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Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures
Chapter 7
2 Corinthians 7
External and internal. " Let us not handle impure things, for this is the defilement of the flesh : nor things which defile the soul, for this is the defilement of the spirit." St. Chrysostom.
Apprehensions of impending calamities. s Titus communicated to the apostle the consolation which he had experienced in his visit to Corinth.
G. P. "we were comforted in your comfort." Five Uncial manuscripts, the Syrian (Erp.), Ethiopian, and Armenian versions, present the reading of the Vulgate.
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