2 Corinthians 6:10

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Summary

2 Corinthians 6:10

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Sorrowful

Poor

2 Corinthians 6:4

Making

Bible References

Sorrowful

For I wrote you in sore distress and misery of heart, with many a tear ??not to pain you but to convince you of my love, my special love for you.

I am not saying this to condemn you. Condemn you? Why, I repeat, you are in my very heart, and you will be there in death and life alike.

Blessed are the mourners! they will be consoled.

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice ??with a joy that no one can take from you.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened,

Through him we have got access to this grace where we have our standing, and triumph in the hope of God's glory.

when I say that I am in sore pain. I suffer endless anguish of heart.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, that you may be overflowing with hope by the power of the holy Spirit!

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, 'rejoice.'

then, amid all my own distress and trouble, I was cheered ??this faith of yours encouraged me.

rejoice at all times,

for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,

You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;

You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed.

Poor

I prove myself at all points a true minister of God, by great endurance, by suffering, by troubles, by calamities,

Making

But I possess this treasure in a frail vessel of earth, to show that the transcending power belongs to God, not to myself;

(You know how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; rich though he was, he became poor for the sake of you, that by his poverty you might be rich.)

Well, if their lapse has enriched the world, if their defection is the gain of the Gentiles, what will it mean when they all come in?

less than the least of all saints as I am, this grace was vouchsafed me, that I should bring the Gentiles the gospel of the fathomless wealth of Christ

Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts.

tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous,

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

I know your distress and your poverty (but you are rich!): I know how you are being slandered by those who style themselves Jews (no Jews are they, but a mere synagogue of Satan!).