2 Corinthians 6:3
What meaning of the 2 corinthians 6:3 in the Bible?
What does 2 Corinthians 6:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:"
What does 2 Corinthians 6:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:"
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:3. _GIVING NO OFFENCE_] The word προσκοπη, read προσκομμα, Romans 14:13, signifies a _stumbling block_ in general, or any thing over which a man stumbles or falls; and here means...
GIVING NO OFFENCE IN ANYTHING - We the ministers of God, 2 Corinthians 6:1. The word rendered “offence” means, properly, stumbling; then offence, or cause of offence, a falling into sin. The meaning h...
7. THE EXAMPLE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL; HIS TESTINGS AND TRIALS. CHAPTER 6:1-13 He beseeches the Corinthians as coworkers, in view of the ministry of reconciliation, not to receive this grace of God in v...
2 Corinthians 5:20 to 2 Corinthians 6:10. Paul proceeds to expound and apply the relationship between himself and his converts based upon this ministry. He acts in Christ's stead when he beseeches men...
AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2)...
NO... ANYTHING. A double negative. Greek. _medeis... medeis._ OFFENCE. cause of stumbling. Greek. _proskopo._ Only here. Compare the verb _proskopto,_ Romans 9:32. THAT = in order that, Greek. _hina...
_Giving no offence in any thing_ This verse is closely connected in sense with _v_, 1. St Paul now enters upon a long passage in which he shews how the -ministry of reconciliation" is practically carr...
1–10. S. Paul continues his personal explanations respecting his work. These personal explanations are specially prominent in 2 Corinthians 6:3-4, about which 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 give details as to t...
_WORKERS TOGETHER FOR GOD 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1-5:_ Let us make good use of the opportunities that are ours by the grace of God as we labor together in the kingdom of Christ. Our salvation and the salvati...
ΜΗΔΕΜΊΑΝ _асс. fem. sing. от_ ΜΗΔΕΊΣ (G3367) никакой. Усиленное отрицание: "вовсе никакого оскорбления" (BAGD). ΔΙΔΌΝΤΕΣPRAES. _act. part. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. _Praes._ указывает на привычное,...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Blameless Ministry Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 6:1-10. And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain 2 for he saith, At an accept...
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: Resuming the connection, , interrupted by the parenthetical . "Giving no offence" (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:32), "approving ourselves,...
16 Paul had been proclaiming the kingdom, with Christ and the nation which is related to Him by physical ties at its head. Entrance into that kingdom was by a birth from above. But now the figure of b...
I, 2. PARAPHRASE. 'Now it is as coöperators with God in this work that we exhort you not to make the grace of God fruitless in your life by continuing in sin. (2) For God has told us in Scripture of a...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 V1 As people who work with God, we ask you this again and again. ‘Do not receive God’s kindness in such a way that it do...
GIVING NO OFFENCE... — The participial construction is resumed from 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 6:2 being treated as parenthetical. A subtle distinction in the two forms of the Greek negative sug...
CHAPTER 17 THE SIGNS OF AN APOSTLE. 2 Corinthians 6:1 (R.V) THE ministry of the Gospel is a ministry of reconciliation; the preacher of the Gospel is primarily an evangelist. He has to proclaim that...
to 2 Corinthians 6:3. AS CHRIST'S AMBASSADOR HE ENTREATS THE CORINTHIANS TO BE RECONCILED TO GOD....
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 6:1 On God's side the work of reconciliation is complete. Everything has been done and is in readiness to make forgiveness and justifying rig...
The injunction, "We intreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain," harmonizes in method with many others used by Paul. Let your conduct harmonize with your position in grace. With what po...
VERSE 3 In verse 1, Paul said he pleaded with men to accept God's plan of salvation. Now, he says he lived his life in a way that would not cause men to refuse the appeal because of the messenger. He...
(3) Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: (3) He shows the Corinthians a pattern of a true minister in his own example, and in Timothy and Silvanus, to the end that he migh...
In this, and in the following verses, St. Paul shews his anxious solicitude not to give any, the least occasion of scandal, lest some reproach might fall upon the ministry of the gospel: for nothing i...
(3) Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed: (4) But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,...
3._Giving no offense _We have already on several occasions remarked, that Paul sometimes commends the ministry of the gospel generally, and at other times his own integrity. (581) In the present insta...
Paul had said that God exhorted by his means. In Chapter 6 the affection of the apostle carries on by the Spirit this divine work, beseeching the Corinthians that it might not be in vain in their case...
GIVING NO OFFENCE IN ANYTHING,.... These words are in connection with 2 Corinthians 6:1 and to be considered either as a continuation of the exhortation to others, that they would take care to give no...
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: Ver. 3. _Giving no offence_] A minister should be as Absalom was, without blemish from head to foot. His fruit should be, as that of P...
_Giving_, as far as in us lies, _no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed_ On our account. _But in all things_ Or in every respect; _approving ourselves_ To our Divine Master and his c...
GIVING NO OFFENCE; that is, we the apostles giving no offence. THE MINISTRY; the apostolic ministry committed to us by Christ....
GIVING NO OFFENSE IN ANYTHING, THAT THE MINISTRY BE NOT BLAMED;...
The message of reconciliation having been received by the Corinthians, now the Lord's servants, as fellow-workmen in unity, had further entreaty to make of them. Their profession of faith would be tes...
1-10 The gospel is a word of grace sounding in our ears. The gospel day is a day of salvation, the means of grace the means of salvation, the offers of the gospel the offers of salvation, and the pre...
GIVING NO OFFENCE IN ANY THING: to give no offence signifies, to avoid all actions which may be occasion of spiritual stumbling unto others, i.e. to make them to sin against God, or estrange their hea...
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed [The participle "giving" co-ordinates with "entreats" found in verse 1. To give force and effect to his entreaty, Paul...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV " And, as a consequence, also they ought to yield to men; for it is reasonable, on account of abusive calumnies: Here is the specification: "in much patience, in...
2 Corinthians 6:3 give G1325 (G5723) no G3367 offense G4349 in G1722 anything G3367 that G3363 ministry G1248 may G3469 not G3363 blamed G3469 (G5686) 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 8:20;...
‘Giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patient endurance: in afflictions, in necessary...
GIVING NO OCCASION OF STUMBLING IN ANY THING (μηδεμιαν εν μηδεν διδοντες προσκοπην). Προσκοπη, late word (Polybius, LXX), from προσκοπτω, to strike against, to stumble. Only here in N.T. Note doubl...
2 Corinthians 6:1. _We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain._ God's servants are called to take many different positions. They are ambassa...
CONTENTS: Paul's ministry to the Corinthians. Appeal to separation and cleansing. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The ministers of the Gospel should look upon themselves as G...
2 Corinthians 6:1. _We then as workers together_ with the Lord, who has by himself purged our sins, and reconciled all things to himself on the cross, and has commissioned us to continue the ministry...
TO FIND FAULT. Paul lives a holy and pure life, so that no one will find fault with his work. All God's servants must do this! OBSTACLES. This includes many things. Probably Paul is pointing to the fa...
_Giving no offence ._ .. that the ministry be not blamed. MINISTERS CAUTIONED AGAINST GIVING OFFENCE To preach and to act so that none shall be offended would indeed be an impossible task; and that...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 6:3 Paul defends his ministry as an apostle by once again calling attention to his faithfulness amid the changing circumstances of his apostolic life. Paul’s minist...
CHAPTER 6 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts them not to neglect the proffered grace of reconciliation spoken of at the end of the last chapter. II. He points out (ver. 4) the qualities required...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ THIS CHAPTER WRONGLY ISOLATED AT BOTH ENDS by the customary division of the book. Connection quite closely continuous between 2 Corinthians 5:20 and 2 Corinthians 6:1; as also betwee...
EXPOSITION The methods and conditions of an apostolic ministry (2 Corinthians 6:1). Appeal to the Corinthians to reciprocate his affection and separate themselves from evil (2 Corinthians 6:11). 2 C...
We then, as workers together with him (2 Corinthians 6:1), And what a glorious way to view the ministry. I'm working with Jesus, working together with Him. [We] beseech you also that ye receive not...
1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Corinthians 9:22; 2 Corinthians 1:12;...
Ministry. Rev., ministration. See on Romans 12:7. Blamed [μ ω μ η θ η]. Only here and ch. 8 20. The kindred mwmov blemish, is found 2 Peter 2:13, and in the Septuagint of bodily defects. Similarly th...
Giving, as far as in us lies, no offence, that the ministry be not blamed on our account....
Observe here, 1. The nature and quality of the work which the ambassadors of Christ are called to and do labour in; A MINISTRY. Observe, 2. What was the desire and aim, the care and endeavour of the...