Category Archives: corinthians

“Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 5:5, KJV) In the recent financial news, there have been several banks that have collapsed. The first that was reported was the Silicon Valley Bank, SVB. As a result ofContinue reading “Security (2 Corinthians 5:5)”

“For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.” (2 Corinthians 5:4, KJV) After I received my Honorable Discharge from the United States Army, I went to work for a corporation in the pulp andContinue reading “New Clothing New Home (2 Cor 5:4)”

“For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (2 Corinthians 5:1, ESV) During the Cold War era, I was assigned as a second Lieutenant in the United States Army Europe. While there, weContinue reading “Better Housing (2 Cor 5:1-3)”

“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18, KJV) When I was younger, I had better than 20-20 vision. I could see a fly onContinue reading “Perfect Sight (2 Cor 4:18)”

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seenContinue reading “Perspectives (2 Cor 4:17-18)”

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16, KJV) Recently, there was a revival that caught the headlines. It broke out at Asbury University. A routine chapel service began and did not conclude at the normal time. The chapelContinue reading “Renewal (2 Cor 4:16)”

“For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.” (2 Corinthians 4:15, KJV) In elementary school, we learned the three Rs, reading, writing, and arithmetic. My best subject was arithmetic. In those early days we memorized our multiplication tables. In myContinue reading “Multiplication (2 Cor 4:15)”

“We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.” (2 Corinthians 4:13–14, KJV) It is amazing howContinue reading “Cannot be Silent (2 Cor 4:13-14)”

“For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you.” (2 Corinthians 4:11–12, KJV) When you go into a jewelry store, you will notice that the goods are inContinue reading “Inner Radiance (2 Cor 4:11-12)”

“Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death workethContinue reading “No Pain No Gain (2 Cor 4:10-12)”