2 Corinthians
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Paul's so called second letter to the Corinthians is actually the fourth
letter that he wrote to Corinth. A previous epistle was written prior to
First and Second Corinthians. Several features distinguish the second
canonical letter. The first epistle is both practical and instructional,
but this one is intensely personal and autobiographical.
Second Corinthians is written to the assembly that was founded on Paul's
first visit to that city. Since his departure and subsequent ministry in
Ephesus, the apostle has learned a great deal about the serious problems
fermenting in this assembly. Problems with worldliness, internal wrangling
and doctrinal defections continue to fester in spite of Paul's efforts in
the first epistle.
In this letter to the church at Corinth, we will see Paul trying to prove
to these people his right of apostleship. There were some in this church at
Corinth who believed Paul did not have this right. Paul says more about
himself and his ministry in this letter, than he does in all of the others.
Some people today would call this Paul's testimony.
The main lesson that we can find in this for ourselves, is that ministering
carries with it a great deal of suffering. This suffering takes many forms,
the greatest of which is not being believed by fellow ministers. Paul's
intentions are questioned, and he answered them. In this book, we will see
a list of many of the things that Paul suffered to be able to minister. His
afflictions were many and not just from the world, but from within the
church as well. In this book, we can see that there were times of joy with
Paul, but there were also times of great sorrow. They were mingled together
like seasoning on a food dish, some salt, some pepper.
Background:
2 Corinthians is written to the assembly that was founded on Paul's first
visit to that city. Since his departure and subsequent ministry in Ephesus,
the apostle has learned a great deal about the serious problems fermenting
in this assembly. Problems with worldliness, internal wrangling's, and
doctrinal defections continue to fester in spite of Paul's efforts in the
first epistle.
Opposition to Paul's ministry continues to mount, especially coming from
the party that associated itself with "Christ" (compare 10:7; 11:13). The
leader of this group seems to have been especially hostile to the apostle
(10:7-11). The charges leveled against the apostle by this group are
indicated in a number of passages. For example, he was accused of
fickleness (1:17), authoritarianism (1:24), ministering without proper
credentials (3:1), cowardice (10:1, 10), failure to maintain proper
clerical dignity (11:7), presumption (10:13-17), and fleshliness (10:2).
Likewise, the apostle has a few things to say about his accusers. For
example, they corrupted the Word (2:17); they were deceptive (3:1); they
were Jews masquerading as ministers of Christ (11:23-27); they were
domineering (11:20); they were bold (11:21); they lacked the spiritual
courage to step out and start their own ministry (11:23-27). Thus it was no
small wonder that the apostle was seriously concerned about the spiritual
well-being of the church at Corinth.
Author and Date:
That the Apostle Paul wrote 2 Corinthians is uncontested; the lack of any
motive for a forger to write this highly personal, biographical epistle has
led even the most critical scholars to affirm Paul as its author.
Several considerations establish a feasible date for the writing of this
letter. Extrabiblical sources indicated that July, A.D. 51 is the most
likely date for the beginning of Gallio's proconsulship (compare Acts
18:12). Paul's trial before him at Corinth (Acts 18:12-17), probably took
place shortly after Gallio assumed office. Leaving Corinth (probably in
A.D. 52), Paul sailed for Palestine (Acts 18:18), thus concluding his
second missionary journey. Returning to Ephesus on his third missionary
journey (probably in A.D. 52), Paul ministered there for about 2-1/2 years
(Acts 19:8, 10). The apostle wrote 1 Corinthians from Ephesus toward the
close of that period (1 Cor. 16:8), most likely (in A.D. 55). Since Paul
planned to stay in Ephesus until the following spring (compare the
reference to Pentecost in 1 Cor. 16:8), and 2 Corinthians was written after
he left Ephesus, the most likely date for 2 Corinthians is late A.D. 55 or
very early A.D. 56.
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2 Corinthians 1
2 Corinthians
Chapter 1
2 Corinthians 1:1
"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:"
2 Corinthians 1:2
"Grace [be] to you
and peace from God
our Father, and
[from] the Lord
Jesus Christ."
2 Corinthians 1:3
"Blessed [be] God,
even the Father of
our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father
of mercies, and the
God of all
comfort;"
2 Corinthians 1:4
"Who comforteth 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."
2 Corinthians 1:5
"For as the
sufferings of
Christ abound in
us, so our
consolation also
aboundeth by
Christ."
2 Corinthians 1:6
"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."
2 Corinthians 1:7
"And our hope of
you [is] stedfast,
knowing, that as ye
are partakers of
the sufferings, so
[shall ye be] also
of the
consolation."
2 Corinthians 1:8
"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, insomuch
that we despaired
even of life:"
2 Corinthians 1:9
"But we had the
sentence of death
in ourselves, that
we should not trust
in ourselves, but
in God which
raiseth the dead:"
2 Corinthians 1:10
"Who delivered us
from so great a
death, and doth
deliver: in whom we
trust that he will
yet deliver [us];"
2 Corinthians 1:11
"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."
2 Corinthians 1:12
"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."
2 Corinthians 1:13 "For we write none other
things unto you, than what ye read or
acknowledge; and I trust ye shall
acknowledge even to the end;"
2 Corinthians 1:14 "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."
2 Corinthians 1:15 "And in this confidence
I was minded to come unto you before, that
ye might have a second benefit;"
2 Corinthians 1:16 "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."
2 Corinthians 1:17 "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?"
2 Corinthians 1:18 "But [as] God [is] true,
our word toward you was not yea and nay."
2 Corinthians 1:19 "For the Son of God,
Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by
us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy,
was not yea and nay, but in him was yea."
2 Corinthians 1:20 "For all the promises of
God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto
the glory of God by us."
2 Corinthians 1:21 "Now he which
stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath
anointed us, [is] God;"
2 Corinthians 1:22 "Who hath also sealed
us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in
our hearts."
2 Corinthians 1:23 "Moreover I call God for
a record upon my soul, that to spare you I
came not as yet unto Corinth."
2 Corinthians 1:24 "Not for that we have
dominion over your faith, but are helpers
of your joy: for by faith ye stand."
2 Corinthians 2
2 Corinthians Chapter 2
2 Corinthians 2:1 "But I determined this
with myself, that I would not come again to
you in heaviness."
2 Corinthians 2:2 "For if I make you sorry,
who is he then that maketh me glad, but the
same which is made sorry by me?"
2 Corinthians 2:3 "And I wrote this same
unto you, lest, when I came, I should have
sorrow from them of whom I ought to
rejoice; having confidence in you all, that
my joy is [the joy] of you all."
2 Corinthians 2:4 "For out of much
affliction and anguish of heart I wrote
unto you with many tears; not that ye
should be grieved, but that ye might know
the love which I have more abundantly unto
you."
2 Corinthians 2:5 "But if any have caused
grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part:
that I may not overcharge you all."
2 Corinthians 2:6 "Sufficient to such a man
[is] this punishment, which [was inflicted]
of many."
2 Corinthians 2:7 "So that contrariwise ye
[ought] rather to forgive [him], and
comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one
should be swallowed up with overmuch
sorrow."
2 Corinthians 2:8 "Wherefore I beseech you
that ye would confirm [your] love toward
him."
2 Corinthians 2:9 "For to this end also did
I write, that I might know the proof of
you, whether ye be obedient in all things."
2 Corinthians 2:10 "To whom ye forgive any
thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave
any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your
sakes [forgave I it] in the person of
Christ;"
2 Corinthians 2:11 "Lest Satan should get
an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant
of his devices."
2 Corinthians 2:12 "Furthermore, when I
came to
Troas
to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a door was
opened unto me of the Lord,"
2 Corinthians 2:13 "I had no rest in my
spirit, because I found not Titus my
brother: but taking my leave of them, I
went from thence into
Macedonia."
2 Corinthians 2:14 "Now thanks [be] unto
God, which always causeth us to triumph in
Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of
his knowledge by us in every place."
2 Corinthians 2:15 "For we are unto God a
sweet savor of Christ, in them that are
saved, and in them that perish:"
2 Corinthians 2:16 "To the one [we are] the
savor of death unto death; and to the other
the savor of life unto life. And who [is]
sufficient for these things?"
2 Corinthians 2:17 "For we are not as many,
which corrupt the word of God: but as of
sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of
God speak we in Christ."
2 Corinthians 3
2 Corinthians Chapter 3
2 Corinthians 3:1 "Do we begin again to
commend ourselves? or need we, as some
[others], epistles of commendation to you,
or [letters] of commendation from you?"
2 Corinthians 3:2 "Ye are our epistle
written in our hearts, known and read of
all men:"
2 Corinthians 3:3 "[Forasmuch as ye are]
manifestly declared to be the epistle of
Christ ministered by us, written not with
ink, but with the Spirit of the living God;
not in tables of stone, but in fleshy
tables of the heart."
2 Corinthians 3:4 "And such trust have we
through Christ to God-ward:"
2 Corinthians 3:5 "Not that we are
sufficient of ourselves to think any thing
as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is]
of God;"
2 Corinthians 3:6 "Who also hath made us
able ministers of the new testament; not of
the letter, but of the spirit: for the
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth
life."
2 Corinthians 3:7 "But if the ministration
of death, written [and] engraven in stones,
was glorious, so that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly behold the face
of Moses for the glory of his countenance;
which [glory] was to be done away:"
2 Corinthians 3:8 "How shall not the
ministration of the spirit be rather
glorious?"
2 Corinthians 3:9 "For if the ministration
of condemnation [be] glory, much more doth
the ministration of righteousness exceed in
glory."
2 Corinthians 3:10 "For even that which was
made glorious had no glory in this respect,
by reason of the glory that excelleth."
2 Corinthians 3:11 "For if that which is
done away [was] glorious, much more that
which remaineth [is] glorious."
2 Corinthians 3:12 "Seeing then that we
have such hope, we use great plainness of
speech:"
2 Corinthians 3:13 "And not as Moses,
[which] put a veil over his face, that the
children of Israel could not stedfastly
look to the end of that which is
abolished:"
2 Corinthians 3:14 "But their minds were
blinded: for until this day remaineth the
same veil untaken away in the reading of
the old testament; which [veil] is done
away in Christ."
2 Corinthians 3:15 "But even unto this day,
when Moses is read, the veil is upon their
heart."
2 Corinthians 3:16 "Nevertheless when it
shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be
taken away."
2 Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that
Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord
[is], there [is] liberty."
2 Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with open
face beholding as in a glass the glory of
the Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to glory, [even] as by the
Spirit of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 4
2 Corinthians Chapter 4
2 Corinthians 4:1 "Therefore seeing we have
this ministry, as we have received mercy,
we faint not;"
2 Corinthians 4:2 "But have renounced the
hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in
craftiness, nor handling the word of God
deceitfully; but by manifestation of the
truth commending ourselves to every man's
conscience in the sight of God."
2 Corinthians 4:3 "But if our gospel be
hid, it is hid to them that are lost:"
2 Corinthians 4:4: "In whom the god of this
world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them."
2 Corinthians 4:5 "For we preach not
ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and
ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake."
2 Corinthians 4:6 "For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, hath
shined in our hearts, to [give] the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ."
2 Corinthians 4:7 "But we have this
treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God, and
not of us."
2 Corinthians 4:8: "[We are] troubled on
every side, yet not distressed; [we are]
perplexed, but not in despair;"
2 Corinthians 4:9 "Persecuted, but not
forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;"
2 Corinthians 4:10: "Always bearing about
in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus,
that the life also of Jesus might be made
manifest in our body."
2 Corinthians 4:11 "For we which live are
always delivered unto death for Jesus'
sake, that the life also of Jesus might be
made manifest in our mortal flesh."
2 Corinthians 4:12 "So then death worketh
in us, but life in you."
2 Corinthians 4:13 "We having the same
spirit of faith, according as it is
written, I believed, and therefore have I
spoken; we also believe, and therefore
speak;"
2 Corinthians 4:14 "Knowing that he which
raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us
also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with
you."
2 Corinthians 4:15 "For all things [are]
for your sakes, that the abundant grace
might through the thanksgiving of many
redound to the glory of God."
2 Corinthians 4:16 "For which cause we
faint not; but though our outward man
perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day
by day."
2 Corinthians 4:17 "For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding [and]
eternal weight of glory;"
2 Corinthians 4:18 "While we look not at
the things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen: for the things
which are seen [are] temporal; but the
things which are not seen [are] eternal."
2 Corinthians 5
2 Corinthians
Chapter 5
2 Corinthians 5:1
"For we know that
if our earthly
house of [this]
tabernacle were
dissolved, we have
a building of God,
a house not made
with hands, eternal
in the heavens."
2 Corinthians 5:2
"For in this we
groan, earnestly
desiring to be
clothed upon with
our house which is
from heaven:"
2 Corinthians 5:3
"If so be that
being clothed we
shall not be found
naked."
2 Corinthians 5:4
"For we that are in
[this] tabernacle
do groan, being
burdened: not for
that we would be
unclothed, but
clothed upon, that
mortality might be
swallowed up of
life."
2 Corinthians 5:5
"Now he that hath
wrought us for the
selfsame thing [is]
God, who also hath
given unto us the
earnest of the
Spirit."
2 Corinthians 5:6
"Therefore [we are]
always confident,
knowing that,
whilst we are at
home in the body,
we are absent from
the Lord:"
2 Corinthians 5:7
"(For we walk by
faith, not by
sight:)"
2 Corinthians 5:8
"We are confident,
[I say], and
willing rather to
be absent from the
body, and to be
present with the
Lord."
2 Corinthians 5:9
"Wherefore we
labor, that,
whether present or
absent, we may be
accepted of him."
2 Corinthians 5:10
"For we must all
appear before the
judgment seat of
Christ; that every
one may receive the
things [done] in
[his] body,
according to that
he hath done,
whether [it be]
good or bad."
2 Corinthians 5:11 "Knowing therefore the
terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we
are made manifest unto God; and I trust
also are made manifest in your
consciences."
2 Corinthians 5:12 "For we commend not
ourselves again unto you, but give you
occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye
may have somewhat to [answer] them which
glory in appearance, and not in heart."
2 Corinthians 5:13 "For whether we be
beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or
whether we be sober, [it is] for your
cause."
2 Corinthians 5:14 "For the love of Christ
constraineth us; because we thus judge,
that if one died for all, then were all
dead:"
2 Corinthians 5:15 "And [that] he died for
all, that they which live should not
henceforth live unto themselves, but unto
him which died for them, and rose again."
2 Corinthians 5:16 "Wherefore henceforth
know we no man after the flesh: yea, though
we have known Christ after the flesh, yet
now henceforth know we [him] no more."
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man
[be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things
are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:18 "And all things [are] of
God, who hath reconciled us to himself by
Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the
ministry of reconciliation;"
2 Corinthians 5:19 "To wit, that God was in
Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation."
2 Corinthians 5:20 "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 5:21 "For he hath made him
[to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the righteousness of God
in him."
2 Corinthians 6
2 Corinthians Chapter 6
2 Corinthians 6:1 "We then, [as] workers
together [with him], beseech [you] also
that ye receive not the grace of God in
vain."
2 Corinthians 6:2 "(For he saith, I have
heard thee in a time accepted, and in the
day of salvation have I succored thee:
behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold,
now [is] the day of salvation.)"
2 Corinthians 6:3 "Giving no offence in any
thing, that the ministry be not blamed:"
2 Corinthians 6:4 "But in all [things]
approving ourselves as the ministers of
God, in much patience, in afflictions, in
necessities, in distresses,"
2 Corinthians 6:5 "In stripes, in
imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in
watchings, in fastings;"
2 Corinthians 6:6 "By pureness, by
knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness,
by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,"
2 Corinthians 6:7 "By the word of truth, by
the power of God, by the armor of
righteousness on the right hand and on the
left,"
2 Corinthians 6:8 "By honor and dishonor,
by evil report and good report: as
deceivers, and [yet] true;"
2 Corinthians 6:9 "As unknown, and [yet]
well known; as dying, and, behold, we live;
as chastened, and not killed;"
2 Corinthians 6:10 "As sorrowful, yet
always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many
rich; as having nothing, and [yet]
possessing all things."
2 Corinthians 6:11 "O [ye] Corinthians, our
mouth is open unto you, our heart is
enlarged."
2 Corinthians 6:12 "Ye are not straitened
in us, but ye are straitened in your own
bowels."
2 Corinthians 6:13 "Now for a recompence in
the same, (I speak as unto [my] children,)
be ye also enlarged."
2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath
light with darkness?"
2 Corinthians 6:15 "And what concord hath
Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he
that believeth with an infidel?"
2 Corinthians 6:16 "And what agreement hath
the temple of God with idols? for ye are
the temple of the living God; as God hath
said, I will dwell in them, and walk in
[them]; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people."
2 Corinthians 6:17 "Wherefore come out from
among them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing];
and I will receive you,"
2 Corinthians 6:18 "And will be a Father
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
2 Corinthians 7
2 Corinthians Chapter 7
2 Corinthians 7:1 "Having therefore these
promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear
of God."
2 Corinthians 7:2 "Receive us; we have
wronged no man, we have corrupted no man,
we have defrauded no man."
2 Corinthians 7:3 "I speak not [this] to
condemn [you]: for I have said before, that
ye are in our hearts to die and live with
[you]."
2 Corinthians 7:4 "Great [is] my boldness
of speech toward you, great [is] my
glorying of you: I am filled with comfort,
I am exceeding joyful in all our
tribulation."
2 Corinthians 7:5 "For, when we were come
into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but
we were troubled on every side; without
[were] fightings, within [were] fears."
2 Corinthians 7:6 "Nevertheless God, that
comforteth those that are cast down,
comforted us by the coming of Titus;"
2 Corinthians 7:7 "And not by his coming
only, but by the consolation wherewith he
was comforted in you, when he told us your
earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent
mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the
more."
2 Corinthians 7:8 "For though I made you
sorry with a letter, I do not repent,
though I did repent: for I perceive that
the same epistle hath made you sorry,
though [it were] but for a season."
2 Corinthians 7:9 "Now I rejoice, not that
ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to
repentance: for ye were made sorry after a
godly manner, that ye might receive damage
by us in nothing."
2 Corinthians 7:10 " For godly sorrow
worketh repentance to salvation not to be
repented of: but the sorrow of the world
worketh death."
2 Corinthians 7:11 "For behold this
selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a
godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in
you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves,
yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear,
yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what]
zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In all [things]
ye have approved yourselves to be clear in
this matter."
2 Corinthians 7:12 "Wherefore, though I
wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his
cause that had done the wrong, nor for his
cause that suffered wrong, but that our
care for you in the sight of God might
appear unto you."
2 Corinthians 7:13 "Therefore we were
comforted in your comfort: yea, and
exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy
of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed
by you all."
2 Corinthians 7:14 "For if I have boasted
any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed;
but as we spake all things to you in truth,
even so our boasting, which [I made] before
Titus, is found a truth."
2 Corinthians 7:15 "And his inward
affection is more abundant toward you,
whilst he remembereth the obedience of you
all, how with fear and trembling ye
received him."
2 Corinthians 7:16 "I rejoice therefore
that I have confidence in you in all
[things]."
2 Corinthians 8
2 Corinthians Chapter 8
2 Corinthians 8:1 "Moreover, brethren, we
do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed
on the churches of Macedonia;"
2 Corinthians 8:2 "How that in a great
trial of affliction the abundance of their
joy and their deep poverty abounded unto
the riches of their liberality."
2 Corinthians 8:3 "For to [their] power, I
bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power
[they were] willing of themselves;"
2 Corinthians 8:4 "Praying us with much
entreaty that we would receive the gift,
and [take upon us] the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints."
2 Corinthians 8:5 "And [this they did], not
as we hoped, but first gave their own
selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will
of God."
2 Corinthians 8:6 "Insomuch that we desired
Titus, that as he had begun, so he would
also finish in you the same grace also."
2 Corinthians 8:7 "Therefore, as ye abound
in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance,
and knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and
[in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound
in this grace also."
2 Corinthians 8:8 "I speak not by
commandment, but by occasion of the
forwardness of others, and to prove the
sincerity of your love."
2 Corinthians 8:9 "For ye know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was
rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich."
2 Corinthians 8:10 "And herein I give [my]
advice: for this is expedient for you, who
have begun before, not only to do, but also
to be forward a year ago."
2 Corinthians 8:11 "Now therefore perform
the doing [of it]; that as [there was] a
readiness to will, so [there may be] a
performance also out of that which ye
have."
2 Corinthians 8:12 "For if there be first a
willing mind, [it is] accepted according to
that a man hath, [and] not according to
that he hath not."
2 Corinthians 8:13 "For [I mean] not that
other men be eased, and ye burdened:"
2 Corinthians 8:14 "But by an equality,
[that] now at this time your abundance [may
be a supply] for their want, that their
abundance also may be [a supply] for your
want: that there may be equality:"
2 Corinthians 8:15 "As it is written, He
that [had gathered] much had nothing over;
and he that [had gathered] little had no
lack."
2 Corinthians 8:16 "But thanks [be] to God,
which put the same earnest care into the
heart of Titus for you."
2 Corinthians 8:17 "For indeed he accepted
the exhortation; but being more forward, of
his own accord he went unto you."
2 Corinthians 8:18 "And we have sent with
him the brother, whose praise [is] in the
gospel throughout all the churches;"
2 Corinthians 8:19 "And not [that] only,
but who was also chosen of the churches to
travel with us with this grace, which is
administered by us to the glory of the same
Lord, and [declaration of] your ready
mind:"
2 Corinthians 8:20 "Avoiding this, that no
man should blame us in this abundance which
is administered by us:"
2 Corinthians 8:21 "Providing for honest
things, not only in the sight of the Lord,
but also in the sight of men."
2 Corinthians 8:22 "And we have sent with
them our brother, whom we have oftentimes
proved diligent in many things, but now
much more diligent, upon the great
confidence which [I have] in you."
2 Corinthians 8:23 "Whether [any do
inquire] of Titus, [he is] my partner and
fellow helper concerning you: or our
brethren [be inquired of, they are] the
messengers of the churches, [and] the glory
of Christ."
2 Corinthians 8:24 "Wherefore shew ye to
them, and before the churches, the proof of
your love, and of our boasting on your
behalf."
2 Corinthians 9
2 Corinthians Chapter 9
2 Corinthians 9:1 "For as touching the
ministering to the saints, it is
superfluous for me to write to you:"
2 Corinthians 9:2 "For I know the
forwardness of your mind, for which I boast
of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia
was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath
provoked very many."
2 Corinthians 9:3 "Yet have I sent the
brethren, lest our boasting of you should
be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said,
ye may be ready:"
2 Corinthians 9:4 "Lest haply if they of
Macedonia come with me, and find you
unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should
be ashamed in this same confident
boasting."
2 Corinthians 9:5 " Therefore I thought it
necessary to exhort the brethren, that they
would go before unto you, and make up
beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had
notice before, that the same might be
ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as
[of] covetousness."
2 Corinthians 9:6 "But this [I say], He
which soweth sparingly shall reap also
sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully
shall reap also bountifully."
2 Corinthians 9:7 "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 9:8 "And God [is] able to
make all grace abound toward you; that ye,
always having all sufficiency in all
[things], may abound to every good work:"
2 Corinthians 9:9 "(As it is written, He
hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the
poor: his righteousness remaineth for
ever."
2 Corinthians 9:10 "Now he that ministereth
seed to the sower both minister bread for
[your] food, and multiply your seed sown,
and increase the fruits of your
righteousness;)"
2 Corinthians 9:11 "Being enriched in every
thing to all bountifulness, which causeth
through us thanksgiving to God."
2 Corinthians 9:12 "For the administration
of this service not only supplieth the want
of the saints, but is abundant also by many
thanksgivings unto God;"
2 Corinthians 9:13 "Whiles by the
experiment of this ministration they
glorify God for your professed subjection
unto the gospel of Christ, and for [your]
liberal distribution unto them, and unto
all [men];"
2 Corinthians 9:14 "And by their prayer for
you, which long after you for the exceeding
grace of God in you."
2 Corinthians 9:15 "Thanks [be] unto God
for his unspeakable gift."
2 Corinthians 10
2 Corinthians Chapter 10
2 Corinthians 10:1 "Now I Paul myself
beseech you by the meekness and gentleness
of Christ, who in presence [am] base among
you, but being absent am bold toward you:"
2 Corinthians 10:2 "But I beseech [you],
that I may not be bold when I am present
with that confidence, wherewith I think to
be bold against some, which think of us as
if we walked according to the flesh."
2 Corinthians 10:3 "For though we walk in
the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:"
2 Corinthians 10:4 "(For the weapons of our
warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strong
holds;)"
2 Corinthians 10:5 "Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that
exalteth itself against the knowledge of
God, and bringing into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ;"
2 Corinthians 10:6 "And having in a
readiness to revenge all disobedience, when
your obedience is fulfilled."
2 Corinthians 10:7 "Do ye look on things
after the outward appearance? If any man
trust to himself that he is Christ's, let
him of himself think this again, that, as
he [is] Christ's, even so [are] we
Christ's."
2 Corinthians 10:8 "For though I should
boast somewhat more of our authority, which
the Lord hath given us for edification, and
not for your destruction, I should not be
ashamed:"
2 Corinthians 10:9 "That I may not seem as
if I would terrify you by letters."
2 Corinthians 10:10 "For [his] letters, say
they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his]
bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech
contemptible."
2 Corinthians 10:11 "Let such a one think
this, that, such as we are in word by
letters when we are absent, such [will we
be] also in deed when we are present."
2 Corinthians 10:12 "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 10:13 "But we will not boast
of things without [our] measure, but
according to the measure of the rule which
God hath distributed to us, a measure to
reach even unto you."
2 Corinthians 10:14 "For we stretch not
ourselves beyond [our measure], as though
we reached not unto you: for we are come as
far as to you also in [preaching] the
gospel of Christ:"
2 Corinthians 10:15 "Not boasting of things
without [our] measure, [that is], of other
men's labors; but having hope, when your
faith is increased, that we shall be
enlarged by you according to our rule
abundantly,"
2 Corinthians 10:16 "To preach the gospel
in the [regions] beyond you, [and] not to
boast in another man's line of things made
ready to our hand."
2 Corinthians 10:17 "But he that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord."
2 Corinthians 10:18 "For not he that
commendeth himself is approved, but whom
the Lord commendeth."
2 Corinthians 11
2 Corinthians
Chapter 11
2 Corinthians 11:1
"Would to God ye
could bear with me
a little in [my]
folly: and indeed
bear with me."
2 Corinthians 11:2
"For I am jealous
over you with godly
jealousy: for I
have espoused you
to one husband,
that I may present
[you as] a chaste
virgin to Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:3
"But I fear, lest
by any means, as
the serpent
beguiled Eve
through his
subtilty, so your
minds should be
corrupted from the
simplicity that is
in Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:4
"For if he that
cometh preacheth
another Jesus, whom
we have not
preached, or [if]
ye receive another
spirit, which ye
have not received,
or another gospel,
which ye have not
accepted, ye might
well bear with
[him]."
2 Corinthians 11:5
"For I suppose I
was not a whit
behind the very
chiefest apostles."
2 Corinthians 11:6
"But though [I be]
rude in speech, yet
not in knowledge;
but we have been
thoroughly made
manifest among you
in all things."
2 Corinthians 11:7
"Have I committed
an offence in
abasing myself that
ye might be
exalted, because I
have preached to
you the gospel of
God freely?"
2 Corinthians 11:8
"I robbed other
churches, taking
wages [of them], to
do you service."
2 Corinthians 11:9
"And when I was
present with you,
and wanted, I was
chargeable to no
man: for that which
was lacking to me
the brethren which
came from Macedonia
supplied: and in
all [things] I have
kept myself from
being burdensome
unto you, and [so]
will I keep
[myself]."
2 Corinthians 11:10
"As the truth of
Christ is in me, no
man shall stop me
of this boasting in
the regions of
Achaia."
2 Corinthians 11:11
"Wherefore? because
I love you not? God
knoweth."
2 Corinthians 11:12
"But what I do,
that I will do,
that I may cut off
occasion from them
which desire
occasion; that
wherein they glory,
they may be found
even as we."
2 Corinthians 11:13
"For such [are]
false apostles,
deceitful workers,
transforming
themselves into the
apostles of
Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:14
"And no marvel; for
Satan himself is
transformed into an
angel of light."
2 Corinthians 11:15
"Therefore [it is]
no great thing if
his ministers also
be transformed as
the ministers of
righteousness;
whose end shall be
according to their
works."
2 Corinthians 11:16 "I say again, Let no
man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a
fool receive me, that I may boast myself a
little."
2 Corinthians 11:17 "That which I speak, I
speak [it] not after the Lord, but as it
were foolishly, in this confidence of
boasting."
2 Corinthians 11:18 "Seeing that many glory
after the flesh, I will glory also."
2 Corinthians 11:19 "For ye suffer fools
gladly, seeing ye [yourselves] are wise."
2 Corinthians 11:20 "For ye suffer, if a
man bring you into bondage, if a man devour
[you], if a man take [of you], if a man
exalt himself, if a man smite you on the
face."
2 Corinthians 11:21 "I speak as concerning
reproach, as though we had been weak.
Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak
foolishly,) I am bold also."
2 Corinthians 11:22 "Are they Hebrews? so
[am] I. Are they Israelites? so [am] I. Are
they the seed of Abraham? so [am] I."
2 Corinthians 11:23 "Are they ministers of
Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in
labors more abundant, in stripes above
measure, in prisons more frequent, in
deaths oft."
2 Corinthians 11:24 "Of the Jews five times
received I forty [stripes] save one."
2 Corinthians 11:25 "Thrice was I beaten
with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I
suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I
have been in the deep;"
2 Corinthians 11:26 "[In] journeyings
often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils
of robbers, [in] perils by [mine own]
countrymen, [in] perils by the heathen,
[in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the
wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in]
perils among false brethren;"
2 Corinthians 11:27 "In weariness and
painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger
and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and
nakedness."
2 Corinthians 11:28 "Beside those things
that are without, that which cometh upon me
daily, the care of all the churches."
2 Corinthians 11:29 "Who is weak, and I am
not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?"
2 Corinthians 11:30 "If I must needs glory,
I will glory of the things which concern
mine infirmities."
2 Corinthians 11:31 "The God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for
evermore, knoweth that I lie not."
2 Corinthians 11:32-33 "In Damascus the
governor under Aretas the king kept the
city of the Damascenes with a garrison,
desirous to apprehend me:" "And through a
window in a basket was I let down by the
wall, and escaped his hands."
2 Corinthians 12
2 Corinthians Chapter 12
2 Corinthians 12:1 "It is not expedient for
me doubtless to glory. I will come to
visions and revelations of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 12:2 "I knew a man in Christ
above fourteen years ago, (whether in the
body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a
one caught up to the third heaven."
2 Corinthians 12:3 "And I knew such a man,
(whether in the body, or out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;)"
2 Corinthians 12:4 "How that he was caught
up into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a man to
utter."
2 Corinthians 12:5 "Of such a one will I
glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but
in mine infirmities."
2 Corinthians 12:6 "For though I would
desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for
I will say the truth: but [now] I forbear,
lest any man should think of me above that
which he seeth me [to be], or [that] he
heareth of me."
2 Corinthians 12:7 "And lest I should be
exalted above measure through the abundance
of the revelations, there was given to me a
thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan
to buffet me, lest I should be exalted
above measure."
2 Corinthians 12:8 "For this thing I
besought the Lord thrice, that it might
depart from me."
2 Corinthians 12:9 "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 Corinthians 12:10 "Therefore I take
pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses
for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then
am I strong."
2 Corinthians 12:11 "I am become a fool in
glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought
to have been commended of you: for in
nothing am I behind the very chiefest
apostles, though I be nothing."
2 Corinthians 12:12 "Truly the signs of an
apostle were wrought among you in all
patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty
deeds."
2 Corinthians 12:13 "For what is it wherein
ye were inferior to other churches, except
[it be] that I myself was not burdensome to
you? forgive me this wrong."
2 Corinthians 12:14 "Behold, the third time
I am ready to come to you; and I will not
be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours,
but you: for the children ought not to lay
up for the parents, but the parents for the
children."
2 Corinthians 12:15 "And I will very gladly
spend and be spent for you; though the more
abundantly I love you, the less I be
loved."
2 Corinthians 12:16 "But be it so, I did
not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty,
I caught you with guile."
2 Corinthians 12:17 "Did I make a gain of
you by any of them whom I sent unto you?"
2 Corinthians 12:18 "I desired Titus, and
with [him] I sent a brother. Did Titus make
a gain of you? walked we not in the same
spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?"
2 Corinthians 12:19 "Again, think ye that
we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak
before God in Christ: but [we do] all
things, dearly beloved, for your edifying."
2 Corinthians 12:20 "For I fear, lest, when
I come, I shall not find you such as I
would, and [that] I shall be found unto you
such as ye would not: lest [there be]
debates, envyings, wraths, strifes,
backbitings, whisperings, swellings,
tumults:"
2 Corinthians 12:21 "[And] lest, when I
come again, my God will humble me among
you, and [that] I shall bewail many which
have sinned already, and have not repented
of the uncleanness and fornication and
lasciviousness which they have committed."
2 Corinthians 13
2 Corinthians Chapter 13
2 Corinthians 13:1: "This [is] the third
[time] I am coming to you. In the mouth of
two or three witnesses shall every word be
established."
2 Corinthians 13:2 "I told you before, and
foretell you, as if I were present, the
second time; and being absent now I write
to them which heretofore have sinned, and
to all other, that, if I come again, I will
not spare:"
2 Corinthians 13:3: "Since ye seek a proof
of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward
is not weak, but is mighty in you."
2 Corinthians 13:4: "For though he was
crucified through weakness, yet he liveth
by the power of God. For we also are weak
in him, but we shall live with him by the
power of God toward you."
2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves,
whether ye be in the faith; prove your own
selves. Know ye not your own selves, how
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be
reprobates?"
2 Corinthians 13:6 "But I trust that ye
shall know that we are not reprobates."
2 Corinthians 13:7 "Now I pray to God that
ye do no evil; not that we should appear
approved, but that ye should do that which
is honest, though we be as reprobates."
2 Corinthians 13:8-9 "For we can do nothing
against the truth, but for the truth." "For
we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are
strong: and this also we wish, [even] your
perfection."
2 Corinthians 13:10 "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 13:11 "Finally, brethren,
farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort,
be of one mind, live in peace; and the God
of love and peace shall be with you."
2 Corinthians 13:12 "Greet one another with
a holy kiss."
2 Corinthians 13:13 "All the saints salute
you."
2 Corinthians 13:14 "The grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you
all. Amen."
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