Category: Daily Devotion

  For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. 2 Corinthians 13:10 – By this time in Paul’s life, he has written…

  So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 2 Corinthians 12:7 – While there was list of sins that was found within the Corinthian church, one that stood…

  Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God’s gospel to you free of charge? 2 Corinthians 11:7 – Paul, in his efforts to serve the church in Corinth without hindering them, decided to not take any support money from the Corinthians but instead used money…

Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding. ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭12‬ – ‭Paul was dealing with a petty problem with some in the Corinthian church. They we looking…

  The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifullywill also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6 – Imagine speaking with a farmer near harvest season. He shows you his barn and you see bags of seed that hadn’t been planted yet. You ask him why he didn’t plant the seed…

…for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭8‬:‭2‬ ‭- Due to a variety of reasons, the Christian church in Jerusalem during this time was in dire need of financial support. Paul then undertook a massive…

As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. 2 Corinthians‬ ‭7‬:‭9‬ ‭- What Paul did in his first letters and in his visit to the church in Corinth is the part of…

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭14‬ ‭- Here is a passage that is used so often in the Christian dating world to guide believers to not date/marry someone who isn’t a believer yet. Like two working different…

  For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 – The Corinthian church certainly had their opinions…

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. ‭‭‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:3-4‭ –…