Do not be unequally yoked, says Paul. Jesus says it this way, you cannot serve two masters. You will love the one and hate the other. It can’t be both. This passage is often applied to a husband and wife coming together where one is a believer and one is an unbeliever. That’s a good application of this passage, but […]

In verse 8, Paul introduces a series of contrasts by calling them circumstances of honour and dishonour, good and evil reports. As imposters, yet true, is the first comparison. Paul’s detractors claimed that he was a deceiver. But even though he was charged as a deceiver, Paul spoke the truth in love. It could be that your Christian faith is […]

When Paul describes his ministry he is not saying that he is some superhero Christian, he’s not describing himself as having attained all these things by the mere force of his own will and his own greatness. Instead, these things grow up out of a heart alive in Christ. Paul first talks about patience, or endurance under trials. When we […]