Beaten Behold Chastened Death Deprived Discipline Disciplined Dying Fully God's Kept Killed Mind Obscure Persons Point Punished Punishment Recognized Regarded Strange Undergoing Unknown Unnoted Well-known Yet
6:9 As unknown, and [yet] well known. Obscure in the great, indifferent world, but well known in the church and to God.
As dying, and, behold, we live. Always exposed to death, and yet preserved, and having eternal life.
As chastened, and not killed. See Ps 118:18. Though many a blow fell upon him, his life was spared.
6:9 As unknown - For the world knoweth us not, as it knew him not. Yet well known - To God, and to those who are the seals of our ministry. As dying, yet behold - Suddenly, unexpectedly, God interposes, and we live.
6:1-10 The gospel is a word of grace sounding in our ears. The gospel day is a day of salvation, the means of grace the means of salvation, the offers of the gospel the offers of salvation, and the present time the proper time to accept these offers. The morrow is none of ours: we know not what will be on the morrow, nor where we shall be. We now enjoy a day of grace; then let all be careful not to neglect it. Ministers of the gospel should look upon themselves as God's servants, and act in every thing suitably to that character. The apostle did so, by much patience in afflictions, by acting from good principles, and by due temper and behaviour. Believers, in this world, need the grace of God, to arm them against temptations, so as to bear the good report of men without pride; and so as to bear their reproaches with patience. They have nothing in themselves, but possess all things in Christ. Of such differences is a Christian's life made up, and through such a variety of conditions and reports, is our way to heaven; and we should be careful in all things to approve ourselves to God. The gospel, when faithfully preached, and fully received, betters the condition even of the poorest. They save what before they riotously spent, and diligently employ their time to useful purposes. They save and gain by religion, and thus are made rich, both for the world to come and for this, when compared with their sinful, profligate state, before they received the gospel.
Chastened Death Deprived Discipline Disciplined Dying Fully God's Kept Killed Live Mind Obscure Persons Point Punished Punishment Recognized Regarded Strange Undergoing Unknown Well-Known
Chastened Death Deprived Discipline Disciplined Dying Fully God's Kept Killed Live Mind Obscure Persons Point Punished Punishment Recognized Regarded Strange Undergoing Unknown Well-Known
