2 Corinthians 6:18

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:11-18

Separate from All Uncleanness 2 Corinthians 6:11-18 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1-4 Paul’s love failed to be appreciated by his converts because the channel of receptiveness, that is, of their faith and love, was so straitened. How often is this the case between Christ and us! Let us dredge the channel. Be ye enlarged! Open your mouth wide and He will fill it. The best method of doing this is to be only, always, and all for Him. We must not offer Him a share of our heart and devotion. There must be... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:1-18

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 powerful argument does he make his appeal! As "ambassadors on behalf of Christ," as though God were "intreating by us," "working together with Him we intreat." These arguments are made powerful by the method of all the apostle's ministry, which he goes on to describe. These descriptions may be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:11-18

Having Confirmed His Own Credentials And His Own Way of Living He Pleads For A Them To Turn From All That Might Hinder Them and For Their Equal Full and Exclusive Response to God and to Christ (2 Corinthians 6:11 to 2 Corinthians 7:1 ). Having spoken earlier of ‘receiving not the grace of God in vain’, and having then justified his own ministry, and shown how he certainly has not received the grace of God in vain, Paul now returns to his concern for the lack of full response in the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

2 Corinthians 6:14 to 2 Corinthians 7:1 . These verses appear plainly out of place. They break what is otherwise a close connexion between 2 Corinthians 6:13 and 2 Corinthians 7:2: they introduce a new and very different subject, and they have a very different tone from what precedes and follows. They are best regarded as a scrap from another letter written by Paul to Corinth, possibly a fragment of the letter referred to in 1 Corinthians 5:9, which has accidentally crept into the sheets on... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Corinthians 6:18

The latter words, which are a promise of God’s reception of them who for his sake withdraw from a sinful communion with idolaters and scandalous persons, are taken out of Jeremiah 31:1,Jeremiah 31:9, and teach us this: That none can reasonably expect that God should fulfil his covenant with them, who make no conscience of fulfilling their part in it with him; nor claim the benefits of a Father, who perform not the duties of his children: but on the contrary, those who are conscientious in the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

HOMILETIC ANALYSIS.—2 Corinthians 6:14 to 2 Corinthians 7:1The paragraph may be gathered up round the central figure—The Temple of the Living God.—The Church collectively, then, is:—I. The scene of special Divine manifestation.—1. His manifestation makes “holy ground.” The flame which played harmless around the Bush in Horeb made a spot where, for the nonce, every man must tread with bare feet. [I.e. he is no better than the poorest or than a slave when he stands there in the presence of God;... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

DISCOURSE: 2028SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD ENJOINED2 Corinthians 6:14-18. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 6:1-18

We then, as workers together with him ( 2 Corinthians 6:1 ),And what a glorious way to view the ministry. I'm working with Jesus, working together with Him. [We] beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: [but Paul adds] behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ( 2 Corinthians... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 6:1-18

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 ministry of reconciliation we beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. That is, the unspeakable gift of Christ, and his gospel, “the grace of God which brings salvation to all men,” and which demands corresponding returns of repentance, faith, and holiness. For if this gospel do... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 6:17-18

2 Corinthians 6:17-18Wherefore come ye out from among them, and be ye separate.Separation from the worldWhen a person conversant with the vegetable productions of the earth, observes in the forest a plant whose properties he is desirous of improving, he removes it from its native wild into his garden. There, rooted in luxuriant soil, sheltered from inclement blasts, secured against immoderate humidity, duly watered in seasons of drought, defended from the encroachment of worthless herbs which... read more

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