2 Corinthians 7:10

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:10

2 Corinthians 7:10 Notice: I. Godly sorrow: its nature and origin. (1) The nature of godly sorrow. In the immediate context it is directly contrasted with a commoner truth, the sorrow of the world. The sorrow of the world, though it seem a thick homogeneous covering over all human life, is yet made up of as many kinds as that carpet of green which covers the earth. Godly sorrow is like the rest, inasmuch as it is sorrow; it is unlike the rest, inasmuch as it springs, not out of the sufferer's... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Corinthians 7:10-11

DISCOURSE: 2031REPENTANCE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH2 Corinthians 7:10-11. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Corinthians 7:10

salvation (See Scofield " :-") world kosmos = world-system. Galatians 6:14; John 7:7. (See Scofield "John 7:7- :") . 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 7:8-11

2 Corinthians 7:8-11For though I made you sorry with a letter I do not repent, though I did repent.The spirit of apostolical rebukeIt was marked by--I. Unflinching severity. St. Paul rejoiced in the pain he had inflicted, because the pain was transitory, while the good was permanent; because the suffering was in this world, but the salvation for eternity: for the sinner had been delivered to “Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 7:10

10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Ver. 10. Godly sorrow worketh ] Sin bred sorrow, and sorrow, being right, destroyeth sin; as the worm that breeds in the wood, eats into it and devours it. (Chrysost.) So that of this sorrow according to God we may say as the Romans did of Pompey the Great, that it is the fair and happy daughter of an ugly and odious mother. ( Εχθρου πατρος φιλτατον τεκνον . Plutarch.) It may... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Corinthians 7:10

repentance: 2 Corinthians 12:21, 2 Samuel 12:13, 1 Kings 8:47-Philippians :, Job 33:27, Job 33:28, Jeremiah 31:9, Ezekiel 7:16, Ezekiel 18:27-Amos :, Jonah 3:8, Jonah 3:10, Matthew 21:28-Jonah :, Matthew 26:75, Luke 15:10, Luke 18:13, Acts 3:19, Acts 11:18, 2 Timothy 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:26 the sorrow: The sorrow of carnal men about worldly objects, loss of fortune, fame, or friends; which, being separated from the fear and love of God, and faith in his providence and mercy, frequently drinks up... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.The sorrow of the world — Sorrow that arises from worldly considerations.Worketh death — Naturally tends to work or occasion death, temporal, spiritual, and eternal. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 7:10

10. Godly sorrow Sorrow in view of God, his law and judgment. Not to be repented of An unrepentable repentance. Death Not only a visible death, by a wasting of the body, but an eternal death, from the impenitent, worldly, godless sorrow. Sad destiny, when temporal sorrow does but work an eternal sorrow! read more

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