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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...
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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...
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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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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.
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_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
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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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In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings,
in fastings;
STRIPES (2 Corinthians 11:23; ).
IMPRISONMENTS (). He had been, doubtless, elsew...
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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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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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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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STRIPES] cp. Acts 16:23; 2 Corinthians 11:23.
IMPRISONMENTS] Acts 16:23; 2 Corinthians 11:23. TUMULTS]
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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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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,...
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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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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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(_ 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...
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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 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...
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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....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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The example of Paul in the midst of difficulties:...
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IN STRIPES, IN IMPRISONMENTS, IN TUMULTS, IN LABORS, IN WATCHINGS, IN
FASTINGS;...
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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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IN TUMULTS:
Or, in tossings to and fro...
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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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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 _...
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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 6:5 in G1722 stripes G4127 in G1722 imprisonments G5438
in G1722 tumults G181 in G1722 labors G287
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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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‘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...
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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;...
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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...
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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. Paul shows a general picture of the things which servants of
Christ faced in his day! He describes his own personal experience!!!...
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_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...
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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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_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
out...
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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 15:10; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Thessalonians
2:9;...
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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...
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In tumults — The Greek word implies such attacks as a man cannot
stand against, but which bear him hither and thither by violence....