Great Chapters in the Bible - II Corinthians 1
There are many Great Chapters in the Bible . It helps if someone leads you to them, and helps you understand them. This is a series of Great Chapters in the Bible.
You may need to re-read each chapter many times to grasp it’s truths, but as you do, the wisdom of God’s Word will open to you, by His Spirit working in you.
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Living Christianity2Co 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
2Co 1:2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2Co 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2Co 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
2Co 1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
2Co 1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
2Co 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
2Co 1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
2Co 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
2Co 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
2Co 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
2Co 1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
2Co 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2Co 1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
2Co 1:16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
2Co 1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
2Co 1:18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
2Co 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
2Co 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
2Co 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2Co 1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
2Co 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Paul Gitto
This Chapter is about God’s Comfort and Deliverance, even when we may not have followed his word for a while. He is still there for us.
2Co 1:1-2 Written by Paul and Timothy to the Christians at Corinth. He greets them with Grace and peace From God the Father and, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 1:3 He references God, as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and as the father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. This chapter is all about comfort, and that true comfort comes from God.
2Co 1:4 God comforts us in ALL tribulation, so we can comfort those who need help. We can help others because God comforts us.
2Co 1:5-9 While we may suffer trials and tribulations as Christ did, we also enjoy the consolation or comfort, and salvation by Christ. Paul and Timothy hope that the Christians will realize this, that in spite of all the difficulties they had, above all things they need to trust not in themselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
2Co 1:10 God is the Deliverer. He delivered us, does deliver us, and will deliver us, past, present and future. He will completely and always deliver us.
2Co 1:11 The Power of Prayer is described here, a gift you give to others, which helps them, by your giving of thanks for them.
2Co 1:12-14 We rejoice, in simplicity and sincerity, in the grace of God,in each other, and in the Hope of Christ’s return.
2Co 1:15-24 Paul & Timothy’s other purpose was to reprove the Christians at Corinth, for doctrinal error, so they would return to a spiritual life, and not be enticed with worldly things. The goal was to establish them spiritually, not to lord over them. They also desired for them to regain their joy, by realizing the promises of God, and to focus on spiritual matters.