Last post (5/15/14) we saw Paul give a dynamic list of ways he and his fellow apostle-teachers commended themselves.  He follows in 2 Corinthians 6.8-10 with another vibrant listing of the ways they are treated:

• As imposters, and yet are true
• As unknown, an yet well known
• As dying, and behold, we live
• As punished, and yet not killed
• As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing
• As poor, yet making many rich
• As having nothing, yet possessing everything

As in many things, the Christian life turns things upside down.  The last shall be first, the meek shall inherit the earth, the promise of heaven makes all earth’s valuables mere trinkets.