2 Corinthians 6:1
And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain... [ Continue Reading ]
And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain... [ Continue Reading ]
(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation) [The apostle here begins to give a warning which is fully set forth later (2 Corinthians 6:14-18). Before giving the warni... [ Continue Reading ]
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed [The participle "giving" co-ordinates with "entreats" found in verse 1. To give force and effect to his entreaty, Paul conducted himself in the manner described in this and the following verses. It is a well-recognized... [ Continue Reading ]
but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 endurance of all manner of trials. Had he shrunk from enduring these trials, he would have been ill quali... [ Continue Reading ]
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-indulgence, so had he likewise withstood all those whisperings of Satan which bade him make life easier by... [ Continue Reading ]
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 loyal to the truth, he had likewise kept his tongue faithful to the proclamation of it. In exercising... [ Continue Reading ]
by glory and dishonor [When present in such cities as Philippi, Thessalonica and Corinth, etc., Paul had been held in glory and honor by the converts of his ministry, but had been dishonored by heathens, Jews and Judaizing Christians], _by evil report and good report_ [in his absence those who honor... [ Continue Reading ]
as unknown, and yet well known [ignored and unrecognized by the rulers and the general public, yet well known by all those in any way interested in the gospel of Christ, either as friends or enemies]; _as dying, and behold, we live_ [the life of the apostle was constantly exposed to death and just a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 indeed in worldly goods, yet able to enrich all men with the knowledge of the grace of God, and the heav... [ Continue Reading ]
Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto my children), be ye also enlarged. [When Paul had written his former letter his heart had been narrowed by his suspicious as to the loyalty of the Corinthians, and he had spoken to them as with compressed and guarded lips, weighing not only his word... [ Continue Reading ]
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers [a figure drawn from the law-- Deuteronomy 22:9-11]:_ for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?_... [ Continue Reading ]
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? [Literally, "worthlessness," "depravity." The term is here used as a synonym for Satan, Who is the impersonation of impurity] _or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?_... [ Continue Reading ]
And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said [Leviticus 26:12; Exodus 29:45; Ezekiel 37:27; Jeremiah 31:1], _I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people_. [In the first epistle to the Cori... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord [Isaiah 52:11], _And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you_,... [ Continue Reading ]
And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. [Hosea 1:10; Isaiah 43:6]... [ Continue Reading ]