Behold, now is the acceptable time
(ιδου νυν καιρος ευπροσδεκτος). Here is another "Pauline parenthesis" (Plummer) as in 2 Corinthians 5:7 by the quotation from Isaiah 49:8. The LXX has δεκτος (δεκτο) verbal of δεχομα, but Paul employs the double compound (ευ, προσ, δεκτος), well-received. It occurs in Aristophanes, Plutarch, inscription, etc.
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:2. _FOR HE SAITH_] That is, God hath said it, by the prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 49:8; which place the apostle quotes _verbatim et literatim_ from the _Septuagint_. And from this we...
FOR HE SAITH - see Isaiah 49:8. In that passage the declaration refers to the Messiah, and the design is there to show that God would be favorable to him; that he would hear him when he prayed, and wo...
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...
AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2)...
So then we are acting as ambassadors on Christ's behalf, for God is sending you his invitation through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made him who had no acquaintance...
HAVE. Omit. HEARD. heard with FAVOUR. Greek. _epakouo._ Only here. ACCEPTED. Greek. _dektos._ Same Gk, verb, as "receive" in 2 Corinthians 6:1. IN. Greek. _en,_ App-104. HAVE. SUCCOURED. I helped...
_For he saith_ In Isaiah 49:8. The passage follows the LXX. translation. _I have heard thee in a time accepted_ The words in the original refer to Christ. Here, however, they are applied to His Covena...
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...
2. A parenthesis, showing why the Corinthians should _at once_ follow his exhortations. The nom. to ΛΈΗΕΙ is ὁ θεός (2 Corinthians 6:1) who gives the grace, and with whom the Apostle works. The quotat...
_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...
ΛΈΓΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. Используется без подлежащего, может значить либо "Он (Бог) говорит" либо "оно (Писание) говорит" (Hughes), ΔΈΚΤΟΣ (G1184) приемлемый, приветствуемый...
DISCOURSE: 2024 THE GRACE OF GOD NOT TO BE RECEIVED IN VAIN 2 Corinthians 6:1. _We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. For he saith, I h...
FOR HE SAITH— See on Isaiah 49:8. The Apostle's reasoning is, God, addressing himself in the passage produced from Isaiah to the Messiah, speaks of a limited time, in which the Messiah's petition, spe...
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...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 In Attitudes (2 Corinthians 6:1-2) 6 Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. 2For he says, At the acceptable time I hav...
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) (FOR. God's own prom...
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...
6:2 salvation. (i-22) See Isaiah 49:8 ....
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...
HE (I.e. God) SAITH] The v. is a parenthesis. The reference is to Isaiah 49:8, God's words of comfort to His Suffering Servant. BEHOLD, NOW, etc.] This is St. Paul's comment on the quotation. ACCEPTED...
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...
I HAVE HEARD THEE IN A TIME ACCEPTED... — Better, perhaps, _acceptable._ The meaning of the pronoun “He,” as referring to God, is determined by the preceding verse. The tense of the Greek is better ex...
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...
λέγει γὰρ, Καιρῷ δεκτῷ κ. τ. λ.: _for He, sc._, God, _saith_ (_cf._ Romans 9:15; Galatians 3:16), “ _At an acceptable time I hearkene to thee, and in a day of salvation did I succour thee_ ” (Isaiah 4...
to 2 Corinthians 6:3. AS CHRIST'S AMBASSADOR HE ENTREATS THE CORINTHIANS TO BE RECONCILED TO GOD....
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 2 Isaiah 49:8 is now quoted by the apostle to prove God's continual interest in man's salvation. God is always ready to receive sinful man, but man is limited to the present since it will never...
(2) (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time (a) accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.) (2) In that...
_Now is the day of salvation, by the coming of your Redeemer. (Witham)_...
(1) We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (2) (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I su...
_OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY_ ‘We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.’ 2 Corinthians 6:1 The two most solemn words in our language...
_THE ACCEPTABLE TIME_ ‘Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.’ 2 Corinthians 6:2 This repeated word ‘now’ reminds us that the time it embraces is a short time. Wheth...
2._For he saith, In an acceptable time. _He quotes a prediction of Isaiah, exceedingly appropriate to the exhortation of which he speaks. It is without doubt of the kingdom of Christ that he there spe...
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...
FOR HE SAITH, I HAVE HEARD THEE IN A TIME ACCEPTED,.... These words are a citation from Isaiah 49:8 and are spoken by the Father to Christ, declaring he had heard him, as he always did. He heard him w...
Ver. 2. _Now is the accepted time_] He purposely beats upon the το νυν, because opportunity is headlong, and, if once past, irrecoverable. Some are _semper victuri, _ always alive, as Seneca saith, th...
_We then, as workers together with him_ Being employed by God in such an important embassy, we prosecute it, and _beseech you that ye receive not the_ gospel of the _grace of God_ Which announces such...
HE SAITH; ISAIAH 49:8. I HAVE HEARD THEE; the Messiah, to whom the words quoted by Paul are addressed. SUCCORED THEE; in thy work of man's salvation. NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME; the time foretold by t...
(FOR HE SAITH, I HAVE HEARD THEE IN A TIME ACCEPTED, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION HAVE I SUCCORED THEE. BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME; BEHOLD, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.) Paul had just given a sum...
PAUL'S MINISTRY IN THE MIDST OF DIFFICULTIES. 2 Corinthians 6:1 Fellow-workers of God:...
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...
FOR HE SAITH, I HAVE HEARD THEE IN A TIME ACCEPTED, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION HAVE I SUCCOURED THEE: the words here quoted, are taken out of the prophet Isaiah, ISAIAH 49:8, according to the Septuag...
(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 begi...
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‘For he says, At an acceptable time I listened to you, And in a day of salvation did I succour you. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.' In order to support this u...
GOD'S MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION (2 CORINTHIANS 5:11 TO 2 CORINTHIANS 6:2). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of the Chri...
2 Corinthians 6:2. (FOR HE SAITH (Isaiah 49:8), AT AN ACCEPTABLE [1] TIME I HEARKENED UNTO THEE, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I SUCCOURED THEE. The whole strain of prophecy from which these words are q...
SALVATION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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...
HEAR. Isaiah 49:8 Septuagint. _Johnson_ understands this prophecy to point to the saving of the Gentiles. Paul uses it to emphasize the fact that we servants of Christ _work together with God!_ In the...
_For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted … behold now is the accepted time … the day of salvation._ NOW God never says “Behold,” without tolling something worth listening to. I. Salvatio...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 6:2 By quoting Isaiah 49:8, Paul identifies his apostolic ministry with Isaiah’s prophetic role. Both call Israel to repentance and perseverance in view of the comi...
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...
_For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted_ (Isa. xlix. 8). The Apostle proves that now is the time of grace and reconciliation, in order that we way not receive this grace in vain, from the...
_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...
Ezekiel 16:8; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 4:7; Isaiah 49:8;...
He saith, etc. From Isaiah 49:8, after Septuagint. The Hebrew is : "In the time of favor I answer thee, and in the day of salvation I succor thee." The words are addressed to the servant of Jehovah, p...
For he saith — The sense is, As of old there was a particular time wherein God was pleased to pour out his peculiar blessing, so there is now. And this is the particular time: this is a time of peculi...
These words are taken from the prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 49:8. They are. promise which God the Father made to Christ as Mediator, That in the great work of saving his church, the Father would accept and...