2Cor 7:6 | RWP | e4.org | Cormforteth ( παρακαλων ). See on for this word. The lowly ( τους ταπεινους ). See on . Literally, low on the ground in old sense ( ). Low in condition as here; . In regarded as abject. In this sense in papyri. "Humility as a sovereign grace is the creation of Christianity" (Gladstone, Life , iii, p. 466). By the coming ( εν τη παρουσια ). Same use of παρουσια as in which see. See also ; .

‏ 2 Corinthians 7:6

Cormforteth ( παρακαλων ). See on 1:3-7 for this word.

The lowly ( τους ταπεινους ). See on Mt 11:29. Literally, low on the ground in old sense (Eze 17:24). Low in condition as here; Jas 1:9. In 2Co 10:1 regarded as abject. In this sense in papyri. "Humility as a sovereign grace is the creation of Christianity" (Gladstone, Life, iii, p. 466).

By the coming ( εν τη παρουσια ). Same use of παρουσια as in 1Co 16:7 which see. See also 2Co 7:7; 10:10.