Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

Never an Offense

2 Corinthians 6:3–6: We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, …

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

Now is the Acceptable Time

2 Corinthians 6:1–2: We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; …

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

He Became Sin for Me

2 Corinthians 5:20–21: Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

Ministry of Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 5:18–19: Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the …

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

A New Creation

2 Corinthians 5:16–17: Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, …

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

For the Love of Christ

2 Corinthians 5:14–15: For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

Be Faithful, Not Popular

2 Corinthians 5:12–13: For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we …

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

The Right Aim

2 Corinthians 5:9–11: Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or …

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

Confident Future

2 Corinthians 5:6–8: So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with …

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Discipleship Living: 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

God’s Guarantee

2 Corinthians 5:5: Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

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