2 Corinthians 6:3

ἡ διακονία (אBCKLP, Copt.) rather than ἡ διακονία ἡμῶν (DFG, Latt. Syrr.).

3. μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενὶ διδόντες προσκοπήν. Coordinate with συνεργοῦντες (2 Corinthians 6:1). Comp. ἐν μηδενὶ λειπόμενοι (James 1:4). Winer, p. 608. On the relation of πρόσκομμα to σκάνδαλον see Ellicott on 1 Corinthians 8:9. In the N.T. πρόσκομμα is more common (1 Corinthians 8:9; Romans 9:32-33, &c.) than προσκοπή, which in the LXX. does not occur. The Vulgate has offendiculum for πρόσκομμα, except in lapis offensionis for λίθος προσκόμματος, and offensio for προσκοπή.

ἵνα μὴ μωμηθῇ ἡ διακονία. See critical note. The rare verb (2 Corinthians 8:20; Proverbs 9:7; Wis 10:14) states that he strives not to be a disfiguring blemish (2 Peter 2:13), a disgrace to his profession. In him the reputation, not merely of all ministers, but of the cause for which they worked was at stake: tunc enim vituperaretur ministerium, si aliter quam praedicabant viverent (Atto Verc.). Vituperabitur enim, non si fecerimus mala solum quae improbamus, sed etiam si non fecerimus bona quae docemus (Herveius Burgidolensis).