2 Corinthians 6:3

giving not one cause of stumbling in anything, so that the ministry may not be criticized,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

In Context

2(for he says, At an acceptable time I heard thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee. Behold, now is an acceptable time. Behold, now is a day of salvation),

4but in everything commending ourselves as helpers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in necessities, in restrictions,

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Cross References

Matthew 18:6But whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is advantageous for him that a donkey-powered millstone were hanged on his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak.

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.

1 Corinthians 10:32Become ye inoffensive both to Jews and to Greeks, and to the church of God,

2 Corinthians 8:20Arranging this lest any man may criticize us in this bounty administered by us,

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:2-11

Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5… Read the whole commentary →

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