2 Corinthians 12:14-15 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent for [...]
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I seek not what is yours but you!
Posted: May 15, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Devotionals/Commentaries, MayTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, I seek not what is yours but you., Scripture
May 15 2 Corinthians 12:11-21
Posted: May 15, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Bible Passages, May Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, May Bible Readings, Scripture
May 15 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 (ESV) Concern for the Corinthian Church 11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing. 12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with [...]
God’s design is to make you a showcase for Jesus’ power.
Posted: May 14, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Devotionals/Commentaries, MayTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God's design is to make you a showcase for Jesus' power., God's sovereignty, our weakness His strength, Scripture, theology of suffering
John Piper, in a sermon, “Christ’s Power is Made Perfect in Weakness”- God’s purpose in our weaknesses is to glorify the grace and power of his Son. This is the main point of [2 Corinthians] verses 9–10. Jesus says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.“ God’s design [...]
May 14 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Posted: May 14, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Bible Passages, May Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Scripture
May 14 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (ESV) Paul’s Visions and His Thorn 12:1 I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body [...]
The Hardships of Paul
Posted: May 13, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Devotionals/Commentaries, MayTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, John MacArthur, Scripture, The Hardships of Paul
John MacArthur preached a sermon on 2 Corinthians 11, our passage for today. Here is the concluding prayer from that sermon, “The Hardships of Paul”: Father, thank You for the insight You’ve given us into this amazing and incredible man. What a model he is for us and we feel, as I said, like nothing, [...]
May 13 2 Corinthians 11:16-33
Posted: May 13, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Bible Passages, May Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, May Bible Readings, Scripture
May 13 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 (ESV) Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle 16 I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not with the Lord’s authority but as a fool. 18 Since [...]
Paul: You should cut me a little slack
Posted: May 12, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Devotionals/Commentaries, MayTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Bob Deffinbaugh, daily Bible, Paul and the False Disciples, Paul: You should cut me a little slack, Scripture
Here is a very helpful paraphrase of 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, about Paul and the False Apostles- A paraphrase by Bob Deffinbaugh at Bible.org Reluctantly, I am going to attempt to commend myself, following the same approach as those who oppose me when they commend themselves. I know this is foolishness, and I regret having to [...]
May 12 2 Corinthians 11:1-15
Posted: May 12, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Bible Passages, May Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Scripture
May 12 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 (ESV) Paul and the False Apostles 11:1 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! 2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I am afraid that as the [...]
Take the “missionary test”?
Posted: May 11, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Devotionals/Commentaries, MayTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, missionaries, Scripture, Take the "Missionary Test"
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. —2 Corinthians 10:17 John Piper asks: So the utterly crucial question for many of you, as you have prayed and thought about giving your life, or [...]
May 16 2 Corinthians 13
Posted: May 16, 2012 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, Bible Passages, Devotionals/Commentaries, May, May Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, May Bible Readings, Scripture
May 16 2 Corinthians 13 (ESV) Final Warnings 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 2 I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second [...]