Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 5:11
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11. terror of the Lord —the coming judgment, so full of terrors to unbelievers [ESTIUS]. ELLICOTT and ALFORD, after GROTIUS and BENGEL, translate, "The fear of the Lord" ( 2 Corinthians 7:1 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Acts 9:31 ; Romans 3:18 ; Ephesians 5:21 ). persuade —Ministers should use the terrors of the Lord to persuade men, not to rouse their enmity ( Judges 1:23 ). BENGEL, ESTIUS, and ALFORD explain: "Persuade men" (by our whole lives, Judges 1:23- : ), namely, of our integrity as ministers. But this would have been expressed after "persuade," had it been the sense. The connection seems as follows: He had been accused of seeking to please and win men, he therefore says (compare Judges 1:23- : ), "It is as knowing the terror (or fear ) of the Lord that we persuade men; but (whether men who hear our preaching recognize our sincerity or not) we are made manifest unto God as acting on such motives ( Judges 1:23- : ); and I trust also in your consciences." Those so "manifested" need have no "terror" as to their being "manifested ( English Version, 'appear') before the judgment-seat" ( 2 Corinthians 5:10 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"
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