2 Corinthians 6:1
I. Consider, first, the Apostle's caution, that we do not receive the
grace of God in vain. The word _grace_has various significations in
Scripture, some of more restricted and some of wider meaning.
Sometimes it denotes mere kindness of purpose, and is applied to the
free and unme... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Corinthians 6:9
A String of Paradoxes.
I. Note the first paradox of the text: "As unknown, and yet well
known." The early disciples were a literally unknown and obscure set
of persons, even the Apostles themselves being called from the most
ordinary avocations of life. By far the greatest of the... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Corinthians 6:14
Communion with God.
I. We can require no proof that God and the wicked man cannot be said
to have fellowship or communion, though God be about that wicked man's
path and spieth out all his ways. There is no proposing of the same
object or end, for God proposes His own glory, wher... [ Continue Reading ]