2Cor 1:15-16 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 15. And in this confidence ] Under the conviction or persuasion that this is the case; that ye exult in us, as we do in you; I was minded ] I had purposed to come to you before , as he had intimated, ; for he had intended to call on them in his way from Macedonia, but this purpose he did not fulfil; and he gives the reason, . A second benefit ] He had been with them once , and they had received an especial blessing in having the seed of life sown among them by the preaching of the Gospel; and he had purposed to visit them again that they might have a second blessing, in having that seed watered . Instead of χαριν, grace or benefit , several MSS. read χαραν joy, pleasure ; but the word grace or benefit , seems to express the apostle's meaning best.

‏ 2 Corinthians 1:15-16

Verse 15. And in this confidence] Under the conviction or persuasion that this is the case; that ye exult in us, as we do in you;

I was minded] I had purposed to come to you before, as he had intimated, 1Co 16:5; for he had intended to call on them in his way from Macedonia, but this purpose he did not fulfil; and he gives the reason, 2Co 1:23.

A second benefit] He had been with them once, and they had received an especial blessing in having the seed of life sown among them by the preaching of the Gospel; and he had purposed to visit them again that they might have a second blessing, in having that seed watered. Instead of χαριν, grace or benefit, several MSS. read χαραν joy, pleasure; but the word grace or benefit, seems to express the apostle's meaning best.

Verse 16. To pass by you into Macedonia] He had purposed to go to Macedonia first, and then from Macedonia return to them, and probably winter in Corinth. Therefore we must understand the δι υμων, by you, as implying that he would sail up the AEgean Sea, leaving Corinth to the west; though he might have taken it in his way, and have gone by land through Greece up to Macedonia. Some think that the meaning is, that he purposed to take Achaia in his way to Macedonia, without calling at Corinth; but Achaia was out of his way considerably, and he could scarcely go through Achaia without passing close by Corinth. I consider the words, therefore, as implying that he purposed not to call at Corinth at that time, but to pass by it, as before stated.