Category Archives: corinthians

“Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.” (2 Corinthians 8:24, KJV) When I worked for a company in Zurich Switzerland, the company hired a man as the manager to take over the office in which I worked. Knowing that the directorContinue reading “Actions Speak (2 Cor 8:24)”

“Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now muchContinue reading “Appearances Matter (2 Cor 8:16-23)”

“For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: As it is written, He that had gathered muchContinue reading “Equality or Equality (2 Cor 8:10-15)”

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:9, KJV) Henry Barraclough wrote a Hymn in 1915 that is sung very little today but has deep implications for us. The titleContinue reading “Out of the Ivory Palaces (2 Cor 8:9)”

“I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.” (2 Corinthians 8:8, KJV) What drives a person? I remember my first car. My dad told me that I could have a car when I could afford one. By this he meant that IContinue reading “Inner Drive (2 Cor 8:8-9)”

“Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.” (2 Corinthians 8:6–7,Continue reading “Acts of Grace (2 Cor 8:6-7)”

“For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves toContinue reading “Blessing in Giving (2 Cor 8:3-5)”

“Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.” (2 Corinthians 8:1–2, KJV) In 2000, a film titled “Pay it Forward” emphasizedContinue reading “Grace and Generosity (2 Cor 8:1-2)”

(2 Corinthians 7:13-16) “Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.” (2 Corinthians 7:13, KJV) “And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear andContinue reading “Comfort, Confidence, and Joy”

“Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.” (2 Corinthians 7:12, KJV) One of the repetitive scenarios that pops up on movie andContinue reading “Corporate Benefit (2 Cor 7:12)”