{"id":1736,"date":"2017-10-03T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2022-08-29T13:35:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:35:10","slug":"2-corinthians-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/2-corinthians-6\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Corinthians 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chapter six<\/strong> contains two primary sections. As Paul wrapped up the self-defense of his authority and ministry that he had spent the past several chapters declaring, he presented the Corinthians with two challenges. First, he challenged them to not turn away from the message he had presented (2 Corinthians 6:1-10). <em>\u201cTo receive the grace of God in vain\u201d<\/em> does not have anything to do with losing their salvation. If we were to remove the chapter and verse divisions, Paul had just explained that the purpose of their salvation was <em>\u201cso that in him we would become the righteousness of God\u201d<\/em> (2 Corinthians 5:21). To receive God\u2019s grace without growing in righteousness, he explained, would be to receive it <em>\u201cin vain\u201d<\/em> or \u201cfor no purpose.\u201d He urged them to reconsider their rejection of his ministry and message because he and his team had <em>\u201ccommended [themselves] in every way,\u201d<\/em> risking life and limb to make sure the Corinthians had the truth. \u201cPlease,\u201d he begged, \u201creciprocate our love for you by turning your affection back toward us again\u201d (2 Corinthians 6:11-13).<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2019s second challenge was toward their thinking and associations (2 Corinthians 6:14-18). For some reason, they had welcomed Paul\u2019s accusers and false teachers into their community with open arms (see 2 Corinthians 11:4). They had no spiritual discernment and apparently were willing to listen to whoever was right in front of them. Rather than simply saying, \u201cDon\u2019t associate with them!\u201d, Paul challenged their thinking. <em>\u201cConsider this: what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness . . . Christ with Belial . . . a believer with an unbeliever . . . the temple of God with idols?\u201d<\/em> (2 Corinthians 6:14-16) It seems he thought they could answer that well enough; there is nothing in common at all. Paul would not always be there to tell them which individual to listen to; instead, they needed to be able to identify false doctrine and choose to disassociate from it. Paul reminded them that <em>\u201cwe are the temple of the living God,\u201d<\/em> home of the indwelling Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 6:16-18). Because of this relationship and status with God, they had no business attaching themselves to anything that goes against God, his character, or his truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter six contains two primary sections. As Paul wrapped up the self-defense of his authority and ministry that he had spent the past several chapters declaring, he presented the Corinthians with two challenges. First, he challenged them to not turn away from the message he had presented (2 Corinthians 6:1-10). \u201cTo receive the grace of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","tag-2corinthians"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Chapter six contains two primary sections. 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