Tag: 2 corinthians

‘Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.’ — 2 Corinthians 13:10   As an Apostle of Christ, Paul had

‘And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.’ — 2

‘If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.’ — 2 Corinthians 11:30 The Corinthians were in the midst of a Satanic battle. False apostles, deceitful workers, ministers of Satan had infiltrated the church

‘For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.’ — 2 Corinthians 10:12   The theme of 2 Corinthians

‘Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.’ — 2 Corinthians 9:7 When I was younger, we used to say we were ‘pumped’ when we

‘Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.’ — 2 Corinthians 8:4   2 Corinthians 8 is an awesome chapter in which Paul describes a group of people

‘O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,)

‘As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.’ — 2 Corinthians 6:10 As Paul wrote to the Corinthians, he was having to combat the teaching of others who were undermining

‘Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.’ — 2 Corinthians 5:20   When Jesus was preparing to leave this world, He told

‘We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.’ — 2 Corinthians 5:8 The longer we live the more familiar with death we become. We learn that death