2 Corinthians 6:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 in truthful speech, in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness at the right and at the left;(A) 8 through glory and dishonor, insult and praise. We are treated as deceivers and yet are truthful;[a] 9 as unrecognized and yet acknowledged; as dying and behold we live; as chastised and yet not put to death;(B)
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- 6:8b–10 A series of seven rhetorically effective antitheses, contrasting negative external impressions with positive inner reality. Paul perceives his existence as a reflection of Jesus’ own and affirms an inner reversal that escapes outward observation. The final two members illustrate two distinct kinds of paradox or apparent contradiction that are characteristic of apostolic experience.
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