the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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THE MESSAGE
2 Corinthians 6:3
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We never ride in a way that would cause someone else to doubt who we are. We don't ride in front of anyone or do anything that would make someone question who we were.
giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;
giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
We give no opportunity for stumbling to anyone, so that the ministry will not be blamed.
We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed, But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God,
We endeavour to give people no cause for stumbling in anything, lest the work we are doing should fall into discredit.
Giuing no offence in any thing, that the ministery be not blamed:
We are not giving a cause of stumbling, in nothing, that the ministry may not be blamed,
Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, that oure office be not euell spoken of:
as for us, we give no occasion of offence, that our ministry may not be blamed:
we put no obstruction in anyone's path, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;
We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
Let vs geve no man occasion of evyll that in oure office be founde no faute:
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service not be blamed;
Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,
We do not want anyone to find fault with our work, so nothing we do will be a problem for anyone.
We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
We don't want anyone to find fault with our work, and so we try hard not to cause problems.
We try not to put obstacles in anyone's path, so that no one can find fault with the work we do.
We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.
Give no occasion for offence to any one in anything, so that there be no blemish in our ministry:
We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
We do not put an obstacle in anyone's way. Otherwise, fault may be found with our ministry.Romans 14:13; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 10:32;">[xr]
Nor in any thing give to any man occasion of stumbling, that no blemish may be upon our ministry;
Give ye no occasion of offence to any one in any thing, that there may be no reproach on our ministry.
We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed.
We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.
We do not want to put anything in the way that would keep people from God. We do not want to be blamed.
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;
We are putting no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,
Giving, no single, occasion of stumbling, in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed.
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
We are giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found with it,
Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:
We don't want people to find anything wrong with our work. So we do nothing that will be a problem to others.
giving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
We do not want anyone to find fault with our work, so we try not to put obstacles in anyone's way.
Yyue we to no man ony offencioun, that oure seruyce be not repreued;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 8:20, Matthew 17:27, Matthew 18:6, Romans 14:13, 1 Corinthians 8:9-13, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Corinthians 9:22, 1 Corinthians 10:23, 1 Corinthians 10:24, 1 Corinthians 10:32, 1 Corinthians 10:33
Reciprocal: Isaiah 57:14 - take Matthew 15:12 - Knowest Mark 9:42 - offend Acts 19:37 - which Acts 20:18 - after 2 Corinthians 7:2 - we have wronged Ephesians 4:12 - the work Philippians 1:10 - without Philippians 2:4 - General 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - what 1 Thessalonians 2:10 - how 1 Thessalonians 5:22 - General 1 Timothy 3:7 - lest 1 Timothy 4:10 - therefore 2 Timothy 2:15 - a workman
Cross-References
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.
"Build yourself a ship from teakwood. Make rooms in it. Coat it with pitch inside and out. Make it 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper.
"But I'm going to establish a covenant with you: You'll board the ship, and your sons, your wife and your sons' wives will come on board with you. You are also to take two of each living creature, a male and a female, on board the ship, to preserve their lives with you: two of every species of bird, mammal, and reptile—two of everything so as to preserve their lives along with yours. Also get all the food you'll need and store it up for you and them."
But they turned on him; they grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned on them, became their enemy and fought them.
"Well, your God has something to say about this: Watch out! I'm about to visit doom on you, and no one will get out of it. You're going to cry for help but I won't listen. Then all the people in Judah and Jerusalem will start praying to the gods you've been sacrificing to all these years, but it won't do a bit of good. You've got as many gods as you have villages, Judah! And you've got enough altars for sacrifices to that impotent sex god Baal to put one on every street corner in Jerusalem!"
"And you continue, so bullheaded! Calluses on your hearts, flaps on your ears! Deliberately ignoring the Holy Spirit, you're just like your ancestors. Was there ever a prophet who didn't get the same treatment? Your ancestors killed anyone who dared talk about the coming of the Just One. And you've kept up the family tradition—traitors and murderers, all of you. You had God's Law handed to you by angels—gift-wrapped!—and you squandered it!"
Don't suppress the Spirit, and don't stifle those who have a word from the Master. On the other hand, don't be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what's good. Throw out anything tainted with evil.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Giving no offence in anything,.... These words are in connection with 2 Corinthians 6:1 and to be considered either as a continuation of the exhortation to others, that they would take care to give no offence to any; or rather as an account the apostle gives of himself, and other ministers, by way of example; and is as if he had said, I Paul, Timotheus, Silvanus, and other ministers of the word, take all possible care to lay no stumblingblock in the way of the hearers of the Gospel; to give no offence to them that are without, or to them that are within, to Jew or Gentile, or to the church of God, neither by word nor writing, by doctrine or conversation, or in any way whatever: that the ministry be not blamed; the ministry of the word of reconciliation, which they had received of the Lord Jesus. The apostle knew there were persons enow who were waiting all opportunities, and taking all advantages to vilify and reproach the ministry of the Gospel, and so hinder its progress and spread; and that if that was once brought into contempt by the disagreeable conduct of the preachers of it, there would be but little hope of success from it. Some copies read, "our ministry"; and so the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions; the Ethiopic version reads, "your ministry".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Giving no offence in anything - We the ministers of God, 2 Corinthians 6:1. The word rendered “offence” means, properly, stumbling; then offence, or cause of offence, a falling into sin. The meaning here is, “giving no occasion for contemning or rejecting the gospel;” and the idea of Paul is, that he and his fellow-apostles so labored as that no one who saw or knew them, should have occasion to reproach the ministry, or the religion which they preached; but so that in their pure and self-denying lives, the strongest argument should be seen for embracing it; compare Matthew 10:16; 1Co 8:13; 1 Corinthians 10:32-33. See the Philippians 2:15 note; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:22 notes. How they conducted so as to give no offence he states in the following verses.
That the ministry be not blamed - The phrase, “the ministry,” refers here not merely to the ministry of Paul, that is, it does not mean merely that he would be subject to blame and reproach, but that the ministry itself which the Lord Jesus had established would be blamed, or would be reproached by the improper conduct of anyone who was engaged in that work. The idea is, that the misconduct of one minister of the gospel would bring a reproach upon the profession itself, and would prevent the usefulness and success of others, just as the misconduct of a physician exposes the whole profession to reproach, or the bad conduct of a lawyer reflects itself in some degree on the entire profession. And it is so everywhere. The errors, follies, misconduct, or bad example of one minister of the gospel brings a reproach upon the sacred calling itself, and prevents the usefulness of many others. Ministers do not stand alone. And though no one can be responsible for the errors and failings of others, yet no one can avoid suffering in regard to his usefulness by the sins of others. Not only, therefore, from a regard to his personal usefulness should every minister be circumspect in his walk, but from respect to the usefulness of all others who sustain the office of the ministry, and from respect to the success of religion all over the world. Paul made it one of the principles of his conduct so to act that no man should have cause to speak reproachfully of the ministry on his account. In order to this, he felt; it to be necessary not only to claim and assert honor for the ministry, but to lead such a life as should deserve the respect of people. If a man wishes to secure respect for his calling, it must be by living in the manner which that calling demands, and then respect and honor will follow as a matter of course; see Calvin.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 6:3. Giving no offence — The word προσκοπη, read προσκομμα, Romans 14:13, signifies a stumbling block in general, or any thing over which a man stumbles or falls; and here means any transgression or scandal that might take place among the ministers, or the Christians themselves, whereby either Jews or Gentiles might take occasion of offence, and vilify the Gospel of Christ.
