In tumults. Being constantly hunted from one city to another, so that I have no place to abide in, but am forced to be always going hither and thither. The word may, however, also denote popular outbreaks or tumults, as in S. Luke 21:9.
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:5. _IN STRIPES, IN IMPRISONMENTS_] Of these the history of the Acts of the Apostles gives ample testimony; and there were doubtless many instances of persecution in various forms...
IN STRIPES - In this verse, Paul proceeds to specifications of what he had been called to endure. In the previous verse, he had spoken of his afflictions in general terms. In this expression, he refer...
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)...
TUMULTS. Greek. _akatastasia_, See Luke 21:9. Compare Acts 14:5; Acts 14:19; Acts 16:2,; 2Co 17:5. 2Co 18:12. 2Co 19:29. WATCHINGS. sleeplessness. Greek.
_in stripes_ Cf. ch. 2 Corinthians 11:23-24; Acts 16:23. _in imprisonments_ Cf. ch. 2 Corinthians 11:23. The Acts of the Apostles, up to this date, records only one such, namely that at Phil
ἘΝ ΠΛΗΓΑΙ͂Σ, ἘΝ ΦΥΛΑΚΑΙ͂Σ, ἘΝ�. Another field in which the ὑπομονή is manifested. These are the troubles which are inflicted on him by men. The πληγαί refer to scourgings or beatings from Jews or Roma...
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...
_WORKERS TOGETHER FOR GOD 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1-5:_ Let us make good use of the opportunities that are ours by the grace of God as we labor together in the kingdom of Christ. Our salvation and the salvati...
ΠΛΗΓΉ (G4127) порез, рана, ΘΥΛΑΚΉ (G5438) место заключения, тюрьма (BAGD; BAFCS, 3:195-392; DPL, 752-54). ΆΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΊΑ (G181) нестабильность, часто политическая (RWP), беспорядки. Это проблемы, созда...
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...
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; STRIPES (2 Corinthians 11:23; ). IMPRISONMENTS (). He had been, doubtless, elsew...
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...
STRIPES] cp. Acts 16:23; 2 Corinthians 11:23. IMPRISONMENTS] Acts 16:23; 2 Corinthians 11:23. TUMULTS]
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...
IN STRIPES... — The list becomes more specific. “Stripes” we have seen at Philippi (Acts 16:23), and 2 Corinthians 11:23 show that there were other instances. Of “imprisonment?,” that at Philippi is,...
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...
(_ b_) These outward hardships are next more definitely exemplified from the opposition and persecution which St. Paul encountered from opponents during his missionary experiences. ἐν πληγαῖς, ἐν φυλα...
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 5 Five times Paul received "stripes" from Jewish whips and three times from Roman rods (2 Corinthians 11:24-25). We know he was imprisoned in Acts 16:24, which would be before this writing. Paul...
In stripes, in imprisonments, in (c) tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; (c) In tossing to and fro, finding no place of rest and quietness....
(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,...
5._In tumults _In proportion to the calmness and gentleness of Paul’s disposition was there the greater excellence displayed in his standing undaunted in the face of _tumults; _and he takes praise to...
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...
IN STRIPES,.... As the Apostle Paul particularly was, who was thrice beaten with rods, and five times scourged by the Jews with the scourge of forty stripes save one. IN IMPRISONMENTS; under which ar...
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; Ver. 5. _In imprisonment_] Chrysostom saith, he had rather be Paul cast into a prison than Paul rapped up into Paradis...
_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...
IN STRIPES, IN IMPRISONMENTS, IN TUMULTS, IN LABORS, IN WATCHINGS, IN FASTINGS;...
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...
IN TUMULTS: Or, in tossings to and fro...
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...
IN STRIPES: the apostle, 2 CORINTHIANS 11:23, tells us he was _in stripes above measure; _ and 2 CORINTHIANS 11:24, that _of the Jews_ he _five times received forty stripes save one:_ we read of his _...
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings [Instead of weakening his ministry by making it blameworthy, Paul had striven to make it commendable by the patient endur...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Fifth be on your guard against every evil word, and every evil desire, and purify your heart from all the vanities of this world. If you guard against these things, your...
2 Corinthians 6:5 in G1722 stripes G4127 in G1722 imprisonments G5438 in G1722 tumults G181 in G1722 labors G287
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...
‘Giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed; but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patient endurance: in afflictions, in necessary...
2 Corinthians 6:5. IN STRIPES ... TUMULTS from without, arising from opposition to his ministry; IN LABOURS ... FASTINGS undergone as a self-denying Christian and minister of Christ;...
IN STRIPES (εν πληγαις). In blows, wounds (Luke 10:30; Luke 12:48; Acts 16:23; Acts 16:33). Our plague.IN TUMULTS (εν ακαταστασιαις). See on...
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. Paul shows a general picture of the things which servants of Christ faced in his day! He describes his own personal experience!!!...
_Giving no offence ._ .. that the ministry be not blamed. MINISTERS CAUTIONED AGAINST GIVING OFFENCE To preach and to act so that none shall be offended would indeed be an impossible task; and that...
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...
_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 15:10; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Thessalonians 2:9;...
Imprisonments [φ υ λ α κ α ι ς]. See on Acts 5:21. Tumults [α κ α τ α σ τ α σ ι α ι ς]. See on Luke 21:9, and compare ajkatastatov unstable, James 1:8. This is one of the words which show the influenc...
In tumults — The Greek word implies such attacks as a man cannot stand against, but which bear him hither and thither by violence....