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1\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>an apostle of Christ Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>by the will of God, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Timothy our brother,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To the church of God that is at Corinth,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>D<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>E<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I love in Verse <\/span><\/span>1 \u201cby the will of God\u201d. I pray we are staying in his will and not our own. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God of All Comfort<\/span><\/p>\n

3\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>F<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Blessed be the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>G<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>H<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God of all comfort,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>I<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We<\/span><\/span> need to understand that we serve the \u201c God of all comfort\u201d \u00a0God is with us through it all and needs to be our resting place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For as we share abundantly in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>J<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>K<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>7\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>L<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do we have price in knowing we have salvation? <\/span><\/span>We need to suffer all that Jesus did and have piece and comfort in Him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>b<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>M<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>9\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>N<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>rely not on ourselves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>O<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>but on God\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>P<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>who raises the dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Q<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>R<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.<\/span><\/span>11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>T<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul was facing persecution and still wa<\/span><\/span>nted to only Live for Jesus. We live in a culture now that runs when we face anything bad about our faith. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul’s Change of Plans<\/span><\/p>\n

12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For our boast is this,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>c<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>V<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>godly sincerity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>W<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>13\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/span>14\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just as you did\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>X<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>partially understand us\u2014that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Y<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>on the day of our Lord Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Z<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>you will boast of us as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AA<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>we will boast of you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Because I was sure of this,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AB<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AC<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>a second\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AD<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>experience of grace.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>16\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I wanted to visit you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AE<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AF<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>according to the flesh, ready to say \u201cYes, yes\u201d and \u201cNo, no\u201d at the same time?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Corinthian believer accused Paul of being unreliable <\/span><\/span>and not trustworthy. Have we ever been challenged with this in our walk? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

18\u00a0<\/span><\/span>As surely as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AG<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God is faithful,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AH<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>our word to you has not been Yes and No.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AI<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AJ<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AK<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>in him it is always Yes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AL<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AM<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Amen to God for his glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>21\u00a0<\/span><\/span>And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AN<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>has anointed us,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>22\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and who has also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AO<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>put his seal on us and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AP<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>an apostle of Christ Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>by the will of God, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Timothy our brother,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To the church of God that is at Corinth,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I love in Verse <\/span><\/span>1 \u201cby the will of God\u201d. I pray we are staying in his will and not our own. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God of All Comfort<\/span><\/p>\n

3\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>F<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Blessed be the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>G<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>H<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God of all comfort,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>I<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We<\/span><\/span> need to understand that we serve the \u201c God of all comfort\u201d \u00a0God is with us through it all and needs to be our resting place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For as we share abundantly in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>J<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>K<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>7\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>L<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do we have price in knowing we have salvation? <\/span><\/span>We need to suffer all that Jesus did and have piece and comfort in Him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>b<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>M<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>9\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>N<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>rely not on ourselves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>O<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>but on God\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>P<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>who raises the dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Q<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>R<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.<\/span><\/span>11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>T<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul was facing persecution and still wa<\/span><\/span>nted to only Live for Jesus. We live in a culture now that runs when we face anything bad about our faith. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul’s Change of Plans<\/span><\/p>\n

12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For our boast is this,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>c<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>V<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>godly sincerity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>W<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>13\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/span>14\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just as you did\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>X<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>partially understand us\u2014that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Y<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>on the day of our Lord Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Z<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>you will boast of us as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AA<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>we will boast of you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Because I was sure of this,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AB<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AC<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>a second\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AD<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>experience of grace.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>16\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I wanted to visit you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AE<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AF<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>according to the flesh, ready to say \u201cYes, yes\u201d and \u201cNo, no\u201d at the same time?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Corinthian believer accused Paul of being unreliable <\/span><\/span>and not trustworthy. Have we ever been challenged with this in our walk? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

18\u00a0<\/span><\/span>As surely as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AG<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God is faithful,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AH<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>our word to you has not been Yes and No.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AI<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AJ<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AK<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>in him it is always Yes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AL<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AM<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Amen to God for his glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>21\u00a0<\/span><\/span>And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AN<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>has anointed us,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>22\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and who has also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AO<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>put his seal on us and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AP<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul preached a Jesus that was trustworthy and reliable <\/span><\/span>why should he have been treated the way he did? I know some of us have been or could be treated this way in the future. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

23\u00a0<\/span><\/span>But\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AQ<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>I call God to witness against me\u2014it was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AR<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>24\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Not that we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AS<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AT<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>in your faith.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

preached a Jesus that was trustworthy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>an apostle of Christ Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>B<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>by the will of God, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Timothy our brother,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To the church of God that is at Corinth,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>D<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>E<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I love in Verse <\/span><\/span>1 \u201cby the will of God\u201d. I pray we are staying in his will and not our own. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God of All Comfort<\/span><\/p>\n

3\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>F<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Blessed be the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>G<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>H<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God of all comfort,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>I<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We<\/span><\/span> need to understand that we serve the \u201c God of all comfort\u201d \u00a0God is with us through it all and needs to be our resting place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For as we share abundantly in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>J<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>K<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>7\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>L<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do we have price in knowing we have salvation? <\/span><\/span>We need to suffer all that Jesus did and have piece and comfort in Him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>b<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>M<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>9\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>N<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>rely not on ourselves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>O<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>but on God\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>P<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>who raises the dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Q<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>R<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.<\/span><\/span>11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>S<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>T<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul was facing persecution and still wa<\/span><\/span>nted to only Live for Jesus. We live in a culture now that runs when we face anything bad about our faith. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul’s Change of Plans<\/span><\/p>\n

12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For our boast is this,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>U<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>c<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>V<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>godly sincerity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>W<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>13\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/span>14\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just as you did\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>X<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>partially understand us\u2014that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Y<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>on the day of our Lord Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Z<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>you will boast of us as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AA<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>we will boast of you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Because I was sure of this,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AB<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AC<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>a second\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AD<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>experience of grace.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>16\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I wanted to visit you\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AE<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AF<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>according to the flesh, ready to say \u201cYes, yes\u201d and \u201cNo, no\u201d at the same time?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Corinthian believer accused Paul of being unreliable <\/span><\/span>and not trustworthy. Have we ever been challenged with this in our walk? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

18\u00a0<\/span><\/span>As surely as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AG<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>God is faithful,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AH<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>our word to you has not been Yes and No.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AI<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AJ<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AK<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>in him it is always Yes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20\u00a0<\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AL<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AM<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>Amen to God for his glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>21\u00a0<\/span><\/span>And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AN<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>has anointed us,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>22\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and who has also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AO<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>put his seal on us and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AP<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.<\/span><\/span>[<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul preached a Jesus that was trustworthy and reliable <\/span><\/span>why should he have been treated the way he did? I know some of us have been or could be treated this way in the future. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

23\u00a0<\/span><\/span>But\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AQ<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>I call God to witness against me\u2014it was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AR<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>24\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Not that we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AS<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AT<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>in your faith.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and reliable <\/span><\/span>why should he have been treated the way he did? I know some of us have been or could be treated this way in the future. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

23\u00a0<\/span><\/span>But\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AQ<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>I call God to witness against me\u2014it was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AR<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>24\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Not that we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AS<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>AT<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>in your faith.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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