Gary Hampton Commentaries
2 Corinthians 6:9
Verse 9 His enemies refused to recognize him, but God's people knew him well. Some tried to kill him, but God saved him. He had to suffer, yet not more than he could bear.
Verse 9 His enemies refused to recognize him, but God's people knew him well. Some tried to kill him, but God saved him. He had to suffer, yet not more than he could bear.
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:9. _AS UNKNOWN_] Persons who are to be suspected as harbouring dark designs; persons of neither birth, parentage, nor respectable connections in life; _AND_ YET _WELL KNOWN_] _...
AS UNKNOWN - As those who are deemed to be of an obscure and ignoble rank in life, unknown to the great, unknown to fame. The idea, I think, is, that they went as strangers, as persons unknown, in pre...
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)...
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...
UNKNOWN. Greek. _agnoeo._ See 2 Corinthians 1:8. WELL KNOWN. Greek. _epigiudekd._ App-132. CHASTENED. Greek. _paideuo_. See 1 Corinthians 11:32....
_as unknown, and yet well known_ The passage would be better without the -yet" interpolated by our translators (following Tyndale). St Paul was -unknown" to some, and -well known" to others. Cf. ch. 2...
ὩΣ�. This does not mean that he was known to some and not known to others; but that his opponents said that he was an insignificant teacher, about whose authority nothing was known, and yet, he was ‘_...
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...
_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...
ΆΓΝΟΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΆΓΝΟΈΩ (G50) быть невежественным; _pass._ быть неведомым. Имеется в виду нечто незначительное, недостойное того, чтобы о нем знали; без особых заслуг (Plummer). Они...
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...
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 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...
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 "evi...
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...
6:9 known; (l-5) Or 'recognized,' as Matthew 7:16 ....
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...
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...
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...
AS UNKNOWN, AND YET WELL KNOWN. — In the absence of fuller information as to what disparaging language had been used in reference to St. Paul, it is not easy to appreciate the precise force of the wor...
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...
ὡς ἀγνοούμενοι καὶ ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι : _as unknown, sc._, an obscure person without proper credentials (_cf._ 2 Corinthians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 10:10), _and yet well known_ (_cf._ 2 Corinthians
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...
(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,...
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...
AS UNKNOWN, AND YET WELL KNOWN,.... Not unknown to Father, Son, and Spirit, or to one another, but to the world; and that not with respect to their outward estate, but their spiritual and eternal stat...
As unknown, and _yet_ well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; Ver. 9. _As unknown_] To the world, 1 John 3:1,2. A prince in a strange land is little set by, as not k...
_By honour and dishonour_ When we are present; _by evil report and good report_ When we are absent. Who could bear honour and good report, were they not balanced by dishonour and evil report? _As dece...
UNKNOWN; especially to the rich, great, and powerful of this world. WELL KNOWN; by the efficacy of our labors. DYING; exposed continually to be put to death. WE LIVE; being upheld in life by the po...
The example of Paul in the midst of difficulties:...
AS UNKNOWN, AND YET WELL KNOWN; AS DYING, AND, BEHOLD, WE LIVE; AS CHASTENED, AND NOT KILLED;...
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...
AS UNKNOWN, AND YET WELL KNOWN; dealt with by Jews and heathens as persons wholly unknown to them, though we be sufficiently known; or being such whom the world knoweth not, as to our state towards Go...
as unknown, and yet well known [ignored and unrecognized by the rulers and the general public, yet well known by all those in any way interested in the gospel of Christ, either as friends or enemies];...
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus They love all men, and are persecuted by all. They are unknown and condemned; they are put to death, and restored to life.[23]...
2 Corinthians 6:9 as G5613 unknown G50 (G5746) and G2532 known G1921 (G5746) as G5613 dying G599 ...
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...
‘By glory and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alwa...
2 Corinthians 6:9. AS UNKNOWN by the great indifferent world, AND _YET_ WELL KNOWN by all who take the trouble to hear us, and specially by all who have felt the quickening power of our preaching (cha...
AS UNKNOWN AND YET WELL KNOWN (ως αγνοουμενο κα επιγινοσκομενο). "As ignored (as nonentities, obscure, without proper credentials 2 Corinthians 3:2) and yet fully recognized (by all who really matt...
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 Apo...
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...
AS UNKNOWN. In this verse Paul seems to contrast outward appearance with actual fact. Some said Paul's sufferings proved he was _unknown to God._ But _in fact,_ he is known by God (authenticated). Som...
_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...
_As unknown, and yet well known._ A CATALOGUE OF CONTRADICTIONS In these and preceding verses we have the grand characteristics of apostolic life. 1. Their difficulties and dangers. 2. The methods...
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...
_As dying._ We may seem to be always dying through our daily dangers, persecutions, and trials, but God preserves us alive and unharmed. _As chastened and not killed._ Let us show ourselves as minist...
_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 11:32; 1 Corinthians 15:31; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 2 Corinthians 1:8;...
Chastened. See ch. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9, and compare Psalms 118:18....
As unknown — For the world knoweth us not, as it knew him not. Yet well known — To God, and to those who are the seals of our ministry. As dying, yet behold — Suddenly, unexpectedly, God interposes, a...
As if the apostle had said, Verily our life is made up of seeming, but not real contradictions. The wise men of the world look upon us AS DECEIVERS, but we are the TRUE dispensers of the word of life...