A Pastor’s Thoughts on Second Corinthians

2Co 7:1-3  “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. Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that … Continue reading TO DIE AND LIVE WITH YOU

2Co 6:17-18  “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” In the verses immediately prior to these, Paul has told us … Continue reading BE YE SEPARATE

2Co 6:14-16  “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of … Continue reading BE YE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED

2Co 6:11-13  “O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.” Paul has spent several verses in this chapter describing to the … Continue reading OUR HEART IS ENLARGED

2Co 6:9-10  “As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” Paul speaks to us in the previous verses of this chapter about situations we may find ourselves in … Continue reading AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAY REJOICING

2Co 6:6-8  “By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;” In the … Continue reading BY THE HOLY GHOST, BY THE POWER OF GOD

2Co 6:4-5  “But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;” In the previous verses, Paul has instructed that, as workers together with God’s help, we are to not give (intend) offense in … Continue reading APPROVING OURSELVES AS THE MINISTERS OF GOD

2Co 6:1-3  “We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.  (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of … Continue reading WORKERS TOGETHER WITH HIM

2Co 5:18-21  “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 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. Now then we are … Continue reading GOD HATH RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF

2Co 5:16-17  “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. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Paul has just spoken to … Continue reading OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY