2 CORINTHIANS 6:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.”
Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything — the inversions culminate: lypoumenoi/chairontes (grieving/rejoicing), ptōchoi/ploytizo, eichontes/katechontes. Joy transcends grief; poverty becomes abundance; dispossession reveals fullness. The spiritual outweighs the material.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 6:10
“As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.” For by those that are without, indeed, we are suspected of being in despair; but we give no heed to them; yea, we have our pleasure at the full. And he said not “rejoicing” only, but added also its perpetuity, for he says “alway rejoicing.” What then can come up to this life? Wherein, although dangers so great assault, the joy becomes greater. “As poor, yet making many rich.” Some indeed affirm that the spiritual riches are spoken of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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