II Corinthians 5:11-21 I keep seeing verses in II Corinthians that are so well known to me – and I suspect, to others: …one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on …
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May 26 / II Cor. 5:1-10
II Corinthians 5:1-10 My Study Bible regularly makes the point that we are saved by grace, not by works. Today is one of those examples, in its comment on today’s last two verses: So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please Him. For we must all appear before …
May 25 / II Cor. 4:1-18
II Corinthians 4:1-18 There are some really great, memorable verses in today’s reading. Here’s the first: We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; (vv. 8-9) In each case the former word reflects Paul’s difficulties and the latter word/phrase …
May 24 / II Cor. 3:7-18
II Corinthians 3:7-18 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. (v. 18) Is this true? That there are degrees of glory and that we are being transformed from one degree to another…? If it’s Scriptural, then …
May 23 / II Cor. 2:12-3:6
II Corinthians 2:12-3:6 There is a phrase in our vernacular, “…the letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law…”. I wonder if that phrase comes from today’s reading: …our sufficiency is from God, Who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. …
May 22 / II Cor. 2:1-11
II Corinthians 2:1-11 So, is there a lost letter or a lost visit? I’ve chatted around this topic the past few days. I sense that the majority of scholars tend to believe that yes, there is a lost letter and an unreported visit. There is clear evidence for an unreported visit later in II Corinthians, …
May 21 / II Cor. 1:12-24
II Corinthians 1:12-24 I have a lot of difficulty weighing through Paul’s difficulties with the Corinthians. There are a lot of references to letters that Paul might have written to the Corinthians that have been lost and of visits to them that are not recorded. So it’s difficult to follow his relationship with them when …
May 20 / II Cor. 1:1-11
II Corinthians 1:1-11 Affliction, suffering, burden, despair, peril, death… Deliverance, comfort, salvation!! There is really only one message in these few verses today. God is a God of deliverance, of comfort, of salvation! No matter our circumstances, He is there for us – and He wants us to be there for others. Whether we are …
May 19 / Acts 19:23-20:1
Acts 19:23-20:1 So yes, it’s a strange reading schedule – one day’s reading of 20 verses in Acts between Paul’s two Corinthian letters. This is the pattern that they have in our Chronological Bible that I’ve been using the past two years and I have not seen fit to change it (much). However, this Acts …
May 18 / I Cor. 16:13-24
I Corinthians 16:13-24 Depending on your translation, verse 22b will say either “Maranatha” or “O Lord, come” or “Our Lord, come.” I had noted two days ago that many commentators felt that Paul was expecting Jesus’ imminent return. Now he closes with this greeting. My Study Bible noted Paul’s expectation in its comment on this …