2Cor 6:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. Resuming the connection with , interrupted by the parenthetical . "Giving no offense" (compare ), "approving ourselves," and all the other participles down to , are nominatives to "we also entreat you" ( ), to show the pains he took to enforce his exhortation by example, as well as precept [ALFORD ]. "Offense" would be given, if we were without "patience" and the other qualifications which he therefore subjoins (compare ).

2 Corinthians 6:3

3. Resuming the connection with 2Co 6:1, interrupted by the parenthetical 2Co 6:2. "Giving no offense" (compare 1Co 10:33), "approving ourselves," and all the other participles down to 2Co 6:10, are nominatives to "we also entreat you" (2Co 6:1), to show the pains he took to enforce his exhortation by example, as well as precept [ALFORD]. "Offense" would be given, if we were without "patience" and the other qualifications which he therefore subjoins (compare Ro 14:13).