2 Corinthians 6:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And will be a Father unto you - A father is the protector, counselor, and guide of his children. He instructs them, provides for them, and counsels them in time of perplexity. No relation is more...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:14 to 2 Corinthians 7:1 . These verses appear plainly out of place. They break what is otherwise a close connexion between 2 Corinthians 6:13 and 2 Corinthians 7:2 : they introd...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a Father . for (Greek. eis. App-104.). Father. Reference to 2 Samuel 7:14 . My sons . to Me for (Greek. eis) sons (Greek. huios. App-108.) Almighty . Greek. Pantokeater. In the N.T. only...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. I will be a Father unto you. This promise does not occur in one passage merely, but is repeated in various instances. Paul has added it with this view, that a recognition of the great ho...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2028 SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD ENJOINED 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 . Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and w...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Will be a Father unto you - I will act towards you as the most affectionate father can act towards his m...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And be ye separate, saith the Lord,— As God's promises of dwelling in a peculiar manner among the Jews obliged them to separate themselves from the converse of their heathen neighbours, that they...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Translate, 'I will be to you in the relation of a Father, and ye shall be to me in the relation o...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I, 2. Paraphrase. 'Now it is as coöperators with God in this work that we exhort you not to make the grace of God fruitless in your life by continuing in sin. (2) For God has told us in Scripture o...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And will be a Father unto you... — Again we have, as it were, a mosaic of citations: “I will be a Father....” from 2 Samuel 7:14 ; “Sons and daughters” from Isaiah 43:6 ; “Saith the Lord Almighty...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 NEW TESTAMENT PURITANISM. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1 (R.V) THIS is one of the most peculiar passages in the New Testament. Even a careless reader must feel that ther...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Separate from All Uncleanness 2 Corinthians 6:11-18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1-4 Paul's love failed to be appreciated by his converts because the channel of receptiveness, that is, of their faith and...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The injunction, "We intreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain," harmonizes in method with many others used by Paul. Let your conduct harmonize with your position in grace. With what p...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. (12) Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. (13) Now for a recompense in the same, I (speak a...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And will be a father unto you ,.... The same is promised to Solomon, 2 Samuel 7:14 and said of Israel, Jeremiah 31:9 which is thought to be referred unto. This is not to be understood of the fir...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Ver. 18. I will be a Father ] The fundamental, meritorious, impulsive, and final causes of this prec...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore Encouraged by this gracious promise, and that you may obtain the fulfilment of it; come out from among them Withdraw yourselves from all intimate society with them; and be ye separate...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The message of reconciliation having been received by the Corinthians, now the Lord's servants, as fellow-workmen in unity, had further entreaty to make of them. Their profession of faith would be te...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Mingling with Unbelievers. A. D. 57. 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is op...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The latter words, which are a promise of God's reception of them who for his sake withdraw from a sinful communion with idolaters and scandalous persons, are taken out of Jeremiah 31:1,9 , and tea...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Having Confirmed His Own Credentials And His Own Way of Living He Pleads For A Them To Turn From All That Might Hinder Them and For Their Equal Full and Exclusive Response to God and to Christ ( 2 C...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETIC ANALYSIS.— 2 Corinthians 6:14 to 2 Corinthians 7:1 The paragraph may be gathered up round the central figure— The Temple of the Living God .—The Church collectively, then, is:— I...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:1 . We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. God's servants are called to take many different positions. They are amba...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 6:1 . We then as workers together with the Lord, who has by himself purged our sins, and reconciled all things to himself on the cross, and has commissioned us to continue the minist...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Wherefore come ye out from among them, and be ye separate. Separation from the world When a person conversant with the vegetable productions of the earth, observes in the forest a plant whose p...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The methods and conditions of an apostolic ministry ( 2 Corinthians 6:1-47 ). Appeal to the Corinthians to reciprocate his affection and separate themselves from evil ( 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonition to Flee the Fellowship of Unbelievers. 2 Corinthians 6:11-18
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:1 ; 1 John 3:2 ; Ephesians 1:5 ; Galatians 3:26 ; Galatians 4:5-7 ; Genesis 17:1 ; Genesis 48:3 ; Hosea 1:10 ; Hosea 1:9 ; Jeremiah 3:19 ; Jeremiah 31:1 ; Jeremiah 31:9 ; John 1...
2 Corinthians 6:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 J...

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 6:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 6:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 6:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 6:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes