II Corinthians 8:15 …they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. (v. 5b) Here Paul is speaking of the Macedonians’ contributions toward the financial relief of the Jerusalem church. I understand “giving themselves to the Lord” to mean that they prayed and sought the Lord’s will in …
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May 29 / II Cor. 7:1-16
II Corinthians 7:1-16 Today’s reading, in one word: JOY!! I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy. (v. 4b) And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. (v. …
May 28 / II Cor. 6:1-18
II Corinthians 6:1-18 RTB 2020!! I was intrigued today in my NKJV Chronological Bible by their use of three different prepositions (in, by, as) for three sets of nouns: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in calamities, in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger; by purity, by knowledge, by …
May 27 / II Cor. 5:11-21
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 …
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 …