2 CORINTHIANS
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CHAPTER 1

  1. As the people saw or learned of Paul's afflictions and how God consoled or comforted him their own faith would grow so that they too could remain strong during times of affliction.
  2. We can plan with inconsistencies and have to make changes. Letting God lead us we can complete the task He gives us.
  3. We are prodded by the Spirit of the knowledge of God which we will use to live by and to help others in the faith. The Spirit is a pledge of God to help us to salvation.
  4. He delayed coming to them to spare them his criticism (1 Cor 4:20,21).

CHAPTER 2

  1. They should forgive him and try to bring him back in the will of God.
  2. To those being saved, he was like Christ bringing the word of God. However, to those who resisted the word he only brought news of death for their soul.
  3. Some were false teachers or false apostles working only for what they could gain from it, not sincere about the souls of those they taught.

CHAPTER 3

  1. The ministry of the law made us aware of sin to death. The ministry of the Spirit makes us aware of forgiveness leading to life.
  2. The people feared the judgment of God. Moses' face glowed brightly and made them realize their unrighteousness.
  3. When we turn to Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we receive God's Holy Spirit who will enlighten us in the will of God and righteousness. This will affect or change our hearts. We will be open or willing to accept the change in our hearts.
  4. We are free to speak the word and the gospel unafraid of death any longer.

CHAPTER 4

  1. As we live and may suffer the hardships and oppressions in life because of our faith we still grow closer spiritually to the Lord and remain hopeful of our reward.
  2. The things which we suffer now as Paul suffered our temporary. The life to come will be wonderful and forever.

CHAPTER 5

  1. To be clothed with the righteous wedding garments of Christ in heaven.
  2. (Pleasing means acceptable) We aim to be pleasing or acceptable here so we that we will be accepted at the return of Jesus.
  3. By leaving behind our old sins and beginning a new righteous walk of life we are becoming a new creation.
  4. We receive forgiveness of sins from Jesus' death. This gives us grace for the opportunity to become righteous through obeying and allowing the Spirit of God to change us. This is part of becoming a new creation which keeps us from taking the grace of God in vain (see 6:1).

CHAPTER 6

  1. Through becoming a new creation by obeying the Spirit of God and allowing it to change us toward righteousness we are doing the will of God. We therefore will receive our reward tat God has offered us. Otherwise, we will perish because we neglected the word of God.
  2. Avoid any kind of evil, darkness, or socializing with unbelievers. We are to bring the unbeliever as the Lord leads us to our turf and show him our ways in the will of God.

CHAPTER 7

  1. To receive the promise of God (eternal life) and His blessings, we must perfect holiness in us.
  2. Paul's first letter produced conviction and then repentance in the believers at Corinth.
  3. a. Sorrow toward God is the understanding that you have sinned against God and have displeased Him. b. Godly sorrow will lead to true repentance for your sin and then to the salvation of your soul.

CHAPTER 8

  1. We must first dedicate our hearts to the will of God then we will be open to what He shows us to do.
  2. We must give of ourselves spiritually and also materially. Materially we must give in equality. The abundance of one will supply the lack of another.

CHAPTER 9



  1. Paul wanted them to be ready with the material gift they had promised to give for the saints in Jerusalem.
  2. If you put forth little effort or necessities for the work of God, you will not produce fruit of yourself or among others.
  3. God will supply all our needs so that we will be able to do the work He needs us to do.

CHAPTER 10

  1. The Word of God, lead by the Spirit, and God's presence Himself will be our weapons against all the strongholds of darkness.
  2. He could bring admonishment and discipline to those in sin because they would be of the church and should know the truth. This he did against the one who had married his step-mother that he wrote them in his first letter.
  3. Paul brought to light the peoples short comings. He spoke condemingly and shamefully toward them. Therefore, his speech was contemptible to them.

CHAPTER 11

  1. He labored to be able to present the believers pure before Christ.
  2. He was afraid they might believe false doctrines, have the wrong attitude in serving the Lord, and not follow the gospel according to the teachings originally given by he and the apostles.
  3. They can seem to be ministers of Christ but are really false teachers with watered doctrines looking to benefit themselves.
  4. He would boast in the perils and opposition he faced while trying to spread the gospel. In all times he was delivered by God.

CHAPTER 12

  1. He did not want the people to regard him or his importance over the acceptance of the gospel and the will of God.
  2. a. The worker of Satan who was always there to oppose Paul's spreading of the Gospel. This always brought opposition, reproaches, and sufferings for Paul. b. God always brought Paul through the resistence. This kept Paul determined to spread the gospel and also perfected him in the will of God.
  3. He had spent much time and given them much knowledge of the will of the Lord. If they would be found still in sin this would shame him in his heart before God.

CHAPTER 13

  1. Paul and the apostles submitted to the will of God through Christ. They suffered for His sake.
  2. Are we weak for Christ? Are we suffering or sacrificing for the sake of the gospel? Are we feeling the Spirit in our heart and mind? Are we obeying the will of the Father?