Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Corinthians 5:9
Therefore we are ambitious — The only ambition which has place in a Christian. Whether present — In the body. Or absent — From it.
Therefore we are ambitious — The only ambition which has place in a Christian. Whether present — In the body. Or absent — From it.
Verse 2 Corinthians 5:9. _WHEREFORE WE LABOUR_] φιλοτιμουμεθα. from φιλος, _loving_, and τιμη, _honour_; we act at all times on the _principles_ _of honour_; we are, in the proper sense of the word, a...
WHEREFORE - (Διὸ Dio). In view of the facts stated above. Since we have the prospect of a resurrection and of future glory; since we have the assurance that there is a house not made with hands, eter...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
Paul proceeds to expand the thought of 2 Corinthians 4:16, modifying the idea of an inner personality into that of a house or home for the soul prepared by God in heaven. The earthly frame in which we...
For we know that if this earthly house of ours, that tent which is the body is pulled down, we have a building which comes from God, a house not made with hands, eternal and in the heavens. For indeed...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
LABOUR. are ambitious. See Romans 15:20, Add "also". ACCEPTED. well pleasing. See Romans 12:1....
_we labour_ The word implies "_una ambitio legitima_" Bengel; a strife in which one's honour is concerned. See Romans 15:20, where the word is translated _strive_. _whether present or absent] whether...
6–10. These verses sum up results, and recall the strong conviction expressed in 2 Corinthians 5:1. The A.V. does not bring out the construction of 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, which is broken by the parenthe...
ΔΙῸ ΚΑῚ ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΎΜΕΘΑ. _Wherefore_ ALSO (2 Corinthians 1:20) _we_ ARE AMBITIOUS (R.V. margin), _whether we are_ AT HOME or ABSENT FROM HOME, _to be_ ACCEPTABLE (Romans 12:1-2;...
1–10. He continues his impassioned statement of the sufferings and the consolations of an Apostle, as drawn from his own experience. The support derived from the realization of the unseen is further d...
_A WALK WITH GOD BY FAITH 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-10:_ The state of being in this earthly body means that we are "absent from the Lord." In one sense we are with God but not in the same way we long to be an...
ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟΎΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΈΟΜΑΙ (G5389) ревностно любить или оказывать честь; быть амбициозным, посвящать себя ревностно какому-л. делу (Hughes), ΕΎΆΡΕΣΤΟΣ (G2101) доставляющи...
WHEREFORE WE LABOUR,— _We make it the height of our ambition,_ Φιλοτιμουμεθα, _whether staying in the body, or going out of it:_ that is, "Whether I am to stay longer here, or suddenly to depart." The...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Building From God Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with ha...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Frustration of the Human Soul (2 Corinthians 5:6-15) 6 So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for w...
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. WHEREFORE - With such a 'confidence' of being blessed, whether we die, or live until Christ's coming. WE LABOUR, [ p...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is e...
PRESENT OR ABSENT] i.e. living or dead. ACCEPTED] RV 'well-pleasing.'...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
WHEREFORE WE LABOUR. — Better, _we strive earnestly after._ The English “labour” is quite inadequate, the Greek expressing the thought of striving, as after some honour or prize. _Our ambition is that...
CHAPTER 13 THE CHRISTIAN HOPE. 2 Corinthians 5:1 (R.V) THAT outlook on the future, which at the close of 2 Corinthians 4:1. is presented in the most general terms, is here carried out by the Apostle...
WE MUST REMEMBER THE JUDGMENT TO COME....
διὸ καὶ φιλοτιμούμεθα κ. τ. λ.: _wherefore also we make it our ambition_ (see reff.), _whether at home or away from home, sc._, whether at His coming He finds us “in the body” or “out of the body,” _t...
LONGING TO BE “AT HOME WITH THE LORD” 2 Corinthians 5:1 This mortal life is a pilgrimage, and our body is a tent, so slight, so transitory, so easily taken down; but what does it matter, since there...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
VERSE 9 Though he had assurance, he did not grow lazy. Paul wanted to please God while in his physical body (absent) and when he was with the Lord (at home)....
Wherefore we (g) labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. (g) And seeing that it is so, we strive to live so, that both in this our pilgrimage here we may please him, and t...
(6) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (7) (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) (8) We are confident, I say, and willing...
9._Wherefore we strive. _Having shown how magnanimous Christians ought to be in the endurance of afflictions, (531) so that even in dying they may be conquerors over death, and that too, because by af...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
WHEREFORE WE LABOUR, THAT WHETHER PRESENT OR ABSENT,.... This may be understood either of the ministers of the Gospel in particular, who labour in the word and doctrine, are ambitious, as the word her...
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Ver. 9. _Wherefore we labour_] Our hope of heaven maketh us active and abundant in God's service. The doctrine of assu...
_Wherefore we labour_ Φιλοτιμουμεθα, _we are ambitious_, (the only ambition which has place in a Christian,) _that, whether present_ in the body, _or absent_ from it, _we may be accepted of him_ Ευαρε...
WHEREFORE WE LABOR, THAT, WHETHER PRESENT OR ABSENT, WE MAY BE ACCEPTED OF HIM....
Confident of Christ's acceptance:...
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
LABOUR: Or, endeavour...
9-15 The apostle quickens himself and others to acts of duty. Well-grounded hopes of heaven will not encourage sloth and sinful security. Let all consider the judgment to come, which is called, The t...
Having such a hope, yea, not such a hope only, but such an assurance and confidence, WE LABOUR, both actively, doing the will of God, and passively, submitting to the will of God in all afflictive pro...
Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV And comparison obtains in the case of things that fall under resemblance; as the more valiant man is more valiant among the valiant, and most valiant among cowa...
2 Corinthians 5:9 Therefore G1352 aim G5389 (G5736) whether G2532 G1535 present G1736 (G5723) or G1535 abse
‘For this reason also we make it our aim (aspire), whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing to him.' So whether at home in the body, or absent from the body, and present with the Lord, they mak...
THE REASON WHY THEY ARE SETTING THEIR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE (2 CORINTHIANS 5:1) The thought of looking at what is unseen, rather than at what is seen, now leads on to a consideration of the resurrect...
WE MAKE IT OUR AIM (φιλοτιμουμεθα). Old and common verb, present middle, from φιλοτιμος (φιλοσ, τιμη, fond of honour), to act from love of honour, to be ambitious in the good sense (1 Thessalonians...
LABOUR (Greek, "philotimeomai", means "are ambitious")....
2 Corinthians 5:9. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done...
1. _For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan,_ In...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house ma...
WE WANT TO PLEASE HIM. This is Paul's answer to the problem. Whatever the Lord has for him, is what he wants!!! See how Paul explains this in Philippians 1:18-26....
_Therefore we are always confident … at home in the body … absent from the Lord._ PAUL’S THOUGHTS ABOUT DYING 1. The peculiar interest of this passage is, that it gives us an insight into the apostl...
_Wherefore we labour, that … we may be accepted of Him._ LABOURING FOR ACCEPTANCE I. What we are to understand by the text. 1. The apostle did not mean that he “laboured”-- (1) To make any atoneme...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:9 WE MAKE IT OUR AIM TO PLEASE HIM. See Ephesians 5:10;...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_Wherefore we labour._ We vie with each other in our zeal, our ministry, our endeavours to please God; we strive not to be surpassed by any one in this contest _Whether present or absent._ These are...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 Corinthians 9:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:11;...
We labor [φ ι λ ο τ ι μ ο υ μ ε θ α]. Used by Paul only, here, Romans 14:20 (note), 1 Thessalonians 4:11. Labor is a feeble translation, not bringing out the idea of the end contemplated, as the motiv...
The word signifies, TO LABOUR AMBITIOUSLY, as an ambitious courtier labours for his prince's favour. We labour, whether present in the body, or absent from the body, whether living or dying, that our...