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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-2)...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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6:2 salvation. (i-22) See Isaiah 49:8 ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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to 2 Corinthians 6:3. AS CHRIST'S AMBASSADOR HE ENTREATS THE
CORINTHIANS TO BE RECONCILED TO GOD....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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_Now is the day of salvation, by the coming of your Redeemer.
(Witham)_...
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(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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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(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...
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PAUL'S MINISTRY IN THE MIDST OF DIFFICULTIES. 2 Corinthians 6:1
Fellow-workers of God:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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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2 Corinthians 6:2 For G1063 says G3004 (G5719) acceptable G1184 time
G2540 heard G1873 (G5656) you G4675 An
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 (δεκτ...
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SALVATION
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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)....
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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...
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Ezekiel 16:8; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 4:7; Isaiah 49:8;...
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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...
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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...
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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...