Although saddened. See Hebrews 12:11. We seem poor. The false teachers probably said that Paul's poverty showed God's disfavor! But he follows the example of Christ (2 Corinthians 8:9). He makes others rich spiritually!!! Nothing. He did not have the rank and honor, nor the luxury which the false teachers seized for themselves. But, in Christ, everything was his!!! See 1 Corinthians 3:22.
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:10. _AS SORROWFUL_] Considerate men supposing, from our persecuted state and laborious occupation, (often destitute of the necessaries of life; seldom enjoying its conveniences;...
AS SORROWFUL - (λυπούμενοι lupoumenoi). Grieving, afflicted, troubled, sad. Under these sufferings we seem always to be cast down and sad. We endure afflictions that usually lead to the deepest expre...
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)...
SORROWFUL. grieved. Greek. _lupeo._ See 2 Corinthians 2:2. ALWAY. App-151. POGREEK. Greek. _ptochos._ App-127. MAKING. RICH. Greek. _ploutizo._ See 1 Corinthians 1:5. NOTHING. Greek. _medeis._ POS...
_as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing_ Or _afflicted_, see ch. 2 Corinthians 2:2. What the afflictions of the Apostle were, is obvious enough. His fount of joy was independent of things external. See Rom...
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...
10. Here it is very improbable that λυπούμενοι, πτωχοί, and μηδὲν ἔχοντες are charges made against him by his enemies, while ἀεὶ χαίροντες, πολλοὺς πλουτίζοντες, and πάντα κατέχοντες are facts. All ar...
_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...
ΛΥΠΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΛΥΠΈΩ (G3076) причинять боль или страдание; _pass._ огорчаться, печалиться, ΧΑΊΡΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΧΑΊΡΩ (G5463) ликовать, радоваться, ΠΤΩΧΌΣ (G44...
DISCOURSE: 2026 PARADOXICAL EXPERIENCE 2 Corinthians 6:10. _As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things_. THEY who form their op...
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...
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...
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...
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. The "as" no longer expresses the opinion of adversaries, but the real state of hi...
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...
6:10 grieved, (m-2) Or 'sorrowful.'...
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...
MAKING MANY RICH] i.e. with spiritual gifts. POSSESSING ALL THINGS] i.e. all things of value for life and character in this world and a rich inheritance in the world to come: cp. 1 Corinthians 3:22; 2...
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...
AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAY REJOICING. — Are we still in the region of the taunts and sneers of which we have found such distinct traces in the previous verses? Did men say of him, as others had said of t...
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...
ὡς λυπούμενοι, ἀεὶ δὲ χαίροντες : _as sorrowful_ (this charge in one sense was no doubt quite true), _yet alway rejoicing_. This, which is frequently spoken of by the Apostle as a Christian duty (see...
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 10 This life was sorrowful, but he would rejoice in the next. He had no money, but he gave others God's Word. He gave up all here, yet expected rich reward in the hereafter. In Paul's first lett...
(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,...
_GOD’S INSTRUMENTS_ ‘Poor, yet making many rich.’ 2 Corinthians 6:10 An instrument is valued for what it accomplishes, and not for its accidental richness in material. A steel pen or quill that wil...
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...
AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING,.... As to their outward appearance they are SORROWFUL, and oftentimes really so on account of sin, their own and others, by reason of afflictions, temporal and spi...
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and _yet_ possessing all things. Ver. 10. _As sorrowful, yet, &c._] God's works are usually done _in oppositis med...
_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...
SORROWFUL; on account of our conflict with sin and suffering. ALWAYS REJOICING; in God, and the triumphs of his grace. POOR; as to this world. RICH; for eternity. NOTHING; of the wealth of earth....
AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAY REJOICING; AS POOR, YET MAKING MANY RICH; AS HAVING NOTHING, AND YET POSSESSING ALL THINGS. Paul here sets forth his own example, partly in vindication of his own conduct, part...
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...
AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAY REJOICING; appearing to others as persons drowned in griefs and sorrows, yet we are always rejoicing in God, _\HABAKKUK 3:17,18\_ and in the testimony of a good conscience, 2 C...
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing [having abundant sorrow as to this present life, yet boundless rejoicing in contemplation of the life to come]; _as poor, yet making many rich_ [being penniless inde...
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus They are poor, yet make many rich;[24] Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Tenth Cleanse yourself from this wicked grief, and you will live to God; and all will live to...
2 Corinthians 6:10 as G5613 sorrowful G3076 (G5746) yet G1161 always G104 rejoicing G5463 (G5723) as G5613
‘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...
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...
2 Corinthians 6:10. as SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING “sowing in tears, yet reaping in joy;” a paradox to which no true servant of Christ, who “watches for souls as one that shall give account,” is q...
ALWAYS REJOICING (αε χαιροντες). Even in sorrow (2 Corinthians 11:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; Romans 5:3-5; Romans 9:2;...
2 Corinthians 6:9 A String of Paradoxes. I. Note the first paradox of the text: "As unknown, and yet well known." The early disciples were a literally unknown and obscure set of persons, even the Apo...
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...
_As unknown, and yet well known._ A CATALOGUE OF CONTRADICTIONS In these and preceding verses we have the grand characteristics of apostolic life. 1. Their difficulties and dangers. 2. The methods...
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...
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...
_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 3:21; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:7;...
Having - possessing [ε χ ο ν τ ε ς - κ α τ ε χ ο ν τ ε ς]. The contrast is twofold : between having and not having, and between temporary and permanent having, or having and keeping. Compare Luke 8:15...
As sorrowing — For our own manifold imperfections, and for the sins and sufferings of our brethren. Yet always rejoicing — In present peace, love, power, and a sure hope of future glory. As having not...