In this chapter of 2 Corinthians, Paul confronts trusting in things other than God, and especially trusting in ourselves. The very first portion of this passage describes a deep despair that Paul was facing. He probably has in mind here what happens in Acts chapter 19. Paul spent over two years laboring among the Ephesians, and there was great fruit […]

God comforts us that we may in turn comfort others. First of all, God comforts us. Paul says that we are suffering the sufferings of Christ. Later in his letter, Paul will relate what some of those sufferings have been in his own life. Paul identifies these sufferings as the sufferings of Christ. Paul is identifying us with our Redeemer. […]

We are now going to be looking at the book of 2nd Corinthians using a sermon series by Rev. Bruce Parnell (Stillwater RPCNA). These sermons can be found on Sermonaudio. Paul had been in Corinth by God’s grace to preach, to evangelize, to establish a church of Jesus Christ. He’d left after a period of establishment there, and after he […]