2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as needy, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9As dying, and behold we live; as chastised, and not killed;
11Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
Cross References
Psalms 84:11For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.
Matthew 5:4Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
Matthew 6:19Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
Luke 16:11If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true?
Acts 3:6But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none; but what I have, I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise, and walk.
Acts 16:25And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that were in prison, heard them.
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 →