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

“ (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.) ”

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

For he saith - see Isaiah 49:8 . In that passage the declaration refers to the Messiah, and the design is there to show that God would be favorable to him; that he would hear him when he prayed,...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time (a) accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.) (2) In tha...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:20 to 2 Corinthians 6:10 . Paul proceeds to expound and apply the relationship between himself and his converts based upon this ministry. He acts in Christ's stead when he beseeche...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have. Omit. heard . heard with favour . Greek. epakouo. Only here. accepted. Greek. dektos. Same Gk, verb, as "receive" in 2 Corinthians 6:1 . in. Greek. en, App-104. have. succo...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. For he saith, In an acceptable time. He quotes a prediction of Isaiah, exceedingly appropriate to the exhortation of which he speaks. It is without doubt of the kingdom of Christ that he...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2024 THE GRACE OF GOD NOT TO BE RECEIVED IN VAIN 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 . We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. For he sai...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(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.) For he saith - That...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For he saith— See on Isaiah 49:8 . The Apostle's reasoning is, God, addressing himself in the passage produced from Isaiah to the Messiah, speaks of a limited time, in which the Messiah's petition...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(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.) (For. God's own...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - 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 6:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I have heard thee in a time accepted... — Better, perhaps, acceptable. The meaning of the pronoun “He,” as referring to God, is determined by the preceding verse. The tense of the Greek is better...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 17 THE SIGNS OF AN APOSTLE. 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (R.V) THE ministry of the Gospel is a ministry of reconciliation; the preacher of the Gospel is primarily an evangelist. He has to proc...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ambassadors for Christ 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ; 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 On God's side the work of reconciliation is complete. Everything has been done and is in readiness to make forgiveness and j...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - 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 6:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) We 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 s...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY ‘We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.’ 2 Corinthians 6:1 The two most solemn words in our lang...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted ,.... These words are a citation from Isaiah 49:8 and are spoken by the Father to Christ, declaring he had heard him, as he always did. He heard...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ver. 2. Now is the accepted time ] He purposely beats upon the το νυν, because opportunity is headlong, and, if once past, irrecoverable. Some are semper victuri, always alive, as Seneca saith, t...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We then, as workers together with him Being employed by God in such an important embassy, we prosecute it, and beseech you that ye receive not the gospel of the grace of God Which announces suc...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - 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 6:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ministry of the Apostles. A. D. 57. 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: the words here quoted, are taken out of the prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 49:8 , according to the...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Ministry of Reconciliation ( 2 Corinthians 5:11 to 2 Corinthians 6:2 ). Having spoken of God's work in the heart through His Spirit, and of the new covenant, followed by the revelation of...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES This chapter wrongly isolated at both ends by the customary division of the book. Connection quite closely continuous between 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 and 2 Corinthians 6:1 ; as a...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

salvation ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
2 Corinthians 6:2 - 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 6:2 - 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 6:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted … behold now is the accepted time … the day of salvation. Now God never says “Behold,” without tolling something worth listening to. I. Sal...
2 Corinthians 6:2 - 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 6:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Ministry in the Midst of Difficulties. 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Fellow-workers of God:
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:8 ; Hebrews 3:13 ; Hebrews 3:7 ; Hebrews 4:7 ; Isaiah 49:8 ; Isaiah 61:2 ; Luke 19:42-44 ; Luke 4:19
2 Corinthians 6:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For he saith — The sense is, As of old there was a particular time wherein God was pleased to pour out his peculiar blessing, so there is now. And this is the particular time: this is a time of pec...

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

2 Corinthians 6:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Corinthians 6:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Corinthians 6:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Corinthians 6:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

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

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

2 Corinthians 6:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 6:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Corinthians 6:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 6:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes