2 Korintus 6:7

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

dalam pemberitaan kebenaran dan kekuasaan Allah; dengan menggunakan senjata-senjata keadilan untuk menyerang ataupun untuk membela

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
dalam pemberitaan kebenaran dan kekuasaan Allah; dengan menggunakan senjata-senjata keadilan untuk menyerang ataupun untuk membela

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dengan pemberitaan yang benar, dengan kuat kuasa Allah, dengan senjata kebenaran di tangan kiri dan kanan,

Contextual Overview

¹ We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne. ² For he saith: I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted, and in the day of saluation haue I suckoured thee. Beholde, nowe is that accepted tyme, beholde nowe is that day of saluation: ³ Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed: ⁴ But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as ye ministers of God, in much pacience, in afflictions, in necessities, in anguisshes, ⁵ In stripes, in prisonmentes, in strifes, in labours, ⁶ In watchynges, in fastinges, in purenesse, in knowledge, in long suffryng, in kyndnesse, in the holy ghost, in loue vnfaigned: ⁷ In the worde of trueth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousnes, of the ryght hande and on the lefte, ⁸ By honour and dishonour, by euyll report and good report, as deceauers and yet true, ⁹ As vnknowen, and yet knowen, as dying, and beholde we lyue, as chastened, and not kylled, ¹⁰ As sorowyng, and yet alway merie: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauyng nothyng, and yet possessyng all thynges.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the word: 2 Corinthians 1:18-20, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 7:14, Psalms 119:43, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 4:21, Colossians 1:5, 2 Timothy 2:15, James 1:18

the power: 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:5, 2 Corinthians 13:4, Mark 16:20, Acts 11:21, 1 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:5, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 3:20, Hebrews 2:4

the armour: Isaiah 11:5, Isaiah 59:17, Romans 13:12, Romans 13:13, Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:13, Ephesians 6:14-20, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, 2 Timothy 4:7

on the right: Exodus 14:22, Proverbs 3:16

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:23 - to perform the service Nehemiah 4:17 - with one Job 29:14 - I put Zechariah 12:6 - on the right John 18:11 - Put Philippians 4:10 - ye lacked 1 Timothy 3:15 - the truth 1 Timothy 6:12 - Fight 2 Timothy 1:8 - according

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:

Genesis 6:2
And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.

Genesis 6:3
And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres.

Genesis 6:4
But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.

Genesis 6:20
Of fethered foules also after their kinde, and of all cattell after their kinde: of euery worme of the earth after his kynde, two of euery one shall come vnto thee, to kepe [them] alyue.

Genesis 6:22
Noah therfore dyd according vnto all that God commaunded hym [euen] so dyd he.

Psalms 37:20
As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away.

Proverbs 10:27
The feare of the Lorde maketh a long lyfe: but the yeres of the vngodly shalbe shortened.

Proverbs 16:4
The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake: yea, the vngodly for the day of wrath.

Hosea 4:3
Therfore shall the lande mourne, and all they that dwell therein shalbe rooted out, the beastes of the fielde, the foules of the ayre, and the fisshes in the sea, shalbe consumed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By the word of truth,.... By preaching the Gospel, truly, sincerely, without any adulteration of it, which comes from the God of truth, has for its subject matter Christ, who is the truth, and into which ministers are guided by the Spirit of truth, and every doctrine of which is truth:

by the power of God; accompanying the word to the conversion and salvation of multitudes of souls; or by the signs, wonders, and miracles which were wrought for the confirmation of it:

by the armour of righteousness, on the right hand, and on the left: meaning, either the whole armour of God, with which a Christian is all over clothed from head to foot, and in the strength of Christ may engage any adversary without fear; or else particularly the sword of the Spirit in the right hand, and the shield of faith in the left, whereby both the offensive and defensive part may be acted; or, as others think, uprightness of conscience, and holiness of life and conversation; with which being blessed, though on the one hand he meets with prosperity, and on the other hand with adversity, he is not lifted up with the one, nor cast down with the other; he is moved by neither, but passes on unconcerned.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the word of truth - That is, by making known the truths of the gospel. It was his object to make known the simple truth. He did not corrupt it by false mixtures of philosophy and human wisdom, but communicated it as it had been revealed to him. The object of the appointment of the Christian ministry is to make known the truth, and when that is done it cannot but be that they will commend their office and work to the favorable regards of people.

By the power of God - By the divine power which attended the preaching of the gospel. Most of the ancient commentators explain this of the power of working miracles - Bloomfield. But it probably includes all the displays of divine power which attended the propagation of the gospel, whether in the working of miracles, or in the conversion of people. If it be asked how Paul used this power so as to give no offence in the work of the ministry, it may be replied, that the miraculous endowments bestowed upon the apostles, the power of speaking foreign languages, etc., seem to have been bestowed upon them to be employed in the same way as were their natural faculties; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 14:32. The idea here is, that they used the great powers entrusted to them by God, not as impostors would have done, for the purposes of gain and ambition, or for vain display, but solely for the furtherance of the true religion, and the salvation of people. They thus showed that they were sent from God, as well by the nature of the powers with which they were entrusted, as by the manner in which they used them.

By the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left - Interpreters bare varied much in the exposition of this passage; and many have run into utter wildness. Grotius says, that it refers to the manner in which the ancient soldiers were armed. They bore a spear in their right hand, and a shield in the left. With the former they attacked their foes, with the later they made defense. Some have supposed that it refers to the fact that they were taught to use the sword with the left hand as well as with the right. The simple idea is, that they were completely armed. To be armed on the right hand and on the left is to be well armed, or entirely equipped. They went forth to conflict. They met persecution, opposition, and slander. As the soldier went well armed to battle, so did they. But the armor with which they met their foes, and which constituted their entire panoply, was a holy life. With that they met all the assaults of their enemies; with that all slander and persecution. That was their defense, and by that they hoped and expected to achieve their conquests. They had no swords, and spears, and helmets, and shields; no carnal weapons of offence and defense; but they expected to meet all their assaults, and to gain all their victories, by an upright and holy life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 6:7. By the word of truth — The doctrine of truth received immediately from God, and faithfully and affectionately preached to men.

By the power of God — Confirming this doctrine, not only by the miracles which we were enabled to work, but also by the application of that truth to the souls of the people by the energy of God.

By the armour of righteousness — Such as that described by the apostle, Ephesians 6:13-17, which he calls there the whole armour of God, consisting of the following pieces: the girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the Gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit.

On the right hand and on the left — Particularly, the shield and the sword; the former on the left arm, the latter in the right hand. We have the doctrine of truth, and the power of God, as an armour to protect us on all sides, every where, and on all occasions.

It seems far-fetched to understand the right hand as signifying prosperity, and the left as signifying adversity; as if the apostle had said: We have this armour to defend us both in prosperity and adversity. By the doctrine of the Gospel, and by the power of God, the apostles were furnished with offensive and defensive weapons; they could ever defend themselves, and discomfit their foes.