Severian of Gabala

In his own words on 2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 1:4

  Paul sets this down beforehand because he is about to say that the man who had been condemned because of his sin should be reconciled by God's comforting power.

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• 2 Corinthians 1:6

  If the apostles suffered, how much more are the others likely to suffer!

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• 2 Corinthians 1:22

  Shepherds brand their sheep so as to distinguish the ones which belong to them from others. This is what Christ has done to us.

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• 2 Corinthians 3:3

  Paul shows how much better the grace of the Spirit is than the law and how much higher the preaching of the apostles is than the dispensation of the prophets.

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• 2 Corinthians 3:5

  By "from us" Paul means "from one another."

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• 2 Corinthians 3:12

  What hope do we have? The hope that the grace of the Spirit will not be abolished like the law but that it will remain, even after the resurrection.

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• 2 Corinthians 3:17

  The person who has been blessed with the Spirit of the Lord has been set free from the condemnation of the law, for the spiritual gifts are given their power through the Spirit. Moreover, the gift is given freely to those who are ready to receive it.

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• 2 Corinthians 3:18

  We are being changed from knowledge of the law into the grace of the Spirit. And it must be remembered that from the glory of the Spirit working in us we come to the glory of our inheritance as sons. This is the work of the Spirit, for it must be held that here the word Lord refers to the Spirit and not to the Son of God.

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• 2 Corinthians 4:3

  It is veiled only to those who are unbelievers. It is not hidden from everyone, as the face of Moses was hidden from all Israel in the Old Testament..

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• 2 Corinthians 5:3

  Everyone, righteous and unrighteous alike, will put on immortality. But if the latter are consigned to hell, that is the same thing as being found naked.

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• 2 Corinthians 5:7

  By faith we hope in God, for his form is not visible to us. But we believe that we shall dwell with him and that we shall see him as far as it is possible for a human being to see him. For Moses saw him when he was still in the body, and the angels see him in the way that is possible for them.

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• 2 Corinthians 5:16

  When Christ was a man, he lived in a human way, fulfilling the law. But when he died and rose again, immortal, he abolished the things of the law and took on the ways of heaven. Therefore those who have been baptized must also put the ways of the world to death and imitate the pure behavior of heaven.

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• 2 Corinthians 5:21

  Paul shows here how much he grieved for those who obstinately kept the law. For by keeping the law, he says, we become sinners. Christ became sin in order to deliver us from the law. God says to us that we should accept this freedom by no longer remaining in bondage to the commands of the law.

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• 2 Corinthians 12:7

  Many people think this was some kind of headache, but in reality Paul is referring to the persecutions which he suffered, because they came from diabolical powers.

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• 2 Corinthians 12:9

  God's power is made perfect in persecutions and sufferings.

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• 2 Corinthians 13:4

  Earlier Paul said that Christ became sin and a curse for us, even though he knew no sin and was not a curse in himself. Likewise here he says that Christ was crucified in weakness, even though this weakness was not his own but rather something which he assumed on our behalf.

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