Affection Alarm Approve Approved Ardent Avenging Behold Business Care Carefulness Clear Clearing Completely Concern Defence Defense Demonstrated Desire Diligence Displeasure Eagerness Earnest Earnestness Effects Excusing Fear Forth Free Godly Grief Grieved Guiltless Indignation Innocent Jealousy Justice Longing Mark Matter Meting Point Produced Proved Punishment Pure Purpose Readiness Reproach Revenge Selfsame Serious Sin Sorrow Sorrowed Sorry Sort Vehement Vengeance Vindication Wiped Worked Wrath Wrong Wrought Yea Yes Yours Yourselves Zeal
7:11 For behold this selfsame thing. Here is proof that they sorrowed after a godly sort. They repented and brought forth the fruits of repentance.
What carefulness it wrought in you. No indifference any longer.
[What] clearing of yourselves. From all responsibility for the sins of the incestuous person (1Co 5:1,2 2Co 2:6-8).
[What] indignation. Against the deed that disgraced the church.
[What] revenge. What punishment of the offense committed.
7:11 How great diligence it wrought in you - Shown in all the following particulars. Yea, clearing of yourselves - Some had been more, some less, faulty; whence arose these various affections. Hence their apologizing and indignation, with respect to themselves; their fear and desire, with respect to the apostle; their zeal and revenge, with respect to the offender, yea, and themselves also. Clearing of yourselves - From either sharing in, or approving of, his sin. Indignation - That ye had not immediately corrected the offender. Fear - Of God's displeasure, or lest I should come with a rod. Vehement desire - To see me again. Zeal - For the glory of God, and the soul of that sinner. Yea, revenge - Ye took a kind of holy revenge upon yourselves, being scarce able to forgive yourselves. In all things ye - As a church. Have approved yourselves to be pure - That is, free from blame, since ye received my letter.
7:5-11 There were fightings without, or continual contentions with, and opposition from Jews and Gentiles; and there were fears within, and great concern for such as had embraced the Christian faith. But God comforts those who are cast down. We should look above and beyond all means and instruments, to God, as the author of all the consolation and good we enjoy. Sorrow according to the will of God, tending to the glory of God, and wrought by the Spirit of God, renders the heart humble, contrite, submissive, disposed to mortify every sin, and to walk in newness of life. And this repentance is connected with saving faith in Christ, and an interest in his atonement. There is a great difference between this sorrow of a godly sort, and the sorrow of the world. The happy fruits of true repentance are mentioned. Where the heart is changed, the life and actions will be changed. It wrought indignation at sin, at themselves, at the tempter and his instruments. It wrought a fear of watchfulness, and a cautious fear of sin. It wrought desire to be reconciled with God. It wrought zeal for duty, and against sin. It wrought revenge against sin and their own folly, by endeavours to make satisfaction for injuries done thereby. Deep humility before God, hatred of all sin, with faith in Christ, a new heart and a new life, make repentance unto salvation. May the Lord bestow it on every one of us.
Affection Alarm Approved Avenging Care Carefulness Clear Clearing Completely Defense Demonstrated Desire Eagerness Earnest Earnestness Effects Fear Forth Godly Indignation Jealousy Justice Longing Mark Matter Meting Pure Revenge Selfsame Sorrow Sorrowed Sorry Sort Vehement Vengeance Way Worked Wrought Yourselves Zeal
Affection Alarm Approved Avenging Care Carefulness Clear Clearing Completely Defense Demonstrated Desire Eagerness Earnest Earnestness Effects Fear Forth Godly Indignation Jealousy Justice Longing Mark Matter Meting Pure Revenge Selfsame Sorrow Sorrowed Sorry Sort Vehement Vengeance Way Worked Wrought Yourselves Zeal
