Posts with the tag “2-corinthians”

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Eager to Serve
December 2nd, 2024
9 Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints, 2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Honorable Stewardship for Christ’s Glory
December 1st, 2024
20 We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us, 21 for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight o...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Encouraged to Excel in Grace
November 30th, 2024
16 But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. 17 For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own acco...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Generous Grace
November 29th, 2024
10 And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. 11 So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in d...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Rich in Christ’s Poverty
November 28th, 2024
8 I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake h...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The Grace of Generosity
November 27th, 2024
8 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Rejoice
November 26th, 2024
And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. 14 For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But j...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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We are Comforted
November 26th, 2024
10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what e...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Comfort for the Downcast
November 26th, 2024
5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming o...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Make Room
November 26th, 2024
2 Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Unequally Yoked
November 22nd, 2024
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what porti...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Widen Your Hearts
November 21st, 2024
11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. 12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. 13 In return (I speak as to children) widen your h...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Favorable Time
November 20th, 2024
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3 We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we commend ourse...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Now Is the Time of Grace
November 19th, 2024
6 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says,                  “In a favorable time I listened to you,      and in a day of salvation I ha...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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A New Creation in Christ
November 18th, 2024
16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he i...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Compelled by Christ's Love
November 17th, 2024
11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giv...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Confident in Christ’s Presence
November 16th, 2024
6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Our Heavenly Dwelling
November 15th, 2024
5 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 o...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Eternal Perspective
November 14th, 2024
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 bey...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Faith Speaks
November 13th, 2024
13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will rai...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Death is at Work in Us
November 12th, 2024
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 p...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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We Have Courage
November 11th, 2024
4 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 t...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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The Ministry of the Spirit
November 11th, 2024
7 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8 will not t...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Such Is The Confidence
November 11th, 2024
4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us suffi...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Written On Our Hearts
November 11th, 2024
3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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We Speak In Christ
November 7th, 2024
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. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among ...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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To Preach
November 6th, 2024
12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord, 13 my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Forgiveness in Christ’s Name
November 5th, 2024
5 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The Pain of Love
November 4th, 2024
23 But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Firm in Christ’s “Yes”
November 3rd, 2024
15 Because I was sure of this, I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second experience of grace. 16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedon...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Boasting in the Cross Alone
November 2nd, 2024
12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you....  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The God Who Raises the Dead
November 1st, 2024
8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Comfort in Christ’s Cross
October 31st, 2024
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Grace and Peace through Christ
October 30th, 2024
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:2 Grace to you and peace from...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg