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2 Corinthians 6:1-13
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| Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
 | Commandment X.2,
Similitude V.3,
Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145) |
| I.1, IV.21, VI.12, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| Chapter
VII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian
(c. 211) |
| Chapter
XV, On Modesty, Tertullian
(c. 217) |
| XIV.20, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Men do not only need the
ministry of the Gospel before they have received grace, in order
that they may be partakers of the Gospel, but also after they have
received grace they need to continue in it." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "The gospel, when faithfully
preached, and fully received, betters the condition even of the
poorest. They save what before they riotously spent, and diligently
employ their time to useful purposes. They save and gain by
religion, and thus are made rich, both for the world to come and for
this, when compared with their sinful, profligate state, before they
received the gospel." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "Worldly prudence is the
practical use of worldly wisdom: divine prudence is the due exercise
of grace, making spiritual understanding go as far as
possible." |
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| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "What was "an accepted
time" in the prophecy (Isa
49:8, Hebrew, "in the season of grace") becomes
"the well-accepted time" in the fulfilment (compare
Ps
69:13). As it is God's time of receiving sinners, receive
ye His grace: accept (2Co
6:1) the word of reconciliation in His accepted
time." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "It matters not what be the
talents of a minister, if there be no confidence in his purity of
life his influence will be neutralized. Every one should be anxious
that his life hinder not the gospel." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Pentecost 3," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "We are being dropped into the middle
of a complex and intense piece of communication. While some elements can
stand alone, it makes sense to appreciate the context." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Be
Reconciled to God,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes.
| "The main thrust of this passage
concerns ministry and our tendency to respond as a 'stiff-necked people.'
Assess how your church responds to the word ministry. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"As
Deceivers, Yet True," Reinhold Niebuhr, Chapter 1 in Beyond
Tragedy, 1937. At Religion Online.
| "Christianity does not believe
that the natural, temporal and historical world is self-derived or
self-explanatory. It believes that the ground and the fulfilment of
existence lie outside of existence, in an eternal and divine will.
But it does not hold, as do many forms of dualism, that there is an
eternal world separate and distinct from the temporal world. The
relation between the temporal and the eternal is dialectical." |
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