2nd Corinthians Chapter 6 verse 7 Holy Bible
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God; through the arms of righteousness on the right hand and left,
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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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in the word of truth, in the power of God, through the armour of the righteousness, on the right and on the left,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - By the word of truth. St. Paul now passes to the more specific endowments of the true teacher (comp. 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Galatians 2:5). By the power of God; literally, in power of God (2 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 4:20). "For the kingdom of God is not [only] in word, but in power." By the armour of righteousness. Here first the preposition "in" (ἐν) is changed for "through," "by means of" (διὰ). Armour; rather, arms. On the right hand and on the left. That is, both by offensive weapons and a defensive panoply (2 Corinthians 10:4; Ephesians 6:11-17; 1 Thessalonians 5:8).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) By the word of truth.--Both words are, in the Greek, without the article, and this throws a slight shade of doubt upon their meaning. With the article, the same combination occurs in Ephesians 1:13; 2Timothy 2:15; and there can be no doubt that there the sense is objective--"the word which conveys the truth of God to men." Here a subjective meaning, "a word of truthfulness," or "truthful word," as distinct from insincerity of speech, is grammatically possible; but in James 1:18, where precisely the same combination occurs, we have ample warrant for retaining the objective meaning even here.By the power of God.--Here, again, the words hover between a general and a specific sense. As distinguished from the "Holy Ghost" in 2Corinthians 6:6, and looking to the general use of the Greek word for "power," it seems natural to refer the word here chiefly, though, perhaps, not exclusively, to the supernatural power given by God for working miracles. (Comp. especially 2Corinthians 12:12; 1Corinthians 2:5; 1Corinthians 12:10; 1Corinthians 12:28-29.) . . .
