O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.From the praise of the Christian ministry, which he began2Corinthians2:14, he now draws his affectionate exhortation.O ye Corinthians — He seldom uses this appellation. But it has here a peculiar force.Our mouth is opened toward you — With uncommon freedom, because our heart is enlarged - In tenderness. read more
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.Ye are not straitened in us — Our heart is wide enough to receive you all.But ye are straitened in your own bowels — Your hearts are shut up, and so not capable of the blessings ye might enjoy. read more
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.Now for a recompence of the same — Of my parental tenderness.I speak as to my children — I ask nothing hard or grievous.Be ye also enlarged — Open your hearts, first to God, and then to us, Song of Solomon 2Corinthians8:5, that God may "dwell in you," 2 Corinthians 6:16; 7:1; and that ye may "receive us," 2 Corinthians 7:2. read more
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers — Christians with Jews or heathens. The apostle particularly speaks of marriage. But the reasons he urges equally hold against any needless intimacy with them. Of the five questions that follow, the three former contain the argument; the two latter, the conclusion. read more
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?What concord hath Christ — Whom ye serve.With Belial — To whom they belong. read more
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.What agreement hath the temple of God with idols — If God would not endure idols in any part of the land wherein he dwelt, how much less, under his own roof! He does not say, with the temple of idols, for idols do not dwell in their worshippers.As God hath said — To his ancient church, and... read more
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,Touch not the unclean person — Keep at the utmost distance from him.And I will receive you — Into my house and family. Isaiah 52:11; Zephaniah 3:19,20. read more
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.And ye shall be to me for sons and for daughters, saith the Lord Almighty — The promise made to Solomon, 1 Chronicles 28:6, is here applied to all believers; as the promise made particularly to Joshua is applied to them, Hebrews 13:5. Who can express the worth, who can conceive the dignity, of this divine adoption? Yet it belongs to all who believe the gospel, who have faith in Christ. They have... read more
PART SECOND. THE EXHORTATION TO UNITE IN HIS COLLECTIONS FOR JERUSALEM, 2 Corinthians 6:11 to 2 Corinthians 9:15. 1. Direct exhortation to largeness, separateness, and sanctification, 2 Corinthians 6:11 to 2 Corinthians 7:1. With a soul swelling with his survey of the gospel of reconciliation as given in 2 Corinthians 5:13 to 2 Corinthians 6:2, and of his recital of the history of his struggles to bring that gospel to them, Paul calls upon his Corinthians to fall back upon the grandeur and... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.As sorrowing — For our own manifold imperfections, and for the sins and sufferings of our brethren.Yet always rejoicing — In present peace, love, power, and a sure hope of future glory.As having nothing, yet possessing all things — For all things are ours, if we are Christ's. What a magnificence of thought is this! read more