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2 Corinthians 6:1–10 – Commending the Ministry

What happens: Paul urges believers not to receive God’s grace in vain, since now is the day of salvation. He commends the ministry by great endurance in afflictions, purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and God’s power. He lists paradoxes of sorrowful yet always rejoicing, poor yet making many rich.

What it means: Grace calls for faithful response and holy endurance. God sustains His servants and displays His character through them. Weakness and hardship do not cancel joy when Christ is present.

2 Corinthians 6:11–13 – Open Hearts

What happens: Paul says his heart is wide open to the Corinthians. Their affections are restricted, not his. He appeals to them to open wide their hearts in return.

What it means: Gospel relationships mirror God’s generous love. Coldness shrinks fellowship, but grace enlarges affection. Unity grows as believers respond to love with love.

2 Corinthians 6:14–18 – Do Not Be Unequally Yoked

What happens: Paul commands believers not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. He contrasts righteousness and lawlessness, light and darkness, Christ and Belial, God’s temple and idols. God promises to dwell among His people and be their Father, so they must be separate and clean.

What it means: God’s people are holy and belong to Him. Separation from idolatry protects worship and witness. God’s covenant presence is a precious promise that calls for purity.

Application

  • Respond to grace with endurance, integrity, and Spirit-enabled love.
  • Open your heart to fellow believers to strengthen unity.
  • Refuse partnerships that compromise holiness and worship.
  • Remember God dwells with His people; pursue purity that fits His presence.

Bible

1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

11O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

13Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

16And 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.

17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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