2 Corinthians Devotionals

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1. 2 Corinthians 1: Comforted to Comfort Others

   Paul opens this letter not with complaint but with praise. He blesses the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts his people in every trouble so they can…

2. 2 Corinthians 2: Forgiveness That Restores

   Paul wrote an earlier letter through many tears, not to wound the Corinthians but to show how much he loved them (2:4). A man who caused grief has been disciplined, and Paul says…

3. 2 Corinthians 3: Glory That Does Not Fade

   Paul needs no letters of recommendation. The Corinthians are his letter, written by the Spirit of the living God, not with ink on tablets of stone but on human hearts (3:2-3). Any…

4. 2 Corinthians 4: Power Held in Fragile Hands

   Paul lists his troubles plainly: hard pressed, perplexed, persecuted, struck down (4:8-9). Yet each line turns on a but. He is not crushed, not in despair, not forsaken, not…

5. 2 Corinthians 5: The Great Exchange

   Earthly life, Paul says, is like a tent in which we groan, longing for the permanent home God has prepared and guaranteed by giving his Spirit (5:1-5). Believers walk by faith…

6. 2 Corinthians 6: Rich While Seeming Poor

   Paul urges the Corinthians not to let the grace they received come to nothing. Citing Scripture, he says God has a time of favor when he hears and helps, and that time is now…

7. 2 Corinthians 7: Sorrow That Turns Toward God

   Paul arrived in Macedonia worn out, with conflicts on the outside and fears within (7:5). Then God, who comforts the downcast, comforted him through the arrival of Titus and the…

8. 2 Corinthians 8: Rich Because He Became Poor

   Paul begins with grace, not money: the grace God gave the churches of Macedonia, who in a severe trial and deep poverty overflowed in rich generosity (8:1-2). They gave beyond…

9. 2 Corinthians 9: Grace Enough to Give

   Paul wants the promised gift ready before he arrives, given generously rather than squeezed out (9:3-5). Sparse sowing brings a sparse harvest, and generous sowing a generous one…

10. 2 Corinthians 10: Approved by the Lord Alone

    Some in Corinth said Paul's letters were weighty but that in person he was unimpressive and his speaking was worthless (10:10). Paul appeals to them by the gentleness and mildness…

11. 2 Corinthians 11: Guarding a Simple Devotion

    Paul feels a godly jealousy for the Corinthians. He promised them to Christ like a bride to one husband, and he fears that, just as the serpent deceived Eve, their minds will be…

12. 2 Corinthians 12: Grace That Is Enough

    Paul could boast of a remarkable vision. Fourteen years earlier a man in Christ was caught up to paradise and heard things that cannot be told (12:2-4). Instead he speaks of a…

13. 2 Corinthians 13: Weak in Him, Alive with Him

    Paul is coming a third time and will not spare those who keep sinning (13:1-2). Some have demanded proof that Christ speaks through him. Paul's answer points to the cross. Christ…