2 Corinthians 7:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises; i.e. of God’s dwelling in us, and walking with us; of God’s being our Father, and making and owning us as his sons; which promises are made to true penitents that will touch no unclean thing. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and the spirit; let us, through the assistance of Divine grace, endeavour to cleanse ourselves, or keep ourselves clean, not only from fleshly filthiness, such as are sins of intemperance, drunkenness, uncleanness;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:1

HOMILETIC ANALYSIS.—2 Corinthians 6:14 to 2 Corinthians 7:1The paragraph may be gathered up round the central figure—The Temple of the Living God.—The Church collectively, then, is:—I. The scene of special Divine manifestation.—1. His manifestation makes “holy ground.” The flame which played harmless around the Bush in Horeb made a spot where, for the nonce, every man must tread with bare feet. [I.e. he is no better than the poorest or than a slave when he stands there in the presence of God;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:1-16

CRITICAL NOTES2 Corinthians 7:1. Therefore.—This verse a branch broken from 2 Corinthians 6:16-18. This word is like the jagged fibres which tell of the violence, and point back to the parent stem. Having.—Observe, the evangelical generalising of the scope of, and ownership in, these Old Testament sentences (see Appended Note). Cleanse ourselves.—“Deliverance from sin, although … God’s work in us, is yet obtained by our own moral effort and our own faith. It therefore depends upon ourselves... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:1

2 Corinthians 7:1 Consider: I. That part of the exhortation which requires the destruction of evil: "Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit." By filthiness is meant moral pollution of any kind. It denotes not exclusively or especially any particular sin, but sin as such everything which renders the character loathsome in God's sight. (2) The words "flesh and spirit" we understand as denoting the seat of the sin. Filthiness of the flesh we take to be sin in its... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Corinthians 7:1

DISCOURSE: 2029SANCTIFICATION WROUGHT BY THE PROMISES2 Corinthians 7:1. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.CHRISTIANITY, if viewed aright, is a remedy suited to the necessities of fallen man. Man has lost both the favour and the image of God: and the Gospel restores him to both: to his favour first, and afterwards to his image. The promise made to Adam in Paradise, that... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Corinthians 7:1

perfecting (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:1-16

Shall we turn in our Bibles now to II Corinthians, chapter seven.The first verse of chapter seven immediately refers us back to chapter six. And so as we look at this, we realize that chapter seven more, verse one of chapter seven, more appropriately belongs with chapter six. This is one of those cases where I feel they made a mistake in their chapter separations.Originally, when Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthians, it was just a letter that they were to read straight through. In about the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 7:1-16

2 Corinthians 7:1 . Having therefore these promises. Our good archbishop Langton is blamed by many critics for separating this verse from the preceding chapter. The great and precious promises of the new covenant are all designed to embolden our approaches to God. If he adopt us, and make us his living temple, then we should resemble him in holiness. This holiness, it would seem, is taught here, both as a progressive, and as an instantaneous work. The first effort towards holiness is the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 7:1

2 Corinthians 7:1Having these promises … let us cleanse ourselves … perfecting holiness: Having the promises of GodUnder what notion have we the promises of God?1. We have them as manifest tokens of God’s favour towards us.2. We have them as fruits of Christ’s purchase.3. They are plain and ample declarations of the good-will of God towards men, and therefore as God’s part of the covenant of grace.4. They are a foundation of our faith, and we have them as such; and also of our hope, on these we... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:1

1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Ver. 1. Having therefore, &c. ] Faith in the promises purifieth the heart, Acts 15:9 , and argueth notably from mercy to duty, melting the hardness of it by the consideration of the promises. Let a cart loaded go over a frozen river, the cart breaks the ice, but it remains ice still. But let the sun shine upon the river, and it... read more

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