2 Corinthians 6:1-18

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

5. Consequent style of apostolic appeal to men to be reconciled, 2 Corinthians 5:20 to 2 Corinthians 6:2. These appeals, in the second person plural, must not be mistaken for exhortations by Paul to the Corinthian Church to be reconciled to God. They are a statement to the Corinthians what is the hortatory result, that is, what the resultant mode, of exhorting men, derived from the scheme of reconciliation exhibited in 2 Corinthians 5:14-19. Their appeal to the world (2 Corinthians 5:19)... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:2

2. He God, in the previous verse, who offers the grace. Saith In Isaiah 49:8; nearly according to the Septuagint. It is in Isaiah a clearly Messianic passage; but the thee addressed by Jehovah is the Messiah himself. God promises him (by a Hebraism in the past tense) an accepted day for the work of redemption. Paul quotes it to his readers as proof that the day, the now, is the time for them to avail themselves of that redemption. Heard thee See John 11:41-42, with notes. Day of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:3

6. Such appeals to men for reconciliation are sustained by a living example of purity amid calumny, 2 Corinthians 6:3-10. 3. Giving Overleaping verse second as parenthetic, this participle coordinates with beseech in 2 Corinthians 6:1, and 2 Corinthians 5:20. The ministry The preacher’s rank and office. Care less for the men than for the saving power of their apostleship. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:4

4. Ministers In the nominative. As ministers approving ourselves. This passage, in parallelism with 2 Corinthians 4:8-12, and 2 Corinthians 11:23-27, furnishes strikingly detailed pictures of apostolic sufferings, more or less applicable to St. Paul and his personal coadjutors, exhibited either as single points, or still more, doubled in contrasts. Paul’s pre-eminence, as stated in the latest of the three, is his certificate of apostleship. The present list is a fervent climax, beginning in... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:5

5. Stripes See note 2 Corinthians 11:24. Imprisonments As at Philippi; narrated in Acts. Alford says: “He may have been imprisoned in Antioch in Pisidia, Acts 13:50; and at Lystra, Acts 14:19; and at Corinth, Acts 18:12; Acts 18:14; and we cannot tell what may have befallen him during his journeys, Acts 15:41; Acts 16:6; Acts 18:23.” Tumults Excitements and mobs raised against him. Luke’s history in Acts abounds with narratives of such movements wherever Paul went. Labours The... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:6

6. The high qualities of the men who thus suffer, by which they entitle themselves to acceptance, are now enumerated. Pureness From all false deeds or motives. Knowledge Full possession of the Christ-history, with all the truths embraced in it. Holy Ghost Whose indwelling is manifested by our sanctity of spirit. With this verse closes the list of subjective traits. Next comes a manifestive list. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:7

7. Word preached, of gospel truth. Power of God Supernatural efficiency both in word and deed; prophecy and miracle. In the two following verses (8, 9) we have the contradictions, meeting in the persons of the apostles, between the views taken by their enemies and the views taken by their own self-knowledge. In 2 Corinthians 6:10 we have the opposite sides as truly seen by themselves. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:8

8. By honour From God and the Christian world. And dishonour From heathendom, Judaism, and Jewish Christianity. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:9

9. As unknown Ignored and un-recognised. Yet well known To those who have accepted the gospel, and every-where spoken against by those who ignore us. Behold, we live A triumphant retort; we are not so dead as you think us. Chastened Chastised; whipped, but not to death. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:10

10. Sorrowful… rejoicing An antithesis true on both sides. Poor in pennies; making… rich in something better than money. Having nothing for this world; possessing all things for the world to come. As the climax of this description, stroke after stroke, rises, the glow of the apostle’s feeling rises, and his heart, and mouth too, being full to overflowing, he breaks out in the following apostrophe, and that starts an entire new strain of the epistle. read more

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