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 | | Unlike 1 Corinthians, the letter is addressed also to churches in Achaia other than the church in Corinth (see 2 Thess 1:4: in Corinth Paul says that he boasts among the "churches"). | | | 2 Corinthians was written after 1 Corinthians, and represents a later phase in the turbulent and strained relationship between Paul and the church at Corinth. | | | Finally, in 2 Cor 11:4, Paul describes his opponents as those who came to the Corinthians and preached another Jesus than the Jesus that he and his associates preached; the implication is that they came after Paul's eighteen months spent at Corinth during his second missionary journey. |
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| | USCCB - NAB - 2 Corinthians 5 |
| | Not counting their trespasses: the reconciliation is described as an act of justification (cf "righteousness," 2 Cor 5:21); this contrasts with the covenant that condemned (2 Cor 3:8). | | | The Spirit as a first installment: the striking parallel to 2 Cor 5:1-5 in Romans 8:17-30 describes Christians who have received the "firstfruits" (cf "first installment" here) of the Spirit as "groaning" (cf 2 Cor 5:2, 4 here) for the resurrection, the complete redemption of their bodies. | | | Still playing on the term "appearance," he reasserts his transparency before God and the Corinthians, in contrast to the self-commendation, boasting, and preoccupation with externals that characterize some others (cf 2 Cor 1:12-14; 2:14; 3:1; 3:7-4:6). |
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| | 2 CORINTHIANS, NRSV NEW TESTAMENT |
| | 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; 3 and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. | | | 2 We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God's word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God. | | | First and Second Corinthians are not the only letters Paul wrote to Corinth, and an examination of the sequence of events behind these letters gives an indication of the tensions in the relationship between Paul and the Corinthian church. |
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| | USCCB - NAB - 2 Corinthians 11 |
| | Paul, through whom God reveals the knowledge of himself (2 Cor 2:14), and in whom the death and life of Jesus are revealed (2 Cor 4:10-11; cf 2 Cor 6:4), also demonstrates his own role as the bearer of true knowledge. | | | I betrothed you: Paul, like a father (cf 2 Cor 12:14), betroths the community to Christ as his bride (cf Eph 5:21-33) and will present her to him at his second coming. | | | Yet his boast does not spring from ignorance (2 Cor 11:21; 12:6) nor is it concerned merely with human distinctions (2 Cor 11:18). |
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http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/2corinthians/2corinthians11.htm
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| | Background of Second Corinthians |
| | Whether first Corinthians or this letter was the third letter is not known with certainty. | | | (2 Corinthians 7:6-15) Paul wrote 2 Corinthians from Macedonia to express his thankfulness for their repentance and to encourage them to continue collecting money for the Jerusalem Church. | | | (2 Corinthians 8-9) There appears to still be a group within the Church who opposed his apostolic authority as Paul must defend it once again. |
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http://www.abu.nb.ca/ecm/Cor20b.htm
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| | 2 Corinthians - Believers Church Bibles Commentary Series |
| | 2 Corinthians is the tenth volume to appear in the Believers Church Bible Commentary series, a joint effort of the Church of the Brethren, Mennonite Church, General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Brethren Church, Brethren in Christ Church, and Brethren Church. | | | Classification: Bible commentary; Paul, epistles, 2 Corinthians; theology, ministry, reconciliation, early church | | | 2 Corinthians - Believers Church Bibles Commentary Series |
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| | THE LINE OF PRAYER - (2 Corinthians 1:11) - John Piper |
| | But now, having told the Corinthians in verses 9 and 10 what God's purposes were in his unbearable affliction, he calls on the church in verse 11 to pray for him that those purposes might in fact come about. | | | In 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 Paul tells the church at Corinth about his unbearable experience in Asia and what God's purpose was in it and what he anticipates in the future because of it. | | | This answer of God to the Corinthians' prayers is stage 3 in the line of prayer. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistles to the Corinthians |
| | In the first six chapters he rebukes them for their faults and corrects abuses: (1) He shows the absurdity of their divisions and bickerings; (2) deals with the scandalous case of incest; (3) their lawsuits before pagans; and (4) the want of sufficient horror of impurity in some of them. | | | The Corinthians have all that other Churches had except the burden of his support. | | | He deals with questions relating to (1) marriage, (2) virginity, (3) the use of things offered to idols, (4) proper decorum in church and the celebration of the Eucharist, (5) spiritual gifts, or Charismata, (6) the Resurrection, (7) the collections for the poor of Jerusalem. |
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| | 2 CORINTHIANS |
| | (2 Corinthians 3:6) Paul said that Satan (the "god of this age") makes people blind to the Gospel. | | | 2 CORINTHIANS : This book covers an additional letter from Paul to the church at Corinth (Greece). | | | Paul further pointed out that trying to be saved by keeping the Ten Commandments "ends in death," whereas (in the new way) the Holy Spirit gives life. |
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| | 2 Corinthians |
| | "The things that remain" [2] are the subject the gospel treats of, not the ministry which announces it-the glory of the Person of Jesus Christ, the substance of that which the Jewish ordinances represented only in figure. | | | The spiritual restoration of the Corinthians, by dissipating Paul's anguish, had renewed the joy of these consolations, which the tidings of their misconduct had interrupted. | | | The restoration of the Corinthians to a moral state befitting the gospel, associated with the circumstances through which he had just been passing, had allowed him to open his heart to them. |
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| | CALLING ALL CLAY POTS: A CELEBRATION OF MINISTRY - (2 Corinthians 4) - John Piper |
| | Notice 2 Corinthians 4:5, "For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake." When Paul uses his gift in ministry to the church he says he becomes their servant for Jesus' sake. | | | Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:17, "This slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison." Paul's point is not merely, hang on, it will be better by and by. | | | You are responsible to use your gift for the good of the church and the glory of God. |
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| | Theology WebSite: New Testament Study Helps: 1 and 2 Corinthians |
| | The Corinthian church was bound to be troubled with many problems arising from the impact of Christianity on its pagan environment. | | | If Paul had written in October he might have easily referred to the preceding Easter as "last year", and 2 Corinthians would then be placed in the autumn of the same year as 1 Corinthians, separated by about 7 months. | | | There were therefore both Jews and gentiles in the Corinthian church. |
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http://www.theologywebsite.com/nt/corinthians.shtml
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| | Corinthians 2, Pauls Second Letter, Macedonia |
| | 2 Corinthians 1:1-2 - This letter comes to you from Paul, God's messenger for Jesus Christ by the will of God, and from brother Timothy, and is addressed to the church of God in Corinth and all Christians throughout Achaia. | | | Paul continues to be attacked by false teachers in Corinth who question his authority as an apostle and the truth of the Gospel he preaches. | | | 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 - Thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that he is our Father and the source of all mercy and comfort. |
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http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CPn08Cor2.htm
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| | Robert Price, "Apocryphal Apparitions: 1 Corinthians 15:3-11" |
| | Fuller, representing this position, asks, "Could it not be that, at an earlier stage of the tradition, the [Pentecost] pericope narrated an appearance of the Risen One in which he imparted the Spirit to the +500, as in the appearance to the disciples in John 20:19-23?" (Formation, 36). | | | In 1 Corinthians he is dealing with those who believe that Christ's resurrection has brought a realized eschatological newness of life which in fact is only another disguise for the exaltation of the flesh in religious enthusiasm. | | | In 1 Corinthians, he says the same thing when he notes in 15:10 what he has already said in 4:8-13, that in himself he is unworthy and impotent, but thanks to Christ, he is an effective apostle. |
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| | 2 Corinthians |
| | After his first unsuccessful attempt to assert his authority with the Corinthian community failed, Paul visited the church and was humiliated in public (2:5, 7:12). | | | This undeniable incongruity between the two parts of II Corinthians naturally suggests that we have in it two letters instead of one - one conciliatory and gratified, the other injured and incensed. | | | Paul himself "appeals to the original effectiveness of the gospel he preached in Corinth so as not to be a burden on his converts, and to his own Jewish heritage and his sufferings as a servant of Christ" in order to win back authority in Corinth. |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/2corinthians.html
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| | Introduction to the Book of 2 Corinthians, New American Bible. | | | Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com. | | | 2 Corinthians, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. |
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| | 1 CORINTHIANS |
| | Paul instructs the church members about a member who was living with his father's wife, saying that it was not his (or their) business to judge those "outside the church": yet it was their business inside the church -- the man should be expelled. | | | (1 Corinthians 14:13-19) Advising the church, Paul said that women should be silent during the church meetings. | | | 1 CORINTHIANS : This book is a letter to the church at Corinth (Greece) where Paul instructs the members of this early group of Christians to stop arguing and tells them of his plan to send Timothy to help them further. |
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| | USCCB - NAB - 2corinthians - Introduction |
| | Paul deals at length with aspects of this situation in 2 Cor 2:14-7:4 and again in 2 Cor 10:1-13:10, though the manner of treatment and the thrust of the argument differ in each of these sections. | | | Identical or similar topics, moreover, seem to be treated several times during the letter (compare 2 Cor 2:14-7:4 with 2 Cor 10:1-13:10, and 2 Cor 8:1-24 with 2 Cor 9:1-15). | | | In it he deals with one or more crises that have arisen in the Corinthian church. |
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http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/2corinthians/intro.htm
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| | Bible Survey: 2 Corinthians |
| | The letter to the Corinthian church was probably written AD 55 or 56. | | | It is the second letter written to the church in Corinth. | | | When was the second letter to the Corinthians written? |
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http://www.theology.edu/biblesurvey/2cor.htm
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| | Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: | | | Bible Gateway: 2 Corinthians Chapter 1 Verse 1 NIV | | | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: |
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| | The Message Of Second Corinthians |
| | He goes on to declare the great hope of the believer, that "we look not at the things which are seen, but the things which are unseen" (2 Corinthians 4:18 RSV).We know that we have a body which cannot be destroyed "a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" (2 Corinthians 5:1 RSV). | | | There he met Titus and received word that the sharp, caustic letter he had written had accomplished its work, and that the majority of the Corinthian Christians had repented of their rejection of his ministry and had begun to live again the life of Jesus Christ. | | | This brings us into a face to face confrontation with a great scriptural declaration of the transforming character of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. |
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| | USCCB - NAB - 2 Corinthians 1 |
| | These include the words yes (2 Cor 1:17-20), faithful (2 Cor 1:18), Amen (2 Cor 1:20), gives us security (2 Cor 1:21), faith, stand firm (2 Cor 24). | | | Not until 2 Cor 1:23-2:1 will Paul tell us something his original readers already knew, that he has canceled one or the other of these projected visits. | | | Not that we lord it over your faith; rather, we work together for your joy, for you stand firm in the faith. |
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| | Clarke's Commentary - 2 Corinthians 5 |
| | And if they abide in him they shall have an eternal inheritance among them that are sanctified. | | | All who repent, and believe in Christ as having died for them as a sin- offering, (2 Cor. | | | Besides the above places, it occurs in the same signification, and is properly translated in our version, in the following places:- 2 CHRONICLES, 2 Chron. |
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| | Purpose: The purpose of this letter was threefold: [1] to express joy at the favorable response of the church to Paul's ministry (ch. | | | Observations Relative to Charges Against Paul Second Corinthians gives more details and greater insight into the personality and integrity of the apostle Paul than is given any other apostle or disciple of the entire New Testament. | | | Paul was unable to wait for Titus' return and proceeded to Macedonia where Titus meet him with the good news that the church had accepted Paul's letter with positive results. |
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| | Postscript: 2 Corinthians 13:5 |
| | In 2 Corinthians 13, the Apostle Paul is announcing his intention to visit the Corinthian church once more. | | | It is the sphere in which we are to "remain," "stand fast," "stand," "resist the devil," and "be spiritually healthy." It is this type of meaning alone that fits the context of 2 Corinthians 13:5. | | | Furthermore, he insists that when he comes his conduct toward them will be marked by the "power of God" (verse 4). |
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| | The BibleTexts.com Bible Commentary |
| | The status of 6:14-7:1 is controverted (Furnish, II Corinthians 375-83), but recent studies (Fee, Lambrecht, Murphy-O'Connor, Thrall) conclude that it is not anti-Pauline (Betz) or un-Pauline (Fitzmyer), but cited by the apostle (Furnish); nor is it part of the letter mentioned in 1 Cor 5:9 (Hurd). | | | Spirit of the Lord: some languages specify "Lord God" or "Lord Jesus," since the word for "lord" is the same as that used for a human master or chief. | | | Paul wrote it for this place in 2 Cor. |
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| | It is obvious that here is a description of the present body of flesh and bones we live in contrasted with the same body, risen and glorified by the activity of the Spirit of God. | | | When you compare these words with those in First Corinthians 15, you can see that Paul is talking here about the resurrected body, that body we shall receive in which he says mortality will be "swallowed up" (1 Corinthians 15:54) in immortality. | | | He sent his apostles to tell the good news that in Jesus Christ there is a certain future of glory and peace awaiting, but for those without him, a future of endless frustration, of pain and regret. |
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| | 2 Corinthians Commentary and Study Guide |
| | If we could ask Paul what it was like to be an outsider apostle - one who wasn't discipled by walking with Jesus the way others, including the 12 apostles, had been - his answer in person apparently wouldn't equal what he writes in 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 of the troubles and blessings of his ministry. | | | Only if they thought an apostle should be paid by the church where he is working. | | | Paul continues this theme, recognizing believers as "the temple of the living God", and telling any who trust the LORD's promises to respond. |
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| | scripture_2_corinthians |
| | Following are the scripture memory verses for 2 Corinthians: | | | As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their | | | God, and they will be my people." 2 Corinthians 6:16 |
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| | Crosswalk.com - When Is It Dangerous to Look at Jesus? |
| | This seems unlikely because in 2 Corinthians 3:18 Paul says, “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.” In other words, seeing the glory of Christ in the gospel is a great means of becoming like Jesus. | | | To be highly loved and exalted of God tends to feed pride exceedingly, if there be any left. | | | If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.” Since we do not want God to forsake us, we must be watchful over our souls lest we forsake him. |
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| | StudyLight.org Bible Search |
| | I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone, (2 Corinthians 13:2) |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: 1 & 2 Corinthians (Life Application Bible Commentary) |
| | Life Application Bible Commentaries for both the first and second books of Corinthians continues its fine reputation as a guide to fundamental interpretation of scripture. | | | Amazon.com: Books: 1 & 2 Corinthians (Life Application Bible Commentary) | | | 1, 2, & 3 John (Life Application Bible Commentary) by Bruce B. Barton |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/084232853X?v=glance
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| | Scripture References - Book of 2 Corinthians |
| | Experiencing the Presence of God (2 Corinthians 1:4-7) | | | Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord | | | How God Uses Suffering--Part 2 (2 Corinthians 12:9-10) |
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http://www.biblebb.com/brefindex/2co.htm
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| | For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God. | | | Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all, (2 Corinthians 9:13) | | | Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. |
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http://www.studylight.org/desk/print.cgi?passage=2co+9&t=nas&l=en
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| | 2 Corinthians - Introduction |
| | Texts: The student will need to read 2 Corinthians in his or her own Bible as well as the Greek text found in the course itself. | | | 2 Corinthians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) Eerdmans | | | The student will also need to read the commentary on 2 Corinthians of his or her choosing. |
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| | The Battle of Life |
| | Ray C. Stedman preached a series of seven messages from Second Corinthians 10:1-6 (DP #286-292) at Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto, California, in 1968-69. | | | Other messages by Ray Stedman on the topic of spiritual warfare from Colossians and Ephesians are included on this index page. | | | The Secret Government of Earth (2 Corinthians 10:5) (DP #291 |
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http://pbc.org/dp/stedman/battle
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| | Expository Bible Teaching Outlines - 2 Corinthians |
| | Contrary to what most Christians believe and teach, some forms of boasting are necessary for your spiritual growth. | | | What do we need in order to have lasting close relationships? | | | Survey Paul& teaching on this subject from 1 and 2 Corinthians. |
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| | 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 - Life's Purpose According to the Father | | | 2 Corinthians 5:17 - The New Creature of God | | | 2 Corinthians 5:7 - "We Walk By Faith, Not By Sight" |
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http://www.bible.ca/ef/expository-new-testament-2-corinthians.htm
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| | 2 Corinthians - Title Information - Book |
| | Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. | | | 2 Corinthians, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of 2 Corinthians can have the same powerful impact today that it did when it was first written. |
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http://www.zondervan.com/Books/Detail.asp?ISBN=0310494206
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| | HOLY BIBLE: 2 Corinthians |
| | This second Epistle was written in the same year with the first and sent by Titus from some place in Macedonia. | | | Paul comforts those who are now reformed by his admonitions to them in the former and absolves the incestuous man on doing penance, whom he had before excommunicated for his crime. | | | His raptures and revelations, His being buffeted by Satan. |
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| | Clarke's Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4 |
| | Paul shows the integrity with which he had preached the Gospel of Christ, 1, 2. | | | And that, if it was unprofitable to any who had heard it, it was because their unbelieving hearts were blinded, 3, 4. | | | Nothing which is of a perishable nature can be the chief good of a being that was made for eternity!- Quesnel. |
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