2 Corinthians 1:1,2
ADDRESS, THANKSGIVING, AND CONSOLATION. The address of the letter:... [ Continue Reading ]
ADDRESS, THANKSGIVING, AND CONSOLATION. The address of the letter:... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL, AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST BY THE WILL OF GOD, AND TIMOTHY, OUR BROTHER, UNTO THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH, WITH ALL THE SAINTS WHICH ARE IN ALL ACHAIA:... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE BE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD, OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. As in the first letter and in most of his other epistles, Paul's personal interest in, and deep love for, the people won for Christ by his work caused him to expand the usual short form of address at the beginning of a G... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED BE GOD, EVEN THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF MERCIES, AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thanksgiving and comfort:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THEM WHICH ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, BY THE COMFORT WHEREWITH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR AS THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST ABOUND IN US, SO OUR CONSOLATION ALSO ABOUNDS BY CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHETHER WE BE AFFLICTED, IT IS FOR YOUR CONSOLATION AND SALVATION, WHICH IS EFFECTUAL IN THE ENDURING OF THE SAME SUFFERINGS WHICH WE ALSO SUFFER; OR WHETHER WE BE COMFORTED, IT IS FOR YOUR CONSOLATION AND SALVATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OUR HOPE OF YOU IS STEADFAST, KNOWING THAT, AS YE ARE PARTAKERS OF THE SUFFERINGS, SO SHALL YE BE ALSO OF THE CONSOLATION. The dominant note in a Christian's life at all times should be that of thankfulness to the Lord for His loving-kindness and tender mercies. This was true in an unusual measu... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE WOULD NOT, BRETHREN, HAVE YOU IGNORANT OF OUR TROUBLE WHICH CAME TO US IN ASIA, THAT WE WERE PRESSED OUT OF MEASURE, ABOVE STRENGTH, IN SO MUCH THAT WE DESPAIRED EVEN OF LIFE;... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul's recent peril:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WE HAD THE SENTENCE OF DEATH IN OURSELVES, THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRUST IN OURSELVES, BUT IN GOD, WHICH RAISETH THE DEAD;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO DELIVERED US FROM SO GREAT A DEATH AND DOTH DELIVER; IN WHOM WE TRUST THAT HE WILL YET DELIVER US;... [ Continue Reading ]
YE ALSO HELPING TOGETHER BY PRAYER FOR US THAT FOR THE GIFT BESTOWED UPON US BY THE MEANS OF MANY PERSONS THANKS MAY BE GIVEN BY MANY ON OUR BEHALF. Paul here recounts a bit of personal history, concerning which he does not want the Corinthian Christians to remain in ignorance; he frankly shares his... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL'S VINDICATION OF HIS CONDUCT AND LIFE. The sincerity of his purpose:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR OUR REJOICING IS THIS, THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE, THAT IN SIMPLICITY AND GODLY SINCERITY, NOT WITH FLESHLY WISDOM, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE HAVE HAD OUR CONVERSATION IN THE WORLD, AND MORE ABUNDANTLY TO YOU-WARD.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE WRITE NONE OTHER THINGS UNTO YOU THAN WHAT YE READ OR ACKNOWLEDGE, AND I TRUST YE SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE EVEN TO THE END;... [ Continue Reading ]
AS ALSO YE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED US IN PART THAT WE ARE YOUR REJOICING, EVEN AS YE ALSO ARE OURS IN THE DAY OF THE LORD JESUS. In expecting that the Corinthians would give thanks on his account as for a gift of grace delivered and restored to them, Paul was placing no small estimate upon his own worth,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THIS CONFIDENCE I WAS MINDED TO COME UNTO YOU BEFORE, THAT YE MIGHT HAVE A SECOND BENEFIT;... [ Continue Reading ]
No fickleness can be charged to the apostle:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO PASS BY YOU INTO MACEDONIA, AND TO COME AGAIN OUT OF MACEDONIA UNTO YOU, AND OF YOU TO BE BROUGHT ON MY WAY TOWARD JUDEA.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN I, THEREFORE, WAS THUS MINDED, DID I USE LIGHTNESS? OR THE THINGS THAT I PURPOSE, DO I PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, THAT WITH ME THERE SHOULD BE YEA, YEA, AND NAY, NAY?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS GOD IS TRUE, OUR WORD TOWARD YOU WAS NOT YEA AND NAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS PREACHED AMONG YOU BY US, EVEN BY ME AND SILVANUS AND TIMOTHEUS, WAS NOT YEA AND NAY, BUT IN HIM WAS YEA.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN HIM ARE YEA, AND IN HIM AMEN, UNTO THE GLORY OF GOD BY US. Because Paul had changed his original plan as to his visit to Corinth, some of his personal enemies in that city were trying to represent him as an unreliable person. But he has his defense ready: And in this c... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW HE WHICH ESTABLISHES US WITH YOU IN CHRIST AND HATH ANOINTED US IS GOD,... [ Continue Reading ]
God Himself Paul's witness:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO HATH ALSO SEALED US, AND GIVEN THEE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER, I CALL GOD FOR A RECORD UPON MY SOUL THAT TO SPARE YOU I CAME NOT AS YET UNTO CORINTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT FOR THAT WE HAVE DOMINION OVER YOUR FAITH, BUT ARE HELPERS OF YOUR JOY; FOR BY FAITH YE STAND. The content of the Gospel-preaching, which is so unquestionably reliable, naturally suggests the Author of its glorious message: He that sets us firm with you into Christ and has anointed us is God. Th... [ Continue Reading ]