2 Corinthians 6:3 - Exposition

Giving no offence in anything. An undercurrent of necessary self defence runs through St. Paul's exhortation. The participle is, like "fellow workers," a nominative to "we exhort you" in 2 Corinthians 6:1 . Offence . The word here is not skandalon, which is so often rendered "offence," but proskope, which occurs here alone in the New Testament, and is not found in the LXX . It means "a cause of stumbling." Proskomma, a stumbling block, is used in 1 Corinthians 8:9 . Be not blamed . When any just blame can be attached to the minister, the force of the ministry of reconciliation is fatally weakened. (For the word, see 2 Corinthians 8:20 .)