We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. WORKERS TOGETHER - with God (Acts 15:4; 1 Corinthians 3:9). Not only as "ambassadors" He is... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 promise is the ground of our exhortation. HE SAITH - God the Father saith to the Son, and so to all be... [ Continue Reading ]
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: Resuming the connection, , interrupted by the parenthetical . "Giving no offence" (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:32), "approving ourselves," and all the other participles down to , are nominatives to 'we also plead with you' (), showing the... [ Continue Reading ]
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, The order of the Greek is, 'In everything, as God's ministers, recommending ourselves' - i:e., that our hearers may receive favourably our message, through our consisten... [ Continue Reading ]
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; STRIPES (2 Corinthians 11:23; ). IMPRISONMENTS (). He had been, doubtless, elsewhere imprisoned besides at Philippi. TUMULTS (; ; ; ; and recently, 19:23-41). LABOURS - in the cause of Christ ... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ministry moved. KNOWLEDGE - spiritual; in Gospel mysteries, unattainable by reason (1 Corinthians... [ Continue Reading ]
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, BY THE WORD OF TRUTH, BY THE POWER OF GOD - rather, 'IN ... in,' etc. As to "the word of truth," cf. 2 Corinthians 4:2; Colossians 1:5, and "the (miraculous) power of God," 1 Corinthians... [ Continue Reading ]
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 'Through glory and dishonour'-namely, from those in authority-accruing to us present; 'through evil report and good report,' from the multitude, affecting us absent. By means of [as dia (G1223) means in 2 Corinthia... [ Continue Reading ]
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; UNKNOWN, AND YET WELL KNOWN - "unknown" in our true character to, and held 'ignoble' by, those who "evil report" of us; "well known" to those who holds us in "good report" (): above all, "well known" to... [ Continue Reading ]
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. The "as" no longer expresses the opinion of adversaries, but the real state of him and his fellow-labourers. MAKING MANY RICH - spiritually (1 Corinthians 1:5), after the example... [ Continue Reading ]
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. MOUTH IS OPEN UNTO YOU. I use no concealment, as some have insinuated (), but all openness of speech to you as to beloved friends. Hence, he adds, "O ye Corinthians" (cf. ). His enlargement of heart toward them () produced, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Any constraint ye feel is not from want of largeness of heart on my part toward you, but from want of it on your part toward me. NOT STRAITENED IN US - i:e., for want of room in our hearts to take you in. BOWELS - i:e., af... [ Continue Reading ]
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 'For (as) a recompence of the same kind ... be enlarged also yourselves.' 'In the same way' as my heart is enlarged toward you (), and as "a recompence" for it (), I ask love for love. (I SPEAK AS UNTO MY CHIL... [ Continue Reading ]
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? BE YE NOT - Greek, 'Become not.' UNEQUALLY YOKED - `yoked with one alien in spirit' [ heterozugountes (G2086)]. The image is from the sy... [ Continue Reading ]
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? BELIAL. So B g, Vulgate. But C 'Aleph ('), 'Beliar.' Hebrew, 'worthlessness, unprofitableness.' Since Satan is opposed to God, Antichrist to Christ; Belial being here opposed to Christ, must denote all... [ Continue Reading ]
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. AGREEMENT, [ sungkatathesis (G4783)] - accordance of sentiments (cf. 1 Kings 18:21; Ephesian... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, From Isaiah 52:11. Paul, as inspired, gives variations sanctioned by the Holy Spirit. BE YE SEPARATE - `be separated' (Hosea 4:17). TOUCH NOT THE (RATHER, ANY) UNCL... [ Continue Reading ]
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Translate, 'I will be to you in the relation of a Father, and ye shall be to me in the relation of sons,' etc. This is a still more endearing relation than (2 Corinthians 6:16), "I will be their God, an... [ Continue Reading ]