“Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:”
We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited — the apostle's task is removing obstacles to faith. Any scandalous behavior would discredit the gospel. Integrity of life is integral to authenticity of proclamation.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 6:3
“Giving no occasion of stumbling, that our ministration be not blamed,” persuading them not from considering “the time” only, but also those that had successfully labored with them. And behold with what absence of pride. For he said not, 'Look at us how we are such and such,' but, for the present, it is only to do away accusation that he relates his own conduct. And he mentions two chief points of a blameless life, “none” in “any” thing. And he said not 'accusation,' but,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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