2 Corinthians 6:6

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 6:6

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

Adam Clarke

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

By pureness - Εν ἁγνοτητι· In simplicity of intention, and purity of affection; together with that chastity and holiness of life which the Gospel enjoins. By knowledge - Of the Divine mysteries. By long-suffering - Under all provocations. By kindness - To our most virulent persecutors, and to all men. By the Holy Ghost - There are doubts among learned men whether the apostle here means that Spirit who is called the third person of the holy Trinity; or some grace,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:6

Verse 6 Knowledge may be taken in two senses — either as meaning doctrine itself, or skill in acting properly and knowingly. The latter appears to me the more likely, as he immediately adds — the word of truth The Spirit is taken by metonymy, to denote spiritual graces. Frivolous, however, is the cavil of Chrysostom, who infers from this, that the other excellences are peculiar to the Apostle, because he makes mention of the Spirit separately, as if kindness, knowledge, pureness, armor of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1-10

The grace of God had been manifested in the reconciliation of which he had been treating; and this reconciliation had its period, or season, special as to its character and advantages. Everything has relation to time. Life has infancy, childhood, youth—successive eras. Nature has her seasons. It was now God's receiving time, a dispensation of mercy, an acceptable time, a day of salvation. So sensible was St. Paul of this fact that he, as a coworker with God, pressed the exhortation on the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1-18

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:6

By pureness; rather, in pureness, as the preposition is the same. He now gives six instances of special gifts and virtues. The "pureness" is not only "chastity," but absolute sincerity ( 1 John 3:3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:10 ). By knowledge . The knowledge is the true knowledge of the gospel in its fulness ( Ephesians 3:4 ). In his depth of insight into the truth St. Paul was specially gifted. The word gnosis had not yet acquired the fatal connotations which... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:6

By pureness - Paul, having in the previous verses, grouped together some of the sufferings which he endured and by which he had endeavored to commend and extend the true religion, proceeds here to group together certain other influences by which he had sought the same object. The substance of what he here says is, that it had not only been done by sufferings and trials, but by a holy life, and by entire consecration to the great cause to which he had devoted himself. He begins by stating that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 6:3-7

2 Corinthians 6:3-7. Giving, as far as in us lies, no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed On our account. But in all things Or in every respect; approving ourselves To our Divine Master and his church; as the ministers of God, in much patience Shown, 1st, In afflictions, necessities, distresses All which are general terms. 2d, In stripes, imprisonments, tumults Which are particular sorts of affliction, necessity, distress. 3d, In labours, watchings, fastings ... read more

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