2 Corinthians 6:1-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1-10

In these verses we have an account of the apostle's general errand and exhortation to all to whom he preached in every place where he came, with the several arguments and methods he used. Observe, I. The errand or exhortation itself, namely, to comply with the gospel offers of reconciliation?that, being favoured with the gospel, they would not receive this grace of God in vain, 2 Cor. 6:1. The gospel is a word of grace sounding in our ears; but it will be in vain for us to hear it, unless we... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:3-10

6:3-10 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 of God must do--in much endurance, amidst the things which press sore upon us, in the inescapable pains of life, in anxieties, amidst stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings, in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1

We then, as workers together with him ,.... The ministers of the Gospel are workers or labourers; their ministry is a work, and a very laborious one, which none have strength equal to, and are sufficient for; of themselves: it is a work that requires faithfulness and diligence, is honourable; and those who perform it aright deserve respect. These do not work alone: according to our version, they are "workers together with him"; meaning either God or Christ, not as co-ordinate with him, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:2

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 when he put up that prayer to him, recorded John 17:1 for the glorification of himself, by strengthening him as man in his work, by raising him from the dead, setting him at his own right hand, and giving him the glory he had with him before the world was; for the good of his people, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:3

Giving no offence in anything ,.... These words are in connection with 2 Corinthians 6:1 and to be considered either as a continuation of the exhortation to others, that they would take care to give no offence to any; or rather as an account the apostle gives of himself, and other ministers, by way of example; and is as if he had said, I Paul, Timotheus, Silvanus, and other ministers of the word, take all possible care to lay no stumblingblock in the way of the hearers of the Gospel; to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:4

But in all things approving ourselves ,.... It is not sufficient for a minister of the Gospel to avoid everything that might bring any blot or scandal on his ministry; but he should in all things, and by all ways and means, proper, lawful, and laudable, approve, prove, and show himself to be a true and faithful dispenser of the word. All in such an office ought to make it appear, that they are such by behaving and conducting as the ministers of God ; as becomes such, whom he has chosen,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:5

In stripes ,.... As the Apostle Paul particularly was, who was thrice beaten with rods, and five times scourged by the Jews with the scourge of forty stripes save one. In imprisonments ; under which are included bonds, in which they often were for the Gospel of Christ: in tumults ; and uproars of the people, when their lives were frequently in imminent danger: or "in tossings to and fro"; being drove from place to place through the fury of their enemies; in labours ; in a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:6

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, proceeds to show how they approved themselves in other respects; and which more chiefly regard the inward man, the exercise of grace, and a spiritual behaviour: "by pureness"; of doctrine and conversation, chastity of body and mind, sincerity of heart, and integrity of life: by knowledge ; of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:7

By the word of truth ,.... By preaching the Gospel, truly, sincerely, without any adulteration of it, which comes from the God of truth, has for its subject matter Christ, who is the truth, and into which ministers are guided by the Spirit of truth, and every doctrine of which is truth: by the power of God ; accompanying the word to the conversion and salvation of multitudes of souls; or by the signs, wonders, and miracles which were wrought for the confirmation of it: by the armour... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:1

We then, as workers together with him - Συνεργουντες δε και παρακαλουμεν . The two last words, with him, are not in the text, and some supply the place thus: we then, as workers together With You, and the Armenian version seems to have read it so; but no MS. has this reading, and no other version. For my own part I see nothing wanting in the text if we only suppose the term apostles; we, (i.e. apostles), being fellow workers, also entreat you not to receive the grace of God in vain. By... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:3-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:1

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