Category: 2 Corinthians
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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…
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When Burdens Are Shared
2 Corinthians 1:8 “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.” Do you like others to think that you have it all together? Are you careful to show the “stiff upper…
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Paradoxes
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” The Christian life is a life full of paradoxes. For example, we are told to “let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father…
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Confidence!
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 “Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.“ Are you…
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Spiritual Strongholds
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Spiritual warfare: there’s much written and spoken about it today. So often discussions on this topic divert into the mystical.…
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The Father of Mercies
2 Corinthians 1:3 “. . . the Father of mercies . . .” Jesus: The Bible calls it “a name that is above every name” (Philippians 2:9). The name means “Jehovah is salvation.” Jehovah, an Old Testament name for God the Father, but here applied to the Son, for He indeed is the way of…
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In or Out?
2 Corinthians 1:20 “For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our…
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Jars of Clay
2 Corinthians 4:11 “For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.” Do you think that because you are a follower of Christ, wonderful things are likely to follow you around in this life? Certainly, following…
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Possibilities
2 Corinthians 9:8 “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” Have you ever thought along these lines: “If I just had more money, I could do a lot of good for a lot of people?”…
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Privileged Ambassadors
2 Corinthians 5:20 – 6:1 “We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not…
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