The One Year Bible Club with Teaching Commentary
by Nick Boork
August 26
2 Corinthians 1:1-11
by Nick Boork
August 26
2 Corinthians 1:1-11
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August 26 – 2 Corinthians 1:1-11
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 6 Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. 8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, 11 you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.
OKAY, HERE’S MY TEACHING COMMENTARY
This is Paul’s Second letter to the saints at Corinth. He started this church and was deeply connected to the members and sincerely cared for their welfare and spiritual growth. False apostles were challenging Paul trying to influence the church against him. Most Bible scholars agree that Paul wrote this letter on his third missionary journey. His first letter was a letter to bring correction but his second letter emphasizes the comfort of God and the deeper truths of the ministry of reconciliation. Second Corinthians is also recognized as the most personal letter. It contains the least amount of doctrine of all of his other letters. You can really feel the heart of the apostle in this letter as he shares his burden for the church and his hopes that they become everything God has called them to be in Christ. He writes about the following topics by chapter:
Chapter 1
His overwhelming trials and God’s comfort to him in unbearable circumstances and how that same comfort enabled him to comfort others through their trials.
Chapter 2
He encourages them to comfort the brother that repented and was restored then shares on how to overcome the sneaky strategies of the evil one that would try to get the Corinthian believers to hold a grudge and not forgive those that backslide.
Chapter 3
Superiority and glory of the New Covenant we have in Christ contrasted to the Old Covenant. He compares Christ in the new covenant with Moses and the old covenant and how that we now through Christ are being transformed from glory to glory by the Word and Spirit of God.
Chapter 4
The divine treasure of God’s life we carry in earthen vessels and the reality of the eternal spiritual realm.
Chapter 5
The temporal nature of our bodies and how we will be clothed with eternal glorified bodies, the judgment seat of Christ and the ministry of reconciliation given by God to all Christians because Christ died to reconcile us to God and give us his righteousness!
Chapter 6
He proclaims that now is the day of salvation and goes over standards of for ministers of Christ and the call of God to holiness.
Chapter 7
The difference between godly sorrow that brings true repentance and the sorrow of the world that brings death.
Chapter 8
The Macedonians example of joyful giving to help the poor saints in Jerusalem and how there is a special grace from God to give just like other spiritual graces.
Chapter 9
The laws of sowing and reaping and how God loves a cheerful giver.
Chapter 10
Paul outlines his apostolic authority and how he destroys spiritual strongholds with spiritual weapons by the power of God.
Chapter 11
Paul’s jealousy for the church as the Bride of Christ protecting it from the deception of the devil coming as an angel of light. He compares himself with the false apostles challenging his authority and describes the tortures he endured to fulfill his ministry.
Chapter 12
Paul’s visit to the third Heaven and why a messenger was sent from Satan to buffet him with a thorn in the flesh and how the grace of God is sufficient. He talks about Apostolic signs and his concern over many in the church that were still living in sin refusing to repent.
Chapter 13
He explains how it was really Christ speaking through him to examine themselves to see if Christ was living in them and their behavior reflecting his power transforming them. He warns everyone to make things right before his next visit because he didn’t want to use his apostolic authority to rebuke people and bring confrontational correction. Paul gives an optimistic farewell and blessing or benediction of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
WHAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE?
Just from reading this basic outline of the each chapters theme you can see that this second letter of Paul to the Corinthians is full of the heart of God being expressed for a church in crisis much like many churches today that struggle with the same issues. So fasten your seatbelt and put both hands inside the car as we take off following the emotional apostle comforting, loving and correcting his spiritual children as I am sure you will feel the spiritual G-Force pull you in the direction of the heavenly call upward to become more like Jesus as these life-giving words enter into your spirit.
PRAYER TO APPLY THE WORD OF GOD TO OUR LIVES
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 6 Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. 8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, 11 you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.
OKAY, HERE’S MY TEACHING COMMENTARY
This is Paul’s Second letter to the saints at Corinth. He started this church and was deeply connected to the members and sincerely cared for their welfare and spiritual growth. False apostles were challenging Paul trying to influence the church against him. Most Bible scholars agree that Paul wrote this letter on his third missionary journey. His first letter was a letter to bring correction but his second letter emphasizes the comfort of God and the deeper truths of the ministry of reconciliation. Second Corinthians is also recognized as the most personal letter. It contains the least amount of doctrine of all of his other letters. You can really feel the heart of the apostle in this letter as he shares his burden for the church and his hopes that they become everything God has called them to be in Christ. He writes about the following topics by chapter:
Chapter 1
His overwhelming trials and God’s comfort to him in unbearable circumstances and how that same comfort enabled him to comfort others through their trials.
Chapter 2
He encourages them to comfort the brother that repented and was restored then shares on how to overcome the sneaky strategies of the evil one that would try to get the Corinthian believers to hold a grudge and not forgive those that backslide.
Chapter 3
Superiority and glory of the New Covenant we have in Christ contrasted to the Old Covenant. He compares Christ in the new covenant with Moses and the old covenant and how that we now through Christ are being transformed from glory to glory by the Word and Spirit of God.
Chapter 4
The divine treasure of God’s life we carry in earthen vessels and the reality of the eternal spiritual realm.
Chapter 5
The temporal nature of our bodies and how we will be clothed with eternal glorified bodies, the judgment seat of Christ and the ministry of reconciliation given by God to all Christians because Christ died to reconcile us to God and give us his righteousness!
Chapter 6
He proclaims that now is the day of salvation and goes over standards of for ministers of Christ and the call of God to holiness.
Chapter 7
The difference between godly sorrow that brings true repentance and the sorrow of the world that brings death.
Chapter 8
The Macedonians example of joyful giving to help the poor saints in Jerusalem and how there is a special grace from God to give just like other spiritual graces.
Chapter 9
The laws of sowing and reaping and how God loves a cheerful giver.
Chapter 10
Paul outlines his apostolic authority and how he destroys spiritual strongholds with spiritual weapons by the power of God.
Chapter 11
Paul’s jealousy for the church as the Bride of Christ protecting it from the deception of the devil coming as an angel of light. He compares himself with the false apostles challenging his authority and describes the tortures he endured to fulfill his ministry.
Chapter 12
Paul’s visit to the third Heaven and why a messenger was sent from Satan to buffet him with a thorn in the flesh and how the grace of God is sufficient. He talks about Apostolic signs and his concern over many in the church that were still living in sin refusing to repent.
Chapter 13
He explains how it was really Christ speaking through him to examine themselves to see if Christ was living in them and their behavior reflecting his power transforming them. He warns everyone to make things right before his next visit because he didn’t want to use his apostolic authority to rebuke people and bring confrontational correction. Paul gives an optimistic farewell and blessing or benediction of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
WHAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE?
Just from reading this basic outline of the each chapters theme you can see that this second letter of Paul to the Corinthians is full of the heart of God being expressed for a church in crisis much like many churches today that struggle with the same issues. So fasten your seatbelt and put both hands inside the car as we take off following the emotional apostle comforting, loving and correcting his spiritual children as I am sure you will feel the spiritual G-Force pull you in the direction of the heavenly call upward to become more like Jesus as these life-giving words enter into your spirit.
PRAYER TO APPLY THE WORD OF GOD TO OUR LIVES