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Verse 2 Corinthians 6:8. _BY HONOUR AND DISHONOUR_] By going through
both; sometimes respected, sometimes despised.
_BY EVIL REPORT AND GOOD REPORT_] Sometimes praised, at other times
calumniated.
_...
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BY HONOR AND DISHONOR - The apostle is still illustrating the
proposition that he and his fellow-laborers endeavored to give no
offence 2 Corinthians 6:3, and to commend themselves as the ministers
of...
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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...
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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...
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AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2)...
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We do our work, trying to put an obstacle in no man's way, for we do
not wish the ministry to become a laughing stock for critics. But in
everything we try to keep on commending ourselves as ministers...
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HONOUR. glory. Greek. _doxa._ See p. 1611.
DISHONOUR. shame. Greek. _atimia_. See Romans 1:26.
EVIL REPORT. Greek. _dusphemia._ Only here.
GOOD REPORT. Greek. _euphemia._ Only here.
DECEIVERS. Gree...
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_by honour and dishonour_ The preposition is here changed in the
original, and _not_in our version. It means either _by means of_, or
_by endurance of_, both of which senses are given by our English
_...
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ΔΙᾺ ΔΌΞΗΣ ΚΑῚ�. _By_ GLORY _and dishonour_. The
δόξα comes from God and His true servants, as when the Galatians
treated him as an ἄγγελος θεοῦ (Galatians 4:14): the
ἀτιμία (2 Corinthians 11:21;...
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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...
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_CONDUCT THAT BRINGS GLORY TO GOD 2 CORINTHIANS 6:6-10:_ The
statements in these verses show what Paul had done to have God's
approval as a faithful minister of Christ. Paul lived a holy life. He
cons...
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ΑΤΙΜΊΑ (G819) несчастье, бесчестие,
ΔΥΣΦΗΜΊΑ (G1426) хула, дурной отзыв,
ΕΎΦΗΜΊΑ (G2162) хвала, добрый отзыв,
ΠΛΆΝΟΣ (G4108) обманщик....
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DISCOURSE: 2025
THE CHARACTER OF A CHRISTIAN MINISTER
2 Corinthians 6:4. In all things approving ourselves at the ministers
of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in
distresses, in...
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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...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 2
In Actions (2 Corinthians 6:3-13)
3We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found
with our ministry, 4but as servants of God we commend ourselves in...
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By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as
deceivers, and yet true; 'Through glory and dishonour'-namely, from
those in authority-accruing to us present; 'through evil report and
goo...
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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...
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AS DECEIVERS] probably refers to the charges of his opponents....
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PARAPHRASE. 'We avoid all conduct which might bring reproach upon our
ministry; (4) and try, on the contrary, to commend ourselves by acting
as true ministers of God. (5) This is our aim in all the tr...
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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...
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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 d...
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BY HONOUR AND DISHONOUR. — The enumeration of the elements in and by
which his ministry is carried on begins to take a more personal
character. We trace once more in the words that follow the
sensitiv...
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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...
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(_ b_) διὰ δόξης καὶ ἀτιμίας, διὰ
δυσφημίας καὶ εὐφημίας : _by glory_ (_cf._ John
5:41) _and dishonour, by evil report and good report_. To
misrepresentation and slander St. Paul was much exposed, and...
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THE CONDITIONS AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS APOSTOLIC MINISTRY. We
have in this noble description of his service a characteristic
outburst of impassioned eloquence on a topic in which the Apostle fe...
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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
righ...
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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...
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VERSE 8 He had been honored by converts and dishonored by Jews and
Judaizers. Each side gave a different account of him. Some thought of
him as a fraud, but God knew he was a faithful servant....
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The apostles maintained the character, and fulfilled the duties of the
ministers of Christ, equally in prosperity and adversity; they
continued to speak the truth, though regarded by the Jews as seduc...
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(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,...
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8._By honor and dishonor _This is no slight test for subjecting a man
to trial, for to a man of a noble spirit nothing is more unpleasant,
than to incur disgrace. Hence we may observe in all histories...
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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...
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BY HONOUR AND DISHONOUR,.... Some persons think and speak honourably
of us, and behave in a reverent manner towards us; they wish us well,
bid us God speed, receive us into their houses, and treat us...
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By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers,
and _yet_ true;
Ver. 8. _By honour and dishonour, &c._] It is written on heaven doors
(said that martyr), "Do well and hear ill....
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_By honour and dishonour_ When we are present; _by evil report and
good report_ When we are absent. Who could bear honour and good
report, were they not balanced by dishonour and evil report? _As
dece...
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AS DECEIVERS; in the view of our enemies....
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The example of Paul in the midst of difficulties:...
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BY HONOR AND DISHONOR, BY EVIL REPORT AND GOOD REPORT: AS DECEIVERS,
AND YET TRUE;...
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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...
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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...
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by glory and dishonor [When present in such cities as Philippi,
Thessalonica and Corinth, etc., Paul had been held in glory and honor
by the converts of his ministry, but had been dishonored by heathe...
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2 Corinthians 6:8 by G1223 honor G1391 and G2532 dishonor G819 by
G1223 report G1426 and G2532 report G2162
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‘By glory and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as
deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and
behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet
alwa...
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AS WORKERS TOGETHER WITH GOD PAUL NOW FURTHER CITES THEIR OWN
CREDENTIALS AS THOSE WHO SHARE IN THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST (2
CORINTHIANS 6:3)
The following description of their genuineness and of all t...
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2 Corinthians 6:8.... AS DECEIVERS in the account of our enemies, AND
_YET_ TRUE in reality;...
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BY GLORY AND DISHONOUR
(δια δοξης κα ατιμιας). Here δια is no longer
instrument, but state or condition. Δοξα here is glory. See Romans
9:21; 2 Timothy 2:20 for contrast between honour and dishonou...
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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...
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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
Go...
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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...
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WE ARE. Paul shows the paradox of his service to Christ. People
respond differently to his work of preaching Christ. [_MacKnight_ sees
in this the fact that Paul neither becomes conceited nor discoura...
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_By pureness._
PURENESS
The Greek word--like the cognate form, “holiness”--seems to come
from a root denoting reverence. It suggests the thought of the awe
with which nature herself regards the prese...
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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...
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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...
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_By honour and dishonour._ Whether we are honoured and praised, or
dishonoured and abused, as, _e.g_., when the Lycaonians wished to
worship Paul as God, and directly afterwards to stone him as an
imp...
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_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 between...
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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)....
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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 t...
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1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 Timothy 3:7; 1 Timothy 4:10;...
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Deceivers. See ch. 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 4:2. The opinions
concerning Paul as a deceiver are mirrored in the Clementine Homilies
and Recognitions, spurious writings, ascribed to Clement of...
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By honour and dishonour — When we are present. By evil report and
good report — When we are absent. Who could bear honour and good
report, were it not balanced by dishonour? As deceivers — Artful,
des...