2 Corinthians 7 (WK) - Bible Truth Library

3-12: Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what comfort he took in his afflictions by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow, which his former epistle had wrought in them;

13-16: and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.

therefore.

2 Cor. 1:20• ²⁰For as many as [be] God's promises, in him [is] the yea; wherefore also by him [is] the amen for glory to God by us. (2 Cor. 1:20)

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Rom. 5:20‑21• ²⁰But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
²¹that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)

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Rom. 6:1‑11• ¹What then shall we say? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
²Let it not be. We which died to sin, how shall we live any longer in it?
³What, know ye not that as many of us as were baptized unto Christ Jesus were baptized unto his death?
⁴We were buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, that as Christ was raised out of [the] dead by the glory of the Father, so also, we should walk in newness of life.
⁵For if we are become identified with the likeness of his death, so also of his resurrection shall we be,
⁶knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be disannulled, that we should no longer serve sin.
⁷For he that died hath been justified from sin.
⁸Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him,
⁹knowing that Christ risen out of [the] dead dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him.
¹⁰For in that he died, to sin he died once for all; but in that he liveth, he liveth to God.
¹¹So also do ye reckon yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 6:1‑11)

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Heb. 4:1• ¹Let us therefore fear lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, anyone of you might seem to have failed of it. (Heb. 4:1)

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2 Peter 1:4‑8• ⁴through which he hath granted to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world in lust.
⁵But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
⁶and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
⁷and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
⁸For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:4‑8)

let.

Psa. 51:10• (Psa. 51:10)

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Psa. 119:9• (Psa. 119:9)

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Prov. 20:9• (Prov. 20:9)

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Prov. 30:12• (Prov. 30:12)

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Isa. 1:16• (Isa. 1:16)

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Jer. 13:27• (Jer. 13:27)

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Ezek. 18:30‑32• (Ezek. 18:30‑32)

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Ezek. 36:25‑26• (Ezek. 36:25‑26)

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Matt. 5:8• ⁸Blessed the pure in heart; for they shall see God. (Matt. 5:8)

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Matt. 12:33• ³³{i}Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.{/i} (Matt. 12:33)

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Matt. 23:25‑26• ²⁵{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.{/i}
²⁶{i}Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.{/i} (Matt. 23:25‑26)

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Luke 11:39‑40• ³⁹{i}But the Lord{/i} said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness.
⁴⁰Fools, hath not he who hath made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:39‑40)

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Titus 2:11‑14• ¹¹For the grace of God appeared bringing salvation to all men,
¹²instructing us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godlily in this present age,
¹³looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:11‑14)

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James 4:8• ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded. (James 4:8)

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1 Peter 1:22• ²²purified your souls as ye have in your obedience to the truth unto brotherly affection unfeigned, love one another out of a pure heart fervently, (1 Peter 1:22)

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1 Peter 2:11• ¹¹Beloved, I exhort [you] as strangers and sojourners to abstain from the fleshly lusts such as war against the soul, (1 Peter 2:11)

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1 John 3:3• ³And every one that hath this hope on him purifieth himself even as he is pure. (1 John 3:3)

filthiness.

Isa. 55:7• (Isa. 55:7)

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Jer. 4:14• (Jer. 4:14)

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1 Cor. 6:20• ²⁰For ye were bought with a price: do then glorify God in your body. (1 Cor. 6:20)

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Eph. 2:3• ³among whom we all also had our conversation once in the lusts of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were children, by nature, of wrath even as the rest; (Eph. 2:3)

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1 Thess. 5:23• ²³Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit, and soul and body be preserved entire without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:23)

perfecting.

Matt. 5:48• ⁴⁸Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matt. 5:48)

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Eph. 4:12‑13• ¹²for the perfecting of the saints, unto work of ministry, unto edifying of the body of the Christ,
¹³until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at [the] measure of [the] stature of the fullness of the Christ; (Eph. 4:12‑13)

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Phil. 3:12‑15• ¹²Not that I already received [it] or am already perfected; but I pursue if I may also lay hold, for that also I have been laid hold of by Christ.
¹³Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold;
¹⁴but one thing(for-getting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before, I pursue goalward unto the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.
¹⁵As many therefore as [are] perfect, let us mind this. And if in anything ye are differently minded, this also will God reveal to you. (Phil. 3:12‑15)

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1 Thess. 3:13• ¹³in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. (1 Thess. 3:13)

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1 Thess. 4:7• ⁷For God called us not for uncleanness but in sanctification. (1 Thess. 4:7)

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Heb. 12:23• ²³and to an assembly of firstborns, enrolled in heavens; and to God judge of all; and to spirits of just ones made perfect; (Heb. 12:23)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace that called you unto his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, after having suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)

in.

2 Chron. 19:9• (2 Chron. 19:9)

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Psa. 19:9• (Psa. 19:9)

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Prov. 8:13• (Prov. 8:13)

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Prov. 16:6• (Prov. 16:6)

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Acts 9:31• ³¹The assembly then, throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied. (Acts 9:31)

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Heb. 12:28• ²⁸Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and fear. (Heb. 12:28)

• It is not only that we are to be separate from the world; but, in relationship with God, to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit: holiness in the outward walk, and that which is quite as important with regard to our relationship to God, purity of thought. For, although man does not see the thoughts, the flow of the Spirit is stopped in the heart. (“2 Corinthians 7” by J.N. Darby)

• There are those who inculcate what is personal only and apologize for ecclesiastical evil as if it did not compromise them in the Lord's dishonor; there are others whose zeal is solely for ecclesiastical purity and whose personal ways are light and loose and far below those of many a saint in humanly formed and ordered societies. Both classes are condemned by the solemn words before us: the first by chapter 6:14-18, the second by chapter 7:1. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:17-18” by W. Kelly)

• Separating from unholy outward connections with the world should be coupled with cleansing ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit within us. It shows that it’s possible to separate from things outwardly, but go on with all sorts of uncleanness inwardly in our personal lives. (“Paul's Appeal to the Corinthians: 2 Corinthians 6:11-7:5” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holinessi in God’s fear.

JND Translation Notes

Hagiosune. See Note at Rom. 1.4.

W. Kelly Translation

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God’s fear.