2 Corinthians 12:2-4Expanded Bible 2 I know a man in Christ [C a believer] who was ·taken up [caught up; snatched away] to the third heaven [C the presence of God] fourteen years ago [C Paul is indirectly referring to himself]. I do not know whether the man was in his...
2.Paul The apostle who wrote 2 Corinthians, emphasizing the consistency and reliability of God's promises through Christ. 3.Silvanus (Silas) A companion of Paul, known for his missionary work and proclamation of the Gospel. 4.Timothy
2 Corinthians 9:10: Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
The apostle Paul claimed to have seen Jesus after His death and resurrection and professed that his teaching came directly from Him (Galatians 1:11-12; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 1 Corinthians 15:8). The human writers of the Bible Even though it is really God who wrote the Bible, He used hum...
The author of Psalm 34, who wrote this psalm after pretending to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left. This context is crucial as it highlights David's reliance on God during a time of personal crisis.2. The LORD (Yahweh)The central figure in this verse, ...
(Acts 13:9). Paul wrote many of the New Testament books. Most theologians are in agreement that he wrote Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Philemon, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus. These thirteen “letters” (epistles) make up...
2 Corinthians 4:6: For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"Gen. 1:3 made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.
but we haven’t broken… We’re not keeping this quiet, not on your life. Just like the psalmist who wrote, “I believed it, so I said it,” we say what we believe… Every detail works to your advantage and to God’s glory: more and more grace, more and more people, more and...
Their end will be what their actions deserve (2 Corinthians 11: 13-15, NIV).” Here Paul mentions “their actions.” So that we will escape our foolishness, Paul implies we need to look beyond the appearances of men (or women) who wear masks of what looks like “righteousness” to us...
“A man who took great pride in his lawn found himself with a large crop of dandelions. He tried every method he knew to get rid of them. Still they plagued him. Finally he wrote the department of agriculture. He enumerated all the things he had tried and closed his letter with the ...