Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI
For he who merely abstains from evil conduct is not just, unless he also attain besides beneficence and knowledge; and for this reason some things are to be abstained from, others are to be done. "By the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"[182]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
with God? although the apostle speaks of "earthen vessels"[53]
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:7. _BY THE WORD OF TRUTH_] The doctrine of truth received immediately from God, and faithfully and affectionately preached to men. _BY THE POWER OF GOD_] Confirming this doctrin...
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH - That is, by making known the truths of the gospel. It was his object to make known the simple truth. He did not corrupt it by false mixtures of philosophy and human wisdom, but...
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...
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...
AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2)...
WORD. App-121.10. POWER. App-172. BY. through. App-104. 2 Corinthians 6:1. ARMOUR. Greek. _hoplon._ Either arms or armour. See Romans 6:13. The Greek soldier carried. sword or spear in his right ha...
_by the word of truth_ i.e. the Gospel of reconciliation, with which he was entrusted. Cf. Galatians 2:5; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 4:21; Coloss
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...
ἘΝ ΛΌΓΩΙ�. In Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:15 the Gospel is called ὁ λόγος τῆς�. The omission of the article here does not prove that the Gospel is not meant, as λόγῳ� ...
_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...
ΔΙΆ (G1223) с _gen._ через; с последующим _gen._ ΌΠΛΩΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΌΠΛΟΝ (G3696) используется только в _pl._, оружие, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗ (G1343) праведность. Это выражение обозначает либо оружие, которое д...
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...
BY THE ARMOUR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS— "While our enemies assault on every side, it is our care still to be clothed and girded about with the armour of righteousness, both on the right hand and on the left;...
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...
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...
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, BY THE WORD OF TRUTH, BY THE POWER OF GOD - rather, 'IN ... in,' etc. As to "the word of...
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...
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...
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH] i.e. in the preaching of the gospel. BY THE POWER OF GOD] i.e. in his exercise of all the powers entrusted to him by God. THE ARMOUR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, etc.] The right-hand weapo...
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...
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH. — Both words are, in the Greek, without the article, and this throws a slight shade of doubt upon their meaning. With the article, the same combination occurs in Ephesians 1:13;...
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...
(ii.) The inward gifts and qualities by the display of which the Christian minister commends himself are now enumerated. (_a_) We have, first, four graces, each described by a single word: ἐν ἁγνότητι...
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...
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...
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 7 Paul relied on God's word and power. He was ready to defend with God's righteous armor on the left hand and attack with God's righteousness on the right....
By the (d) word of truth, by the (e) power of God, by the (f) armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (d) Preaching of the Gospel. (e) Power to work miracles, and to subdue the wi...
(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,...
7._By the armor of righteousness _By_righteousness _you must understand — rectitude of conscience, and holiness of life. He employs the metaphor of _armor, _because all that serve God require to fight...
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...
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH,.... By preaching the Gospel, truly, sincerely, without any adulteration of it, which comes from the God of truth, has for its subject matter Christ, who is the truth, and into wh...
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, Ver. 7. _On the right hand, &c._] Against the world's both _irritamenta_ and _terriculamen...
_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...
THE WORD OF TRUTH; which they proclaimed. THE POWER OF GOD; by which he sanctioned and gave efficacy to the truths they uttered. BY THE ARMOR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; the armor furnished by "the righteousn...
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH, BY THE POWER OF GOD, BY THE ARMOR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT,...
The example of Paul in the midst of difficulties:...
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...
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH; living up to and keeping our eye upon the word of God, which is the word of truth: this seems to be the sense, rather than speaking truth to every one, as some have thought. BY T...
in the word of truth, in the power of God [If Paul had kept his private life in fit condition for the ministry, he had likewise demeaned himself publicly as a true apostle. If he had kept his heart lo...
2 Corinthians 6:7 by G1722 word G3056 truth G225 by G1722 power G1411 God G2316 by G1223 armor G3696 righteo
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...
‘In pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the power of God.' Paul then goes on to describe his own personal and moral...
‘By the armour (‘weapons') of righteousness on the right hand and on the left.' This next series commences with ‘by' or ‘through', and is a series of contrasts pointing to his positive approach to lif...
2 Corinthians 6:7. IN THE WORD OF TRUTH... BY THE ARMOUR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT by our conscious rectitude, which, amid all attacks both from open and concealed enemies, is...
ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT (των δεξιων κα αριστερων). Offensive weapons (οπλων) on the right, defensive on the left. See 1 Thessalonians 5:8; Ephesians 6:11 for Paul's description of the pano...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
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 Go...
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...
WE HAVE SHOWN OURSELVES. "This is how we have shown ourselves to be God's servants: by our purity of life and motives, by our knowledge of the Truth, by our patience as we endure suffering, by our kin...
_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...
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...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 6:7 WEAPONS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THE RIGHT HAND AND FOR THE LEFT. The spiritual weapons God provides (see Ephesians 6:11). Pa
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...
_By the word of truth._ By purely and sincerely preaching Gospel truth, let us show ourselves ministers of God. _By the power of God._ By working miracles, or rather, with Chrysostom, by Christian co...
_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...
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)....
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...
1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:8;...
Right - left. Right - hand and left - hand weapons. Offensive, as the sword, in the right hand, defensive, as the shield, in the left....
By the convincing and converting power of God — Accompanying his word; and also attesting it by divers miracles. By the armour of righteousness on the right hand and the left — That is, on all sides;...