“Therefore, Seeing We Have This …”
“… ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God” (2 Cor. 4:1-2). In the former section […]
The Glory Of The New Covenant
“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 […]
We Walk By Faith
“Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith not by sight); we are of good courage, I say, and are willing to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. […]
The Earnest Of The Spirit
“Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave us the earnest of the Spirit” (2 Cor. 5:5). The word “wrought” in the text signifies “to work out, achieve, effect by toil…” (Vine’s Expository Dictionary of N.T. Words, Vol. 4, p. 232). Thus God has worked out, achieved for us “this […]
“But Having The Same Spirit Of Faith …”
“…according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak: knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up also us with Jesus and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sake, that all grace, being multiplied […]
“But We Have This Treasure …”
“… in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves. We are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed: always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus that the life […]
“Wherefore We Henceforth Know No Man …”
“… after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold they are become new” (2 Cor. 5:16-17). There are some who conclude from Paul’s words […]
“For The Love Of Christ …”
“… constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again” (2 Cor. 5:14f). Paul has already sounded warning that all are to appear before […]
“Knowing Therefore The Fear …”
“… of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your conscience. We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you an occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have whereof to answer them that […]
The Judgment Seat Of Christ
“For we must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad” (2 Cor. 5:10). The word “for” in this passage is the Greek word gar signifying “therefore” or “because” and […]