2 Corinthians 2 is the second chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the

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of the Christian

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. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy ( 2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE.

Text

The original text was written in

Koine Greek Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...

. This chapter is divided into 17 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: * Papyrus 46 (~AD 200) *

Codex Vaticanus The Codex Vaticanus ( The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1209), designated by siglum B or 03 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 1 ( von Soden), is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old ...

(325–350) *

Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus ( Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscript ...

(330–360) *

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...

(400–440; complete) * Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450) *

Codex Freerianus Codex Freerianus, designated by I or 016 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1041 ( von Soden), also called the ''Washington Manuscript of the Pauline Epistles'', is a 5th-century manuscript in an uncial hand on vellum in Greek. It is named afte ...

(~450; extant verses 3–4, 14) * Codex Claromontanus (~550)

Forgive the Offender

The unnamed offender, grc-x-biblical, τοιοῦτος, , "such a one" (

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), "a man in his position" ( J. B. Phillips' translation) is the man who, in "has his father’s wife".

Verse 16

: ''To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?'' *"Leading to death" (NKJV; KJV: "unto death"): or "for death", "appointed to" death (cf. ).''John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible'', – 2 Corinthians 2:16
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Verse 17

: ''For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.'' NKJV *"We are not, as so many": Paul separates himself from the false apostles, who are "many", forming "great swarms of false teachers" in the early times of Christianity (cf. ; ). Some copies read, "as the rest", as the Syriac and Arabic versions. *"Peddling the word of God" (

: ''which corrupt the word of God''): that is the Scriptures in general may be corrupted by "false glosses and human mixtures." The

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translates the last clause of (, "thy vintners mix wine with water"), in a moral or spiritual sense. The Syriac version reads the words ''Nygzmmd'', "who mix the word of God." *"We speak ... in Christ": which is "in the name of Christ, of or concerning him, and him only."''John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible'', – 2 Corinthians 2:17
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References

Bibliography

External links

* King James Bible - Wikisource
English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

''Online Bible'' at GospelHall.org
(ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
Multiple bible versions at ''Bible Gateway''
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