2 Corinthians 6:8
amid honor or dishonor, amid evil report and good report; as a deceiver and yet true;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
In Context
7by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,
Cross References
Matthew 10:25"It is enough for the pupil to fare like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more, the members of his household.
Matthew 27:63"We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, ‘I will rise again after three days.’
John 7:12and there was much disputing about him among the crowd. Some would say, "He is a good man." Others. "No! he is misleading the people." "While I was with them I kept them by the power of thy name which thou hast given me. I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Acts 4:21So when they had further threatened them they let the apostles go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them because of the people, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened.
Acts 5:40They gave in to him; and called the apostles in, and after flogging them, released them, with instructions not to speak about the name of Jesus.
Acts 10:22"Cornelius," they answered, "a captain, a devout man, and God- fearing, of whom the whole, Jewish nation speaks well, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to your message."
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 →