--- title: "Darby" description: "1:4 encourages (a-2) Parakaleo , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . I do not say" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/darbys-synopsis-of-the-new-testament/2-corinthians/2" --- 1:4 encourages (a-2) *Parakaleo* , as [Matthew 2:18](../../../kjv/matthew/2/18) ; [Matthew 5:4](../../../kjv/matthew/5/4) ; [Acts 20:12](../../../kjv/acts/20/12) ; [1 Thessalonians 3:7](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/3/7) . I do not say 'comfort,' as that is rather conveyed in *paramutheomai* , so translated in [1 Thessalonians 2:11](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/2/11) ; [1 Thessalonians 5:14](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/5/14) ; 'console,' [John 11:19](../../../kjv/john/11/19) ,[John 11:31](../../../kjv/john/11/31) ; and 'consolation,' [1 Corinthians 14:3](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/14/3) . The difference is slight, but here, as in [Acts 20](../../../kjv/acts/20) , there is the sense of 'cheered,' and this might replace 'encourage' and 'encouragement' if there were a suitable noun. 2:3 [letter] (f-7) Some refer this phrase to his first letter. In this case it must be translated, 'and I wrote the very (letter I did).' But I think *touto auto* can hardly mean that; and in the following words he refers it to the present time, when he *was* coming. It is evident that, if *egrapsa* (ver. 4) refers to his first letter, it must be translated 'I wrote;' but *ekrina* , 'I have judged,' (ver. 1) refers to the general determination of his mind. *Egrapsa* clearly often refers to what is written in the letter that contains it, and then we must say in English, 'I have written.' 2:4 wrote (g-11) This, I think, must refer to the first epistle, as he was now much relieved through the news Titus brought. It is again *egrapsa* . 2:6 rebuke (h-8) Or 'penalty.' many; (i-15) The body at large -- 'the mass,' as ch. 9.2. 2:7 grace (k-10) Or 'forgive,' as ver. 10; [Luke 7:42](../../../kjv/luke/7/42) . 2:10 forgiven, (a-15) forgiven (a-19) The perfect tense. he had done it, but it continued as a present thing. 2:15 odour (b-6) An allusion to the Roman triumphal processions, in which sweet odours were used, and when often many captives were killed, while others were spared. The 'sweet odour' was therefore unto death or unto life, as the gospel when received is a means of life, but when not received, however sweet it may be, is only a cause for condemnation. 2:17 of (c-11) Or 'adulterate.' properly 'to retail.' ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/darbys-synopsis-of-the-new-testament/2-corinthians/2#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Corinthians 2"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/darbys-synopsis-of-the-new-testament/2-corinthians/2#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/darbys-synopsis-of-the-new-testament/2-corinthians/2","name":"Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Corinthians 2","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/darbys-synopsis-of-the-new-testament/2-corinthians/2#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"1:4 encourages (a-2) Parakaleo , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . 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