Category: 2 Corinthians

1 For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. 2 For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those…

5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! Setting the Scene for 2 Corinthians 13:5 In 2 Corinthians chapter 13, the apostle Paul is writing to the church in…

1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on we may not…

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Setting the Scene for 2 Corinthians 3:17 The scene in 2 Corinthians 3:17 takes place in a bustling marketplace in the ancient city of Corinth. The apostle Paul is addressing a group of early Christian believers who…

14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. Setting the Scene for 2 Corinthians 2:14 In 2 Corinthians chapter 2, the scene unfolds in the city of Corinth, a bustling hub of trade and culture in…

1 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3…

18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. Setting the Scene for 2 Corinthians 3:18 In 2 Corinthians chapter 3, the apostle Paul is writing to…

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the…

I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know,…

14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Setting the Scene for 2 Corinthians 6:14 In 2 Corinthians chapter 6, the apostle Paul is writing to the church in Corinth, urging them to live in a way that is separate from…