Being Examples as the Lord God's Ministers |
2 Corinthians 6:1-18 Paul's 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians [in Smaller Chunks] |
Then, we as workers together with [God,] also [urge] you not [to] receive [God's] grace in vain. *(For [God says,] I have heard you in [an] accepted time, & [on] the Day of Salvation, I have [helped] you. [Look,] now is the accepted time. [See,] now is the Day of Salvation.) |
[Give] no offence, [a.k.a. Don't offend,] in anything, [so] that the ministry [isn't] blamed. [Colossians 2:16 Therefore, let no man judge you [about your:] meat, [a.k.a. food;] drink; respect of [a:] Holy-day; New Moon; or the Sabbath Days.] |
But [proving, a.k.a. demonstrating,] ourselves as ministers of God, [through:] much patience; in afflictions; in [lack of] necessities; in [distress;] in stripes, [a.k.a. whip marks;] in imprisonments; in tumults, [a.k.a. turmoil;] in [heavy] [labor, a.k.a. work;] in [watchings, a.k.a. being guarded through the night;] in [fasting;] |
By [means of:] pureness; knowledge; long suffering, [a.k.a. endurance;] kindness; [through] the Holy Ghost, [a.k.a. Holy Spirit,] [with sincere] love; [through:] the Word of Truth; the power of God; & the [armor] of righteousness on the right hand [side] & on the left; |
[Through] [both:] [honor & dishonor;] evil, [a.k.a. bad reports] & good [reports;] [like] deceivers, & [still] true; [like] unknown, & [still] well known; [like] dying, & [see,] we live; [like chastised; but] not killed; [like] sorrowful, [still always] rejoicing; [like] poor, [still] making many rich; [like] having nothing, & [still] possessing all things. |
[2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, [Who] though He was rich, He [still] became poor for your sakes, [so] that you might [become] rich through His poverty.] |
O you, Corinthians, our mouth [has freely spoken] to you, & our heart is enlarged. You are not straitened, [a.k.a. restricted by] us, but [your hearts] are [restricted by] your own bowels. |
Now, [this is the] [repayment] for the same [type of actions.] (I speak [to you] [like] to my children,) [so] you also [have growth.] [Don't] you be unequally yoked, [a.k.a. joined,] together with unbelievers. For what fellowship [do the] [righteous have] with the [unrighteous?] |
And what [communication of mutual thoughts] [do those who have:] Light [have] with darkness? [John 3:17-20 For God [didn't send] His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world might be saved through Him. He, [who believes in] Him is not condemned. But he [who doesn't believe] is already condemned, because he [hasn't] believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that Light [has] come into the world, & men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone [who does] evil [hates] the Light, & neither [comes] to the Light, lest his deeds should be reproved, [a.k.a. disapproved.] |
And what [agreement] [does] Christ [have with] Belial, [a.k.a. wickedness?] Or what part, [a.k.a. portion,] [does] he [who believes have] with an infidel, [a.k.a. unbeliever?] And what agreement, [a.k.a. like-mindedness,] [does] [God's] temple [have] with idols? For you are the temple of the Living God. |
[Like] God [has] said, I will dwell [within] them, I walk [within] them. And I will be their God, & they shall be My people. [Revelation 21:3-5 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, [Look,] the tabernacle of God is with men. And He will dwell with them, & they shall be His people. And God, Himself, shall be with them, & be their God. *And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall no [longer] be death, neither sorrow, nor crying. Neither shall there be any more pain. For the [previous] things [have] passed away. And He, [Who] sat on the throne said, [See,] I make all things new. And He said to me, [a.k.a. the Apostle John,] Write: for these Words are true & faithful.] |
[For this reason,] come out, [a.k.a. away,] from among them, & you be separate, [says] the Lord. And [don't] touch the unclean [things;] & I will receive you. [Isaiah 52:11 You depart. You depart & go out from [there,] & [don't] touch [any] unclean thing. You go out of the midst of her, & be clean, you [who carry] the vessels of the Lord.] |
And [I] will be a Father to you, & you shall be My sons & daughters, [says] the Lord Almighty. |