By pureness; of heart and life. In this and the following verse he mentions the spiritual graces and instrumentalities belonging to his ministry. He then passes again to the conditions and character, temporal and spiritual, under which it was exercised, 2 Corinthians 6:8-10.
By knowledge; of the gospel, which they received from God and communicated to men.
By the Holy Ghost; whose constant presence qualified them for their work.
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:6. _BY PURENESS_] εν αγνοτητι. In _simplicity_ of intention, and _purity of affection_; together with that _chastity_ and _holiness_ of life which the Gospel enjoins. _BY KNOWLE...
BY PURENESS - Paul, having in the previous verses, grouped together some of the sufferings which he endured and by which he had endeavored to commend and extend the true religion, proceeds here to gro...
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)...
BY. In. Greek. _en,_ as in 2 Corinthians 6:2. PURENESS. Greek. _hagnotes._ Only here. Compare the adjective _hagnos_ in 2 Corinthians 7:11. KNOWLEDGE. Greek. _gnosis_. App-132. KINDNESS. App-184. H...
_by pureness_ The preposition in the Greek is not changed here, though the Apostle turns from outward to inward signs of his sincerity, a change marked in our version by the use of -by" for -in." Wicl...
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...
ἘΝ ἉΓΝΌΤΗΤΙ. General purity of life and sincerity of purpose (2 Corinthians 11:3 and nowhere else in Biblical Greek): _in castitate_ (Vulgate) is too narrow. See Westcott on 1 John 3:3. ἘΝ ΓΝΏΣΕΙ. Kno...
_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...
ΆΓΝΌΤΗΤΗΣ _gen. fem. sing. от_ ΆΓΝΌΤΗΣ (G54) чистота. Это слово, вероятно, относится к чистоте жизненных помыслов в плане сознания (Hughes), возможно, значит "невинность"_(Barrett). ΓΓΩΣΙΣ (G1099) зн...
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...
BY PURENESS, BY KNOWLEDGE, &C.— _By purity,_ or _chastity._ Heylin. "By _knowledge_ of those divine truths which it is our great business to teach others; and by the due exercise of that knowledge, th...
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...
By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, BY ... BY ... - Greek, 'In ... in,' etc.; not the instrument, but the sphere or element in which his...
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...
BY] RV 'in.' The preposition 'in' is unchanged until the last clause of 2 Corinthians 6:7, 'by the armour,' etc. THE HOLY GHOST] the translation, 'in a holy spirit,' is tempting, as it brings the cla...
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...
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...
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...
BY PURENESS... — The word may possibly mean “purity of motive” in its widest sense, but the use of the corresponding adjective in 2 Corinthians 11:2; 1 Timothy 5:22; Titus 2:3;...
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...
(ii.) The inward gifts and qualities by the display of which the Christian minister commends himself are now enumerated. (_a_) We have, first, four graces, each described by a single word: ἐν ἁγνότητι...
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 6 He had remained holy, not allowing trials to cause him to compromise the truth. He quietly suffered all the trials and was kind to his greatest tormentors. The Holy Spirit gave Paul strength a...
(5) By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, (5) Secondly he reckons up such virtues as are necessary, and ought alway be in them, and by which...
(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,...
_THE HOLY GHOST_ ‘By the Holy Ghost.’ 2 Corinthians 6:6 The Holy Ghost is the greatest power in the world in the formation of character, in the shaping of history, in the ordering of the universe....
_Knowledge _may be taken in two senses — either as meaning doctrine itself, or skill in acting properly and _knowingly. _The latter appears to me the more likely, as he immediately adds — _the word of...
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...
BY PURENESS,.... The apostle having observed how he, and other ministers of God, showed themselves to be such by patiently bearing everything that was afflictive and distressing to the outward man, pr...
By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, Ver. 6. _By pureness_] By lamb-like simplicity or sincerity. Religion loves to lie clean, said one. God...
_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...
BY PURENESS, BY KNOWLEDGE, BY LONG-SUFFERING, BY KINDNESS, BY THE HOLY GHOST, BY LOVE UNFEIGNED,...
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...
BY PURENESS: as the apostle in the former words had declared the patience of his conversation, in the enduring of the afflictions of the gospel; so in this verse he declares the more internal holiness...
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-indulge...
Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus A Sectional Confession of Faith Then he adds these words: "By kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God."[85]...
2 Corinthians 6:6 by G1722 purity G54 by G1722 knowledge G1108 by G1722 longsuffering G3115 by G1722 kindness G55
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...
‘In pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the power of God.' Paul then goes on to describe his own personal and moral...
2 Corinthians 6:6. IN PURENESS... IN THE HOLY GHOST probably such manifestations of the power of the truth as left no room for doubt that it was the Holy Ghost “giving testimony to the word of His gra...
IN LOVE UNFEIGNED (εν αγαπη ανυποκριτω). Late and rare word (α privative and υποκριτος, from υποκρινομα) This is the only love that is worth while (Romans 12:9)....
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 SHOWN OURSELVES. "This is how we have shown ourselves to be God's servants: by our purity of life and motives, by our knowledge of the Truth, by our patience as we endure suffering, by our kin...
_By pureness._ PURENESS The Greek word--like the cognate form, “holiness”--seems to come from a root denoting reverence. It suggests the thought of the awe with which nature herself regards the prese...
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...
_By pureness._ Being pure in all things, not only inasmuch as Paul was guiltless of bribery, and forbade his disciples to yield to it, but also because he preached not at others' expense, as Theophyla...
_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 13:4; 1 Corinthians 2:1; 1 Corinthians 2:16; 1 Corinthians 2:2;...
By prudence — Spiritual divine; not what the world terms so. Worldly prudence is the practical use of worldly wisdom: divine prudence is the due exercise of grace, making spiritual understanding go as...
The apostle, in the foregoing verses, had declared how many difficulties and dangers must be encountered by him that will attain the ends of his ministry, and approve himself unto God in integrity and...