Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians John Calvin
Chapter
2 Corinthians 6:1-10
2 Corinthians 6:1-10 1. We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
1. Nos vero adiuvantes (vel, collaborantes) 1463 etiam obsecramus, ne frustra gratiam Dei receperitis.
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.)
2. Dicit enim (Ies. 49, 8) Tempore accepto exaudivi te, et in die salutis auxiliatus sum tibi: ecce, nunc tempus acceptum: ecce, nunc dies salutis.
3. Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 3. Nullum dantes 1464 ulla in re offensionem, ut ne vituperetur ministerium:
4. But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
4. Sed in omnibus commendantes nos 1465 tanquam Dei mœrore, in patientia multa, in afflictionibus, in necessitatibus, in angustiis,
5. In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
5. In plagis, in carceribus, in seditionibus, in laboribus, in vigiliis, in ieiuniis;
6. By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
6. In sinceritate, in scientia, in tolerantia, in mansuetudine, in Spiritu Sancto, in caritate non ficta,
7. By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
7. In sermone veritatis, in potentia Dei, per arma iustitiæ dextra et sinistra: 1463"Ainsi done en ouurant auec luy, ou, estans ses ouuriers;" — "Thus then in working with him, or, being his workmen."
1464"Ne donnans aucun scandale, ou, donnons;" — "Giving no offense, or, we give." 1465"Mais nous rendans louables en toutes choses, ou, Mais rendons nous louables;" — "But rendering ourselves approvable in all things, or, We render ourselves approvable."