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2 Korintus 6:9

sebagai orang yang tidak dikenal, namun terkenal; sebagai orang yang nyaris mati, dan sungguh kami hidup; sebagai orang yang dihajar, namun tidak mati;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Minister, Christian;   Paradox;   Paul;   Persecution;   Resignation;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflicted Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Wealth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Corinth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Persecution in the Bible;   Thorn in the Flesh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Chastisement;   Evil;   Quotations;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Die;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Paul;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chastening;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to the;   Die;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 12;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
sebagai orang yang tidak dikenal, namun terkenal; sebagai orang yang nyaris mati, dan sungguh kami hidup; sebagai orang yang dihajar, namun tidak mati;
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
laksana tiada berkenal, tetapi berkenal juga; seperti mati, tetapi sesungguhnya kami hidup; dengan disiksa, tetapi tiada mati;

Contextual Overview

1 We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne. 2 For he saith: I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted, and in the day of saluation haue I suckoured thee. Beholde, nowe is that accepted tyme, beholde nowe is that day of saluation: 3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed: 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as ye ministers of God, in much pacience, in afflictions, in necessities, in anguisshes, 5 In stripes, in prisonmentes, in strifes, in labours, 6 In watchynges, in fastinges, in purenesse, in knowledge, in long suffryng, in kyndnesse, in the holy ghost, in loue vnfaigned: 7 In the worde of trueth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousnes, of the ryght hande and on the lefte, 8 By honour and dishonour, by euyll report and good report, as deceauers and yet true, 9 As vnknowen, and yet knowen, as dying, and beholde we lyue, as chastened, and not kylled, 10 As sorowyng, and yet alway merie: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauyng nothyng, and yet possessyng all thynges.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unknown: Acts 17:18, Acts 21:37, Acts 21:38, Acts 25:14, Acts 25:15, Acts 25:19, Acts 25:26, 1 Corinthians 4:9

well: 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 11:6, Acts 19:26, Romans 15:19, Galatians 1:22-24

behold: 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 4:10, 2 Corinthians 4:11, Romans 8:36, 1 Corinthians 4:9, 1 Corinthians 15:31

as chastened: Psalms 118:17, Psalms 118:18, 1 Corinthians 11:32

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:11 - whom Acts 14:20 - as Acts 19:23 - there Acts 28:3 - fastened Romans 5:4 - patience 1 Corinthians 15:30 - General 2 Corinthians 11:23 - in deaths 2 Corinthians 13:7 - as reprobates Revelation 3:19 - many

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heauens.
Genesis 5:1
This is the booke of the generations of Ada. In the day that God created man, in the lykenesse of God made he hym.
Genesis 5:22
And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
Genesis 5:24
And Henoch walked with God: and he was no more seene, for God toke him away.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:15
And of this fashion shalt thou make it: The length of the arke [shalbe] three hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, & the height of it thirtie cubites.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said vnto Noah: come thou and al thy house into ye arke: for thee haue I seen ryghteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 10:1
These are the generations of the sonnes of Noah, Sem, Ham, and Iapheth: and vnto them were chyldren borne after the fludde.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninetie yere olde and nine, the Lorde appeared to hym, and sayde vnto hym: I am the almightie God, walke before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 48:15
And he blessed Ioseph, and sayde: God in whose syght my fathers Abraham & Isahac dyd walke, God which hath fedde me al my lyfe long vnto this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As unknown, and yet well known,.... Not unknown to Father, Son, and Spirit, or to one another, but to the world; and that not with respect to their outward estate, but their spiritual and eternal state; as that they were the chosen of God, the children of God, and born again; they knew not what a life they lived, or what they lived upon; and as they were unacquainted with their inward troubles, they were strangers to their spiritual joys here, and to what they shall partake of hereafter. Moreover, something more may be intended in this word "unknown"; as that they were not owned, esteemed, and approved of by them, but slighted, despised, hated, and persecuted:

and yet well known; to God the Father, who loved them with an everlasting love, chose them in Christ, gave them to him, made a covenant with him on their account, and sent his Son to redeem them, which knowledge of them is special, eternal, affectionate, approbative, and attended with care of them; well known to Jesus Christ, who knows all that are his, specially, distinctly, perfectly, and that from everlasting, bears a strong affection for them, takes great care of them, indulges them with intimate communion with him, and openly owns and acknowledges them as his own; well known to the Spirit of God, who enlightened and quickened them, regenerated and sanctified them, wrought faith and every other grace in them, witnessed their adoption to them, led them into all truth, filled and furnished them with his gifts, and dwelt in them, and abode with them, as the seal and earnest of their future glory; and were well known to the saints, and one another: they loved each other, delighted in each other's company; they knew each other's experiences, joys, and sorrows, and, in some measure, their hearts, and even their spiritual and eternal estate.

As dying, and behold we live. They were as dying men, having the seeds of mortality in them, being subject to diseases, which bring on death; and especially as they carried about with them the dying of the Lord Jesus, were continually exposed to death, and in danger of it, lived in the views of it, had the sentence of it in themselves, and were appointed to it. And "behold", to admiration "we live"; a natural life, which we have from God, depends upon hint, and is preserved by him amidst a thousand dangers and enemies to which it is exposed; and we live a spiritual life, a life of grace from Christ, a life of faith on him, and communion with him.

As chastened and not killed; "chastened" by men, and chastened by God; not in a way of vindictive wrath, but in a fatherly manner; but "not killed", or put to a corporeal death by our persecutors, who have sought to take away our lives, but have not yet been suffered to do it: or by the Lord, by the means of afflictions, the messengers of death; these sometimes bring very near it, and God chastens by them, but does not as yet give over to death, because our time is not yet come, and our work not yet done.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As unknown - As those who are deemed to be of an obscure and ignoble rank in life, unknown to the great, unknown to fame. The idea, I think, is, that they went as strangers, as persons unknown, in preaching the gospel. Yet, though thus unknown they endeavor to commend themselves as the ministers of God. Though among strangers; though having no introduction from the great and the noble, yet they endeavored so to act as to convince the world that they were the ministers of God. This could he done only by a holy life, and by the evidence of the divine approbation which would attend them in their work. And by this, the ministers of religion, if they are faithful, may make themselves known even among those who were strangers, and may live so as to “give no offence.” Every minister and every Christian, even when they are “unknown” and when among strangers, should remember their high character as the servants of God, and should so live as to commend the religion which they profess to love, or which they are called on to preach. And yet how often is it that ministers when among strangers seem to feel themselves at liberty to lay aside their ministerial character, and to engage in conversation, and even partake of amusements which they themselves would regard as wholly improper if it were known that they were the ambassadors of God! And how often is it the case that professing Christians when traveling, when among strangers, when in foreign lands, forget their high calling, and conduct in a manner wholly different from what they did when surrounded by Christians; and when restrained by the sentiments and by the eyes of a Christian community!

And yet well known - Our sentiments and our principles are well known. We have no concealments to make. We practice no disguise. We attempt to impose on no one. Though obscure in our origin; though without rank, of wealth, or power, or patronage, to commend ourselves to favor, yet we have succeeded in making ourselves known to the world. Though obscure in our origin, we are not obscure now. Though suspected of dark designs, yet our principles are all well known to the world. No people of the same obscurity of birth ever succeeded in making themselves more extensively known than did the apostles. The world at large became acquainted with them; and by their self-denial, zeal, and success, they extended their reputation around the globe.

As dying - That is, regarded by others as dying. As condemned often to death; exposed to death; in the midst of trials that expose us to death, and that are ordinarily followed by death; see the note on 1 Corinthians 15:31, on the phrase, “I die daily.” They passed through so many trials that it might he said that they were constantly dying. “And, behold, we live.” Strange as it may seem, we still survive. Through all our trials we are preserved, and though often exposed to death, yet we still live. The idea here is, that in all these trials, and in these exposures to death, they endeavored to commend themselves as the ministers of God. They bore their trials with patience; submitted to these exposures without a complaint; and ascribed their preservation to the interposition of God.

As chastened - The word “chastened” (παιδευόμενοι paideuomenoi) means corrected, “chastised.” It is applied to the chastening which God causes by afflictions and calamities; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Revelation 3:19; Hebrews 12:6. It refers here, not to the scourgings to which they were subjected in the synagogues and elsewhere, but to the chastisements which God inflicted; the trials to which he subjected them. And the idea is, that in the midst of these trials, they endeavored to act as became the ministers of God. They bore them with patience. They submitted to them as coming from his hand. They felt that they were right; and they submitted without a complaint.

And not killed - Though severely chastened, yet we are not put to death. We survive them - preserved by the interposition of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 6:9. As unknown — Persons who are to be suspected as harbouring dark designs; persons of neither birth, parentage, nor respectable connections in life;

And yet well knownProved by our whole conduct to have no such designs, and demonstrated to be holy, upright, and useful, by the whole train of our peregrinations, through which we can be readily traced from place to place; having preached openly, and done nothing in a corner.

As dying — Through continual dangers, fatigues, and persecutions;

And, behold, we live — We are preserved by the mighty power of God in the greatest dangers and deaths.

As chastened — As though we were disobedient children;

And not killed — Though we continue in the very same line of conduct that is supposed to bring on us those chastisements, and which, if it were criminal, would justly expose us to death for incorrigible obstinacy; but our preservation is a proof that we please God.


 
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