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

General references

Proverbs 8:10

Bible References

Sorrowful

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

So they went on their way from the presence of the

Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

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

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;

Rejoice always;

For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one.

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,

but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.

Poor

but in everything commending ourselves as

servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

Making

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their

fulfillment be!

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

General references

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.