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Verse 2 Corinthians 6:6. _BY PURENESS_] εν αγνοτητι. In
_simplicity_ of intention, and _purity of affection_; together with
that _chastity_ and _holiness_ of life which the Gospel enjoins.
_BY KNOWLE...
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BY PURENESS - Paul, having in the previous verses, grouped together
some of the sufferings which he endured and by which he had endeavored
to commend and extend the true religion, proceeds here to gro...
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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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BY. In. Greek. _en,_ as in 2 Corinthians 6:2.
PURENESS. Greek. _hagnotes._ Only here. Compare the adjective _hagnos_
in 2 Corinthians 7:11.
KNOWLEDGE. Greek. _gnosis_. App-132.
KINDNESS. App-184.
H...
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_by pureness_ The preposition in the Greek is not changed here, though
the Apostle turns from outward to inward signs of his sincerity, a
change marked in our version by the use of -by" for -in." Wicl...
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ἘΝ ἉΓΝΌΤΗΤΙ. General purity of life and sincerity of
purpose (2 Corinthians 11:3 and nowhere else in Biblical Greek): _in
castitate_ (Vulgate) is too narrow. See Westcott on 1 John 3:3.
ἘΝ ΓΝΏΣΕΙ. Kno...
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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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ΆΓΝΌΤΗΤΗΣ _gen. fem. sing. от_ ΆΓΝΌΤΗΣ (G54)
чистота. Это слово, вероятно,
относится к чистоте жизненных
помыслов в плане сознания (Hughes),
возможно, значит "невинность"_(Barrett).
ΓΓΩΣΙΣ (G1099) зн...
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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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BY PURENESS, BY KNOWLEDGE, &C.— _By purity,_ or _chastity._ Heylin.
"By _knowledge_ of those divine truths which it is our great business
to teach others; and by the due exercise of that knowledge, th...
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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 pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy
Ghost, by love unfeigned,
BY ... BY ... - Greek, 'In ... in,' etc.; not the instrument, but the
sphere or element in which his...
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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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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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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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BY] RV 'in.' The preposition 'in' is unchanged until the last clause
of 2 Corinthians 6:7, 'by the armour,' etc.
THE HOLY GHOST] the translation, 'in a holy spirit,' is tempting, as
it brings the cla...
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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 PURENESS... — The word may possibly mean “purity of motive”
in its widest sense, but the use of the corresponding adjective in 2
Corinthians 11:2; 1 Timothy 5:22; Titus 2:3;...
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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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(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...
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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 6 He had remained holy, not allowing trials to cause him to
compromise the truth. He quietly suffered all the trials and was kind
to his greatest tormentors. The Holy Spirit gave Paul strength a...
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(5) By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the
Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
(5) Secondly he reckons up such virtues as are necessary, and ought
alway be in them, and by which...
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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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_THE HOLY GHOST_
‘By the Holy Ghost.’
2 Corinthians 6:6
The Holy Ghost is the greatest power in the world in the formation of
character, in the shaping of history, in the ordering of the universe....
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_Knowledge _may be taken in two senses — either as meaning doctrine
itself, or skill in acting properly and _knowingly. _The latter
appears to me the more likely, as he immediately adds — _the word of...
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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 PURENESS,.... The apostle having observed how he, and other
ministers of God, showed themselves to be such by patiently bearing
everything that was afflictive and distressing to the outward man,
pr...
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By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy
Ghost, by love unfeigned,
Ver. 6. _By pureness_] By lamb-like simplicity or sincerity. Religion
loves to lie clean, said one. God...
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_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...
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BY PURENESS; of heart and life. In this and the following verse he
mentions the spiritual graces and instrumentalities belonging to his
ministry. He then passes again to the conditions and character,...
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BY PURENESS, BY KNOWLEDGE, BY LONG-SUFFERING, BY KINDNESS, BY THE HOLY
GHOST, BY LOVE UNFEIGNED,...
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The example of Paul in the midst of difficulties:...
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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 PURENESS: as the apostle in the former words had declared the
patience of his conversation, in the enduring of the afflictions of
the gospel; so in this verse he declares the more internal holiness...
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in pureness [he had lived a holy and chaste life], _in knowledge_ [His
sufferings had not perverted his understanding of the gospel, or of
God's plan. As he had endured all temptations to self-indulge...
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Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus A Sectional Confession of Faith
Then he adds these words: "By kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love
unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God."[85]...
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2 Corinthians 6:6 by G1722 purity G54 by G1722 knowledge G1108 by
G1722 longsuffering G3115 by G1722 kindness G55
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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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‘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...
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2 Corinthians 6:6. IN PURENESS... IN THE HOLY GHOST probably such
manifestations of the power of the truth as left no room for doubt
that it was the Holy Ghost “giving testimony to the word of His
gra...
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IN LOVE UNFEIGNED
(εν αγαπη ανυποκριτω). Late and rare word (α
privative and υποκριτος, from υποκρινομα) This is
the only love that is worth while (Romans 12:9)....
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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 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...
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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 pureness._ Being pure in all things, not only inasmuch as Paul was
guiltless of bribery, and forbade his disciples to yield to it, but
also because he preached not at others' expense, as Theophyla...
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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 13:4; 1 Corinthians 2:1; 1 Corinthians 2:16; 1
Corinthians 2:2;...
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By prudence — Spiritual divine; not what the world terms so. Worldly
prudence is the practical use of worldly wisdom: divine prudence is
the due exercise of grace, making spiritual understanding go as...
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The apostle, in the foregoing verses, had declared how many
difficulties and dangers must be encountered by him that will attain
the ends of his ministry, and approve himself unto God in integrity
and...