2 Corinthians 4:2
but we have renounced the secret works of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1Wherefore, having this ministry, inasmuch as we have received mercy, we faint not;
3But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed among the lost,
Cross References
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Gospel: for it is the power of God in order to salvation, to every one that believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1 Corinthians 4:5So, then, judge nothing before the time, till the Lord comes, who will bring to light the secret works of darkness, and will also make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall each have his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we do not, as the many, adulterate the word of God; but, as from sincerity, but, as from God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:4but in all things we commend ourselves as the ministers of God, in much suffering, in afflictions, in distresses, in straits,
2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear lest, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity which pertains to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ;
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:2-8
Constancy and Sincerity of the Apostles; The Apostle's Integrity. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which… Read the whole commentary →