2 Corinthians 6:9
as not known, and yet we are well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastised, yet not killed;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
In Context
8amid honor and dishonor, amid praise and contumely; as deceivers, and yet true;
Cross References
Acts 19:26And ye also know and see, that not only the citizens of Ephesus, but also the mass of all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and enticed away, by saying, that those are not gods, which are made by the hands of men.
Acts 25:14And when they had been with him: some days, Festus related to the king the case of Paul, saying: A certain man was left a prisoner by Felix:
Acts 25:26And I know not what I can write to Caesar, in regard to him: and therefore I wished to bring him before you, and especially before thee, king Agrippa; that when his case shall have been heard, I may find what to write.
Romans 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem I have made a circuit quite to Illyricum, and have fulfilled the announcement of the Messiah;
1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged by our Lord, we are really chastised, that we may not be condemned with the world.
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 →