5 things in which the Corinthians excelled and another to add, 2 Corinthians 8:7

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But since you excel in everything - 

in faith,

in speech,

in knowledge,

in complete earnestness

and in the love we have kindled in you 

- see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

3 Things Paul did not do to the Corinthians, 2 Corinthians 7:2

2 Corinthians 7:2

Make room for us in your hearts.

We have wronged no one,

we have corrupted no one,

we have exploited no one.

5 questions about what believers and unbelievers have in common from 2 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.

For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common?

Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

What harmony is there between Christ and Belial?

Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 

What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?

For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

“I will live with them

and walk among them,

and I will be their God,

and they will be my people.”

5 Things that Paul surprisingly delights in 2 Corinthians 12:10

2 Corinthians 12:9,10

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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight

in weaknesses,

in insults,

in hardships,

in persecutions,

in difficulties.

For when I am weak, then I am strong.

5 brief exhortations with a promise in 2 Corinthians 13:11

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters,

rejoice!
Strive for full restoration,

encourage one another,

be of one mind,

live in peace.

And the God of love and peace will be with you.

7 characteristics of godly sorrow in 2 Corinthians 7:10, 11

2 Corinthians 7:10, 11

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.

At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. 

5 paradoxes in the life of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 4

2 Corinthians 4:7-10

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed;

perplexed, but not in despair; 

persecuted, but not abandoned;

struck down, but not destroyed. 

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,

so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 

3 Persons of the Trinity as found in 2 Corinthians 13

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God,

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

be with you all.

26 boasts by the apostle Paul showing his weakness 2 Corinthians 11

2 Corinthians 11:21b-33

Whatever anyone else dares to boast about - I am speaking as a fool - I also dare to boast about.

Are they Hebrews? So am I.

Are they Israelites? So am I.

Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more.

I have worked much harder,
been in prison more frequently,
been flogged more severely, 
and been exposed to death again and again.
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
Three times I was beaten with rods,
once I was pelted with stones,
three times I was shipwrecked,
I spent a night and a day in the open sea,
I have been constantly on the move.
I have been in danger from rivers,
in danger from bandits,
in danger from my fellow Jews,
in danger from Gentiles;
in danger in the city,
in danger in the country,
in danger at sea;
and in danger from false believers.
I have laboured and toiled
and have often gone without sleep;
I have known hunger and thirst

and have often gone without food
I have been cold

and naked.
Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying. In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me. But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.

9 paradoxes in the life of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 6:8-10

Through glory and dishonour,
bad report and good report;
genuine, yet regarded as impostors;
known, yet regarded as unknown;
dying, and yet we live on;
beaten, and yet not killed;
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;
poor, yet making many rich;
having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

10 qualities that characterised the ministry of the Apostle Paul 2 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 6:6, 7

in purity,
understanding,
patience
and kindness;
in the Holy Spirit
and in sincere love;
in truthful speech
and in the power of God;
with weapons of righteousness in the right hand

and in the left;

(εν αγνοτητι εν γνωσει εν μακροθυμια εν χρηστοτητι εν πνευματι αγιω εν αγαπη ανυποκριτω εν λογω αληθειας εν δυναμει θεου δια των οπλων της δικαιοσυνης των δεξιων και αριστερων)

10 sorts of sufferings in service Paul experienced 2 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 6:3-5 We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way:

in great endurance;
in troubles,
hardships
and distresses;
in beatings,
imprisonments
and riots;
in hard work,
sleepless nights
and hunger;