2 Korinther 2:8

8 Darum ermahne ich euch, daß ihr die Liebe an ihm beweiset.

2 Korinther 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 2:8

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 of respect and friendship; and let your reception of him in this kind and friendly way be with the full consent, and by the joint vote and suffrage of the whole church, for so the word translated "confirm" signifies; for as the ejection of a person out of a church must be done by the decree and vote of the church, or it is not authentic, so the reception of a person into it must be in like manner; and since this was to be done by the suffrage of the church, the apostle beseeches and exhorts them to do it.

2 Korinther 2:8 In-Context

6 Es ist aber genug, daß derselbe von vielen also gestraft ist,

7 daß ihr nun hinfort ihm desto mehr vergebet und ihn tröstet, auf daß er nicht in allzu große Traurigkeit versinke.

8 Darum ermahne ich euch, daß ihr die Liebe an ihm beweiset.

9 Denn darum habe ich euch auch geschrieben, daß ich erkennte, ob ihr rechtschaffen seid, gehorsam zu sein in allen Stücken.

10 Welchem aber ihr etwas vergebet, dem vergebe ich auch. Denn auch ich, so ich etwas vergebe jemand, das vergebe ich um euretwillen an Christi Statt,