Category: 2 Corinthians
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Why Was It All Written?
2 Corinthians 2:4 “I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.” Do you understand what motivated God to give us the Bible? Why would He do such a thing? …
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It Will Be Worth It All
2 Corinthians 1:14 “. . . that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.” One day we will all stand before the Lord of Glory. We will face the Judge of all the earth. It is at that moment that things will become crystal…
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“Huh?!”
2 Corinthians 1:13-14 “For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand —just as you did partially understand us.” Have you ever read or listened to something that made you say “Huh?!” Often that’s a result of poor writing. At other times…
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Can I Say That?
2 Corinthians 1:12 “For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.” Have you ever read a statement from the Scriptures and asked yourself, “Could I say that?”…
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When I Am Weak . . .
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But He…
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“Thoughts and Prayers”
2 Corinthians 1:11 “. . . the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.” One of the statements we hear in the face of the many tragedies that we seem to witness day in and day out in our world today is “You’re in my thoughts and prayers.” It’s a nice sentiment, but one…
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Self-Confidence
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 “For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on…
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The Believer’s Empathy
2 Corinthians 1:7-8 “Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort. For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of…
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Demonstrating Grace
2 Corinthians 1:1-2 “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Sometimes it’s so easy to think about…
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Giving Credit
2 Corinthians 1:1 “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God . . .” We’ve all heard the phrase, “give credit where credit is due.” It’s a term that says that people should be praised for the good things they’ve done. In the verse above, at the very beginning of Paul’s second…
To Encourage You 