2 Corinthians 6:8
amid honor and dishonor, amid praise and contumely; as deceivers, and yet true;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is sufficient for the disciple, that he be as his rabbi; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children of his family?
Matthew 27:63and said to him: Our Lord, we remember that this deceiver said, while he was alive, After three days, I shall arise.
John 7:12And there was much altercation among the people respecting him; for some said, He is a good man; while others said, No, but he deceiveth the people.
Acts 4:21And they threatened them, and dismissed them. For they found no ground for punishing them, because of the people: for every one praised God for what had been done;
Acts 5:40And they called the legates, and scourged them, and commanded them not to teach in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.
Acts 10:22They say to him: A certain man whose name is Cornelius, a centurion fearing God, and of whom all the people of the Jews bear good report, was told in vision, by a holy angel, to send and bring thee to his house, that he might hear discourse from thee.
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 →