God in 2 Corinthians

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1. 1:1

   Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

2. 1:2

   Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3. 1:3

   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

4. 1:4

   who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

5. 1:9

   Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

6. 1:12

   For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

7. 1:18

   But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

8. 1:19

   For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

9. 1:20

   For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

10. 1:21

    Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

11. 1:23

    I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

12. 2:12

    Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

13. 2:14

    But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

14. 2:15

    For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

15. 2:17

    For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

16. 3:3

    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

17. 3:5

    Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

18. 4:2

    Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

19. 4:4

    The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

20. 4:6

    For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

21. 4:7

    Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

22. 4:15

    All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

23. 5:1

    For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

24. 5:5

    And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

25. 5:11

    Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

26. 5:13

    If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

27. 5:18

    All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

28. 5:19

    that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

29. 5:20

    Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

30. 5:21

    God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

31. 6:1

    As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

32. 6:4

    Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

33. 6:7

    in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

34. 6:16

    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

35. 6:18

    And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

36. 7:1

    Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

37. 7:6

    But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

38. 7:12

    So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

39. 8:1

    Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.

40. 8:5

    And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.

41. 8:16

    But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

42. 9:7

    Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

43. 9:8

    And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

44. 9:11

    You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.

45. 9:12

    For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

46. 9:13

    Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.

47. 9:14

    And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

48. 9:15

    Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

49. 10:4

    The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

50. 10:5

    We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

51. 10:7

    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

52. 10:13

    We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

53. 11:1

    I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

54. 11:7

    Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

55. 11:11

    Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

56. 11:31

    The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.

57. 12:2

    I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

58. 12:3

    And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

59. 12:10

    That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

60. 12:19

    Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

61. 12:21

    I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

62. 13:4

    For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

63. 13:7

    Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.

64. 13:11

    Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

65. 13:14

    The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.