2 Corinthians 8:3  "...beyond their ability, they were freely willing" Sacrificial giving.  Giving above what one could normally afford. 4  "imploring...that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints" The saints of Macedonia wanted to have a part in ministering to others.  Reminds me of listening to missionaries.  Hearing …

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2 Corinthians 7:1  "...let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit..." Completion of the thought from previous chapter.  Since God has called us to be holy and sanctified, let us cleanse ourselves through repentance and obedience. 2-4  "Open your hearts to us...filled with comfort...exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation" Paul's relationship …

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2 Corinthians 6:1  "...as workers together with Him..." Continuation of previous chapter.  Easy to forget this is one whole letter.  Paul didn't write it in chapter and verses. 1  "...not to receive the grace of God in vain" Don't ignore what you have heard and learned.  As James would write, don't be a hearer of …

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2 Corinthians 5:1  "...our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" Describing our current, earthly bodies.  The ones marred by a sin nature which causes deterioration and decay.  We know if this body dies, we will have a new or …

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2 Corinthians 4:2-3  "...by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience...even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing" We don't share the gospel from selfish ambition, to receive reward.  We share from a desire to glorify Christ and love for others.  And to bring them to …

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2 Corinthians 3:2  "You are our epistle...known and read by all men" Lives of the Corinthians are a testimony of Paul's faithful work to minister the gospel. 5  "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves...our sufficiency is from God" Paul didn't take credit for their lives, only that they had listened to what he said …

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2 Corinthians 2:1  "...I would not come again to you in sorrow" Continuation of thought from chapter 1.  Paul didn't want to see them with the last thought being his rebuke of them. 4  "...out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you...the love which I have" Paul didn't consider himself a …

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