseeches and exhorts them to do it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him - The word rendered here as “confirm” (κυρῶσαι kurōsai) occurs in the New Testament only here and in Galatians 3:15. It means to give authority, to establish as valid, to confirm; and here means that they should give strong expressions and assurances of their love to him; that they should pursue such a course as would leave no room for doubt in regard to it. Tyndale has well rendered it: “Wherefore I exhort you that love may halve strength over him.” Paul referred, doubtless, here to some public act of the church by which the sentence of excommunication might be removed, and by which the offender might have a public assurance of their favor.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:8. That ye would confirm your love toward him. — You do love him, notwithstanding the reproach he has brought on the Gospel; and notwithstanding your love to him, ye were obliged to cut him off for the credit of the Gospel. Now that he has repented, I beseech you to confirm, κυρωσαι, to ratify, by a public act of the Church, your love to him; give him the fullest proof that you do love him; by forgiving him and restoring him to his place in the Church.