2 Corinthians Seen from the Perspective of the Gospel of the Water and the Spirit

CONTENTS

• • Preface to 2 Corinthians — 7

• CHAPTER 1. Paul’s Greetings and Defense of His Purity — 21
• CHAPTER 2. Paul’s Love for the Corinthian Saints — 41
• CHAPTER 3. Paul, Who Became a Worker of the New Covenant — 55
• CHAPTER 4. Suffering and Blessing Due to Christ — 71
• CHAPTER 5. Apostle Paul, Who Became an Ambassador of Christ — 87
• CHAPTER 6. Do Not Receive the Grace of Salvation Given by God in Vain — 107
• CHAPTER 7. Sorrow According to God’s Will — 119
• CHAPTER 8. Look After the Jerusalem Church — 129
• CHAPTER 9. Give an Offering for the Preaching of the Gospel — 137
• CHAPTER 10. Paul, Appointed as an Apostle Through Jesus Christ — 143
• CHAPTER 11. Paul Unavoidably Defends His Apostleship — 149
• CHAPTER 12. The Power and Grace of Christ Made Perfect in Weakness — 161
• CHAPTER 13. You Must Test Your Faith and Rely on the Perfect Gospel — 171

• • True Comfort Comes Through Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:1-11) — 179
• • Those Who Give Off the Fragrance of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:12-17) — 198
• • We Are Those Who Have Received a Glorious Ministry (2 Corinthians 3:1-18) — 208
• • Faith Dwelling in the Light (2 Corinthians 4:1-6) — 218
• • The Inner Man of the Righteous Must Be Strong by Faith (2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10) — 227
• • Please the Lord Even While At Home in the Body, Like the Apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 5:6-10) — 236
• • The Flesh That Serves the Lord Who Compels Us with Love is Honorable (2 Corinthians 5:14-16) — 240
• • Behold, now is the acceptable time to receive grace, it is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:1-18) — 251
• • Do Not Be Yoked Together with Unbelievers (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) — 263
• • Do Not Receive the Grace of God in Vain (2 Corinthians 6:1-18) — 274
• • Now is the time of grace and the time to preach the gospel (2 Corinthians 6:1-18) — 285
• • Born-again ones cannot work together with those who are not born again (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) — 296
• • The repentance accomplished by sorrow according to God’s will and the restoration of the church (2 Corinthians 7:1-16) — 306
• • True Devotion and Sharing Revealed through the Grace of Christ (2 Corinthians 8:1-24) — 312
• • Joyful devotion flowing from the grace of the gospel and thanksgiving returning to God (2 Corinthians 9:1-15) — 318
• • The Apostle’s Ministry of Pulling Down Spiritual Strongholds by the Authority of the Gospel and Boasting Only in the Lord (2 Corinthians 10:1-18) — 323
• • Beware of Another Gospel and Keep the Pure Faith Toward Christ (2 Corinthians 11:1-33) — 329
• • The power of Christ revealed in weakness and the gospel of the water and the Spirit (2 Corinthians 12:1-21) — 336
• • How could I live without the Lord? (2 Corinthians 13:1-7) — 342

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)