the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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THE MESSAGE
2 Corinthians 6:10
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Our hearts are broken, yet we are filled with joy. We have nothing anyone has, but everything they want.
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
as sorrowful but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing yet possessing everything.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
As sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
as sad, but we are always joyful; as poor, but we bestow wealth on many; as having nothing, and yet we securely possess all things.
As sorrowfull, yet alway reioycing: as poore, yet making many rich: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
as grieved, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
as sorowynge, and yet allwaye mery: as poore, & yet make many riche: as hauynge nothinge, & yet possessynge all thinges.
as sorrowful, though always cheerful; as poor, tho' inriching many; as having nothing, though contented with every thing.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet bestowing riches on many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
as sorowynge and yet alwaye mery: as poore and yet make many ryche: as havynge nothynge and yet possessynge all thynges.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
We have much sadness, but we are always rejoicing. We are poor, but we are making many people rich in faith. We have nothing, but really we have everything.
as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
and we are always happy, even in times of suffering. Although we are poor, we have made many people rich. And though we own nothing, everything is ours.
as having reason to be sad, yet always filled with joy; as poor, yet making many people rich; as having nothing, yet having everything!
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
As sorowing, and yet alway reioycing: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet many making rich; as having nothing, yet possessing every thing.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as indigent, yet enriching many; as possessing nothing, yet having all things.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.
We are full of sorrow and yet we are always happy. We are poor and yet we make many people rich. We have nothing and yet we have everything.
as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
as grieving, yet, ever, rejoicing, as destitute, yet making, many, rich, as holding, nothing, and yet firmly holding, all things.
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing: as needy, yet enriching many: as having nothing and possessing all things.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.
As sorowyng, and yet alway merie: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauyng nothyng, and yet possessyng all thynges.
We have much sadness, but we are always rejoicing. We are poor, but we are making many people rich in faith. We have nothing, but really we have everything.
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
although saddened, we are always glad; we seem poor, but we make many people rich; we seem to have nothing, yet we really possess everything.
as sorewful, euere more ioiynge; as hauynge nede, but makynge many men riche; as no thing hauynge, and weldynge alle thingis.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sorrowful: 2 Corinthians 2:4, 2 Corinthians 7:3-10, Matthew 5:4, Matthew 5:12, Luke 6:21, John 16:22, Acts 5:41, Acts 16:25, Romans 5:2, Romans 5:3, Romans 9:2, Romans 12:15, Romans 15:13, Philippians 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 3:7-10, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, Hebrews 10:34, James 1:2-4, 1 Peter 1:6-8, 1 Peter 4:13
poor: 2 Corinthians 6:4
making: 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Romans 11:12, Ephesians 3:8, Ephesians 3:16, Colossians 3:16, 1 Timothy 6:18, James 2:5, Revelation 2:9
and: 2 Corinthians 4:15, Psalms 84:11, Proverbs 16:16, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:20, Luke 16:11, Luke 16:12, 1 Corinthians 3:21-23, 1 Timothy 4:8, Revelation 21:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 33:11 - enough 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I Job 22:25 - defence Psalms 112:3 - Wealth Proverbs 3:16 - and Proverbs 8:10 - General Proverbs 8:18 - durable Proverbs 15:15 - but Isaiah 33:6 - fear Matthew 13:52 - which Mark 10:30 - an hundredfold Luke 6:20 - Blessed Luke 12:21 - rich John 16:20 - your Acts 3:6 - Silver Romans 5:4 - patience 2 Corinthians 7:4 - I am filled 2 Corinthians 8:2 - the riches Philippians 4:11 - in respect Hebrews 11:26 - greater James 1:9 - in
Cross-References
When Noah was 500 years old, he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing,.... As to their outward appearance they are
sorrowful, and oftentimes really so on account of sin, their own and others, by reason of afflictions, temporal and spiritual; and as to the state and condition of the church of Christ, and the interest of religion: and
yet always rejoicing; not in themselves, or in any creature, but in the Lord, in the person, blood, and righteousness of Christ, and salvation by him. As poor, yet making many rich. It is, generally speaking, the lot of Christ's ministers to be poor in this world; and there are some reasons for it, why it is, and should be so; as that they might be maintained by the people, which is the ordinance of God; that it might appear that Christ's kingdom is not of this world; that the faith of men might not stand in the riches of the world, but in the power of God; that ministers might not be above their work, nor neglect it, nor drop it; and that they might not be ensnared and encumbered with the things of life.
And yet making many rich: are instruments in making many souls rich in things spiritual; by showing them their spiritual poverty, stripping them of what they trusted in, and valued themselves upon; directing them where true riches are, and furnishing them with spiritual knowledge, with the knowledge of things more worth than thousands of gold and silver.
As having nothing, and yet possessing all things; for the apostles left all for Christ, were sent out bare by him; what they had they gave away, and were very destitute of worldly enjoyments: "and possessing all things"; they had food and raiment, with which they were content, what was sufficient for them, and which they had in mercy, and with a blessing; and then they enjoyed all spiritual good things; they had not only a right unto them, but were possessed of them; they had all things pertaining to life and godliness; they had Christ, and all things with him, and therefore could say as Jacob did, that they had enough, yea, that they had all things.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As sorrowful - (λυπούμενοι lupoumenoi). Grieving, afflicted, troubled, sad. Under these sufferings we seem always to be cast down and sad. We endure afflictions that usually lead to the deepest expressions of grief. If the world looks only upon our trials, we must be regarded as always suffering, and always sad. The world will suppose that we have cause for continued lamentation (Doddridge), and they will regard us as among the most unhappy of mortals. Such, perhaps, is the estimate which the world usually affixes to the Christian life. They regard it as a life of sadness and of gloom; of trial and of melancholy. They see little in it that is cheerful, and they suppose that a heavy burden presses constantly on the heart of the Christian. Joy they think pertains to the gaieties and pleasures of this life; sadness to religion. And perhaps a more comprehensive statement of the feelings with which the frivolous people of the world regard Christians cannot be found than in this expression, “as sorrowful.” True, they are not free from sorrow. They are tried like others. They have special trials arising from persecution, opposition, contempt, and from the conscious and deep-felt depravity of their hearts. They are serious; and their seriousness is often interpreted as gloom. But there is another side to this picture, and there is much in the Christian character and feelings unseen or unappreciated by the world. For they are.
Alway rejoicing - So Paul was, notwithstanding the fact that he always appeared to have occasion for grief. Religion had a power not only to sustain the soul in trial, but to fill it with positive joy. The sources of his joy were doubtless the assurances of the divine favor and the hopes of eternal glory. And the same is true of religion always. There is an internal peace and joy which the world may not see or appreciate, but which is far more than a compensation for all the trials which the Christian endures.
As poor - The idea is, we are poor, yet in our poverty we endeavor “to give no offence, and to commend ourselves as the ministers of God.” This would be done by their patience and resignation; by their entire freedom from everything dishonest and dishonorable, and by their readiness, when necessary. to labor for their own support. There is no doubt that the apostles were poor; compare Acts 3:6. The little property which some of them had, had all been forsaken in order that they might follow the Saviour, and go and preach his gospel. And there is as little doubt that the mass of ministers are still poor, and that, God designs and desires that they should be. It is in such circumstances that he designs they should illustrate the beauty and the sustaining power of religion, and be examples to the world.
Yet making many rich - On the meaning of the word rich see the note, Romans 2:4. Here the apostle means that he and his fellow-laborers, though poor themselves, were the instruments of conferring durable and most valuable possessions on many persons. They had bestowed on them the true riches. They had been the means of investing them with treasures infinitely more valuable than any which kings and princes could bestow. They to whom they ministered were made partakers of the treasure where the moth doth not corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
As having nothing - Being utterly destitute. Having no property. This was true, doubtless, in a literal sense, of most of the apostles. “And yet possessing all things.” That is:
(1) Possessing a portion of all things that may be necessary for our welfare, as far as our heavenly Father shall deem to be necessary for us.
(2) Possessing an interest in all things, so that we can enjoy them. We can derive pleasure from the works of God - the heavens, the earth, the hills, the streams, the cattle on the mountains or in the vales, as the works of God. We have a possession in them so that we can enjoy them as his works, and can say, “Our Father made them all.” They are given to man to enjoy. They are a part of the inheritance of man. And though we cannot call them our own in the legal sense, yet we can call them ours in the sense that we can derive pleasure from their contemplation, and see in them the proofs of the wisdom and the goodness of God. The child of God that looks upon the hills and vales; upon an extensive and beautiful farm or landscape, may derive more pleasure from the contemplation of them as the work of God and his gift to people, than the real owner does, if irreligious, from contemplating all this as his own. And so far as mere happiness is concerned, the friend of God who sees in all this the proofs of God’s beneficence and wisdom, may have a more valuable possession in those things than he who holds the title-deeds.
(3) Heirs of all things. We have a title to immortal life - a promised part in all that the universe can furnish that can make us happy.
(4) In the possession of pardon and peace; of the friendship of God and the knowledge of the Redeemer, we have the possession of all things. This comprises all. He that has this, what need has he of more? This meets all the desires; satisfies the soul; makes the man happy and blessed. He that has God for his portion, may be said to have all things, for he is “all in all.” He that has the Redeemer for his friend has all things that he needs, for “he that spared not his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:10. As sorrowful — Considerate men supposing, from our persecuted state and laborious occupation, (often destitute of the necessaries of life; seldom enjoying its conveniences; and scarcely ever, its comforts,) that we must be the most miserable of all men.
Yet alway rejoicing — Having the consolation of God's Spirit at all times, and a glorious prospect of a blessed immortality.
As poor — Destitute of all worldly good and secular interest,
Yet making many rich — By dispensing to them the treasures of salvation; making them rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom.
The Gospel, when faithfully preached, and fully received, betters the condition of the poor. It makes them sober; so they save what before they profusely and riotously spent. It makes them diligent; and thus they employ time to useful purposes which they before squandered away. They therefore both save and gain by religion; and these must lead to an increase of property. Therefore they are made rich; at least in comparison with that sinful, profligate state in which they were before they received the truth of the Gospel.
As having nothing — Being the most abject of the poor,
And yet possessing all things. — That are really necessary to the preservation of our lives. For the wants under which we labour for a time are supplied again by a bountiful Providence. The man who possesses a contented spirit possesses all things; for he is satisfied with every dispensation of the providence of God; and "a contented mind is a continual feast."
