Christ’s Remaining Suffering: The work of evangelism (2 Co 1:5-10)2 Cor 4:10-11, Phil 3:10, Col 1:24, 1 Pt 4:13, 1 Cor 4:9, 11-13 Paul suffered many hardships while preaching the gospel. He even suffered enough to die. But all those sufferings were Christ’s remaining suffering. (2 Cor 1:5-10, 2 Cor 4:10-11, 1 Cor 4:9,11-13) 2 […]
We boast of you who truly believe in Jesus as Christ. (2 Co 1:14)Phil 2:16, 1 Thess 2:19 Those to whom we have evangelized become our pride on the day of the Lord Jesus. 2 Co 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are […]
God’s promises are fulfilled in Christ. (2 Co 1:19-20)Rom 1:2, Gal 3:16, Rom 10:4, Rom 15:8-12 God made promises about His Son through the prophets in the Old Testament. (Rom 1:2) Rom 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) It is Christ that God promised to Abraham and his […]
God gives the Holy Spirit to those who believe in Jesus as the Christ. (2 Co 1:21-22)Acts 5:30-32, Jn 14:16, Jn 15:26, Rom 8:15-16, Rom 5:5 Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a […]
For until this day Moses’s veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament (2 Co 3:12-18)Isa 6:10, Isa 29:10, Rom 11:7-8, 2 Cor 4:4, Rom 10:4, Gal 3:23-25, Lk 24:25-27, 44-45 The Old Testament prophesied that the people of Israel would become dull in their hearts and would not understand the word of […]
Christ, who is the image of God (2 Co 4:4)Phil 2:6, Col 1:15, Heb 1:3 Christ is the image of God. In other words, Christ is like God. That is, Christ is the only begotten Son of God. 2 Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which […]
God, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Co 4:6)Gen 1:3, Jn 1:4,9, Lk 1:78-79 God gave light at the creation of the heavens and the earth. (Gen 1:3) Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be […]
Christ, who is our treasure (2 Co 4:7)1 Pt 2:6, Mt 13:44-46 We have a treasure, Christ. All the great power of God is in Christ. (2 Cor 4:7, 1 Pt 2:6) 2 Cor 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not […]
For the life of Jesus to be manifested in our mortal flesh (2 Co 4:8-11)2 Cor 1:8-9, 2 Cor 7:5, Phil 3:10-11, Rom 8:17-18, 35-36, 2 Cor 4:16-18 Paul suffered enough to death while preaching the gospel. (2 Cor 1:8-9, 2 Cor 7:5) 2 Cor 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of […]
But to live for Christ (2 Co 5:15)Gal 2:20, Rom 6:6, Col 3:1-3 God raised us up for Christ and for the preaching of the gospel. 2 Co 5:15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. […]