#2 corinthians

[heart-for-god]

2 Corinthians 4:16

#Jesus #2 Corinthians

[reformedfaith]

 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,

    and I will be their God,

    and they shall be my people.

Therefore go out from their midst,

    and be separate from them, says the Lord,

and touch no unclean thing;

    then I will welcome you,

and I will be a father to you,

    and you shall be sons and daughters to me,

says the Lord Almighty.”

2 Corinthians 6:16-18

#Bible #New Testament #2 Corinthians

[booksofthebiblebracketpoll]

#2 Corinthians #Proverbs #round 1

[dylanadreams]

"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done."

- 2 Corinthians 7:10-11

#2 corinthians #bible verse #scripture

[thebeautyofscripture]

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:18

#bible #scripture #beauty #nature #outdoors #sunset #sky #clouds #beach #water #ocean #bible verse #2 corinthians #2 corinthians 4:18

[thisbibliophiile]

#quotes #reading #bible #2 corinthians

[gracefaithworks]

In the midst of our human vulnerabilities, the words of 2 Corinthians 12:9 echo a profound truth: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." These words, spoken by the Apostle Paul, invite us to a radical shift in perspective. Instead of viewing our weaknesses as hindrances, we are called to see them as opportunities for the transformative power of Christ to manifest in our lives.

When we boast in our weaknesses, we are not celebrating our shortcomings but acknowledging our need for a Savior. It is an act of surrender, an admission that we cannot navigate life's challenges alone. In our humility, Christ's power takes center stage, bringing forth resilience, wisdom, and endurance that surpass our natural capabilities.

Heavenly Father, in our moments of weakness, we find solace in Your promise that Your grace is indeed sufficient for us. Help us to boast not in our strength but in the transformative power of Christ that rests upon us. May we embrace our vulnerabilities, confident that Your strength is made perfect in our weakness. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.

#2 corinthians #weakness #boasting

[apenitentialprayer]

two silly questions for your scholarly mind, if it pleases firstly: do you think it is more likely that Paul was married but separated or widowed, or that Paul never married? and secondly: based on what we know of Paul's life, what do you think was the thorn in Paul's side that he mentions in 2 Corinthians 12?

I'm going to start with the second question, because this was something that had interested me. The Church Fathers seem split as to whether the "thorn in [Paul's] flesh" refers to a disability (Anselm of Canterbury, Bede the Venerable, Jerome), a serious temptation of some kind (Hugh of Saint-Cher), or the persecutions he faced on behalf of the Gospel (John Chrysostom, Ambrose of Milan, Theophylact of Ohrid).

I don't really have a strong argument for one of these possibilities over the other, but I will say that emotionally, I have an attachment to the disability interpretation; my "born again" moment roughly coincided with my own diagnosis of a chronic auto-immune disease, and so I often read 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 through the lens of my illness.

As for whether Paul was married, I don't know. It was normative for Pharisees, and is normative for Rabbis, to be married; while it was not universally required, there were at least some times and places where ordination would not be granted to unmarried men, studying certain forms of theology was limited to married men, and membership in the Sanhedrin required one to be married. Given Paul's adherence to the Law and his being "a zealot for [his] ancestral traditions," (Galatians 1:14) it would make sense that he was married. I don't know, though.

#Christianity #Catholicism #Saint Paul #2 Corinthians #Anselm of Canterbury #Saint Ambrose of Milan #Theophylact of Ohrid #Saint Jerome #Saint Bede #disability #temptation #persecution #Judaism #marriage #asks #Letter to the Galatians

[faithfullyfound]

You can always come back to God

No matter what you have done you can come back to God. Your sins are not greater than His unconditional love your sins are not greater than His power. When you sin come back to God, repent, and pray for Him to forgive you. God will love you no matter what (that doesn't mean you should keep sinning) it means to come to Him for the strength and love needed to stop.

Romans 8:38-39: For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Corinthians 7:10: Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret

#because we are human we all will sin but it is important to always come back to God #Romans 8:38 #2 corinthians #Romans 8 #christian girl #christianity #bible study #repentance in Christ

[heart-for-god]

2 Corinthians 4:18

#Jesus #2 Corinthians

[reformedfaith]

that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:19

#Bible #New Testament #2 Corinthians

[littleflowerfaith]

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9-10‬ ‭

#2 corinthians #2 Corinthians 12 #grace #praising god #god is my salvation #god loves you #poor in spirit #traditional catholic #christian blog #mine #catholic #biblical womanhood #catholicism #traditional femininity #bible in a year #bible verse

[dylanadreams]

"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

'They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;

their righteousness endures forever.' "

- 2 Corinthians 9:6-9

#2 corinthians #bible verse #scripture

[thebeautyofscripture]

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 3:17

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[idratherdreamofjune]

"Giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love, in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true; as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death, as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.”

2 Corinthians 6:3-10

#2 Corinthians #Christianity #goals #Apostle Paul

[allscripture]

For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

2 Corinthians 1:20 (NKJV)    

#Promises #Glory #Bible Verses #Bible Quotes #2 Corinthians #2 Corinthians1 #NKJV #50n