Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
In these verses the apostle treats concerning the incestuous person who had been excommunicated, which seems to be one principal cause of his writing this epistle. Here observe, 1. He tells them that the crime of that person had grieved him in part; and that he was grieved also with a part of them, who, notwithstanding this scandal had been found among them, were puffed...
Commenting on 2 Corinthians 2:5-11
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...
Verse 8. Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. The word here rendered confirm, (κυρωσαι) occurs in the New Testament only here and in . 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...