“Sufficient To Such A One …”
“… is the punishment which was inflicted by the many so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow” (2 Cor. 2:6-7). The withdrawal of fellowship from an erring Christian is a painful matter. The primary purpose for […]
“But If Any Hath Caused Sorrow …”
“… he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all. Sufficient to such a one is the punishment which was inflicted by the many so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed […]
“Are We Beginning Again To Commend …”
“… ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? Ye are our epistles, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God: […]
“But Thanks Be To God …”
“… who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ and makes manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place. For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish; to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a […]
Three Contrasts Of Two Covenants
“God … also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit for the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the […]
The Ministration Of Death
“But if the ministration of death, written and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away: how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory? For if the […]
A New Covenant
“… our sufficiency is from God; who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter but of the spirit, for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could […]
Sufficient Ministers Of A New Covenant
“And such confidence have we through Christ to Godward, not that we are sufficient as from ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God, who made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant …” (2 Cor. 3:4-6a). Paul has indicated already one of the things which made him and […]
“For We Preach Not Ourselves …”
“… but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. Seeing it is God that said Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor. 4:5-6). These verses begin […]
“And Even If Our Gospel Is Veiled …”
“… it is veiled in them that perish: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them” (2 Cor. 4:3-4). Paul grants a concession in these verses — […]