2 Corinthians 1

Where it is preached

1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 2 Cor 1: 3

   …eritance but his child? God being our God, will be a father to us; a ‘Father of mercies,’ 2 Cor 1: 3; ‘The everlasting Father.’ Isa 9: 6. If God be our God, we have a Father in heaven that n…

2. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   John Newton — The Former Slave Trader Who Shepherded with Grace cites 2 Corinthians 1:3–4

   …that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:3–4, NIV). Newton had received the comfort. He spent his life distributing it. He continued t…

3. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 2 Corinthians 1:3–4

   …n the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth.” 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 — “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and…

4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.2 The Second Commandment cites 2 Cor 1: 3

   … Mercy proceeds primarily, and originally from God. He is called the ‘Father of mercies’ (2 Cor 1: 3), because he begets all the mercies which are in the creature. Our mercies compared with …

5. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

   Why all things work for good cites 2 Cor. i. 3

   …ettle the inheritance upon, but his child? God is the tender hearted “Father of mercies” (2 Cor. i. 3). He begets all the mercies and kindness in the creatures. God is an everlasting Father (…

6. The Secret of Guidance · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

   How to Bear Sorrow cites 2 Cor. i. 4

   …re in any affliction with the comfort with which you yourself have been comforted of God (2 Cor. i. 4). There can be no doubt that some trials are permitted to come to us, as to our Lord, for…

7. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

   A Brief Account of the Author’s Imprisonment cites 2 Cor. i. 5

   …lawful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort's sake, Eccles. vii 14; 2 Cor. i. 5. 324. Before I came to prison I saw what was coming, and had especially two consideration…

8. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

   February cites 2 Corinthians 1:5

   … as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.” (2 Corinthians 1:5) There is a blessed proportion. The Ruler of Providence bears a pair of scales--in this s…

9. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order cites 2 Cor. 1:8

   … death in himself, that he might not trust in himself, but in God that raiseth the dead," 2 Cor. 1:8, 9, 10. There was first a great tempest, and the ship was covered with the waves, and jus…

10. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Normal Christian Life cites 2 Corinthians 1:8

    …not require emotional falsification. Paul himself could say, “we despaired even of life” (2 Corinthians 1:8, ASV), while continuing to trust God. Faith and psychological distress can coexist. A mat…

11. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Learning to Walk by Faith cites 2 Corinthians 1:9

    …ath” in himself “that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead” (2 Corinthians 1:9, ASV). That phrase could serve as a summary of much of Nee's spirituality: not trusting i…

12. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Sit: Our Position in Christ cites 2 Corinthians 1:9

    …ithin ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead” (2 Corinthians 1:9, ASV). The purpose was not a romantic fascination with suffering. It was a transfer of tr…

13. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites 2 Corinthians 1:9

    …ithin ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead” (2 Corinthians 1:9, ASV). The purpose is a transfer of trust. This teaching must not romanticize suffering. …

14. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Corinthians 1:9

    … revisit John 5:19; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Ephesians 1:17-18; Hebrews 11:1; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 1:9; John 7:17. Reflection 1. Who has permission to correct you without risking the relations…

15. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    Paul a Pattern of Prayer cites 2 Cor. i. 10

    …ector, and secures him a safe convoy to Rome, can only be accounted for by these prayers. 2 Cor. i. 10, 11: “In whom we trust that He will yet deliver us, ye also helping together by prayer fo…

16. Mighty Power in Prayer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Power of Prayer and the Pleasure of Praise cites 2 Corinthians 1:11

    … the Grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world and more abundantly to you.” 2 Corinthians 1:11,12. THE Apostle Paul had, by singular Providences, been delivered from imminent peril in …

17. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Of the necessity and benefit of intercession, considered as an exercise of universal love. How all orders of men are to pray and intercede with God for one another. How naturally such intercession amends and reforms the hearts of those that use it cites 2 Cor. i. 11

    …stowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf." [2 Cor. i. 11] This was the ancient friendship of Christians, uniting and cementing their hearts, not b…

18. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 2 Cor. 1:12

    …m. 1:4. The same apostle is very often, in his epistles, expressing the affection of joy, 2 Cor. 1:12 and chap. 7:7, and ver. 9. 16. Phil. 1:4, and chap. 2:12, and chap 3:3. Col. 1:34. 1 Thes…

19. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The First Fruits of the Spirit cites 2 Cor. 1:12

    … fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, they have had their conversation in the world” (2 Cor. 1:12). 3. But because this scripture has been so frequently misunderstood, and that in so dang…

20. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Witness of our own Spirit cites 2 Cor. 1:12

    …with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world.” 2 Cor. 1:12 1. Such is the voice of every true believer in Christ, so long as he abides in faith and …

21. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Conscience cites 2 Cor. 1:12

    Sermon 105 “On Conscience” “For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience.” 2 Cor. 1:12. 1. How few words are there in the world more common than this, Conscience! It is in almo…

22. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 2 Cor. 1:12

    … as, Rom. 1:9, "God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son." 2 Cor. 1:12, "For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that—by the grace of God, w…

23. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility and Sin cites 2 Corinthians 1:12

    … sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you." (2 Corinthians 1:12). This is not an ideal or an aspiration, it is an appeal to what his actual life had been…

24. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Farewell Sermon cites 2 Cor. i. 14

    2 Cor. i. 14.—As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also ar…

25. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites 2 Cor. 1:19

    … famous light in God's church at that day, and an intimate companion of the apostles. See 2 Cor. 1:19, 1 Thess. 1:1, and 2 Thess. 1:1.

26. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spiritual Gleaning cites 2 Corinthians 1:20

    …that are “yes and amen in Christ” (“For all the promises of God find their Yes in him…” — 2 Corinthians 1:20 ESV) belong to you in Christ now. Though a stranger, Jesus loves you: “…he came eating an…

27. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Act faith on Christ for the killing of thy sin cites 2 Cor. i. 21

    …rom Christ; which is the great sovereign means of mortification, as hath been discovered, 2 Cor. i. 21. (4.) The Spirit alone brings the cross of Christ into our hearts with its sin-killing po…

28. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    November cites 2 Cor. i. 21

    …d us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. When a Christian is “sealed” by the Holy Ghost, “sealed” as the property of his Mast…

29. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    Section 25 cites 2 Cor. 1:22

    … being ‘sealed with the Spirit,’ than being ‘renewed in love?’ “A. Perhaps in one place, (2 Cor. 1:22,) he does not mean so much; but in another, (Eph. 1:13,) he seems to include both the fru…

30. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    God Glorified in Man’s Dependence cites 2 Cor. i. 22

    … Ghost which believers have in this world is said to be the earnest of their inheritance. 2 Cor. i. 22, “Who hath also sealed us, and given us the Spirit in our hearts.” And chap. v. 5, “Now h…

31. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. Another great and very distinguishing difference between gracious affections and others is, that gracious affections, the higher they are raised, the more is a spiritual appetite and longing of soul after spiritual attainments increased cites 2 Cor. 1:22

    …their proper fullness; it is only an earnest of their future inheritance in their hearts, 2 Cor. 1:22, and 5:5, and Eph. 1:14. The most eminent saints in this state are but children, compared…

32. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Introduction cites 2 Cor. i. 22

    … fall from the truth. Oh, beg the Spirit of God, not only to anoint you, but to seal you (2 Cor. i. 22). 2. The excellency of the privilege, “All things work together for good.” This is as Jac…

33. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 3 cites 2 Cor. 1:23

    …, “I call God to record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth:” (2 Cor. 1:23:) And to the Philippians, “God is my record, how greatly I long after you in the bowels o…

34. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites 2 Cor. i. 24

    …s attending him. 6. The Communion of Saints works for good. “We are helpers of your joy” (2 Cor. i. 24). One Christian conversing with another is a means to confirm him. As the stones in an ar…

35. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Church and the Body of Christ cites 2 Corinthians 1:24

    …he Corinthians, “Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy” (2 Corinthians 1:24, ASV). The Work and the Church Nee distinguished “the work” from “the church.” The church…

36. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The God of All Comfort cites 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

    …o are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) Among all the names that reveal God, this one—“the God of all comfort”—seems to me one o…