2 Corinthians 12

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1. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

   The Theology of the Cross cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

   …unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 A needed caution Like every deep truth, this one can be twisted. The theology of the…

2. Humility · Andrew Murray

   Humility and Happiness cites 2 Corinthians 12: 9

   …insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12: 9, 10. Lest Paul should exalt himself, by reason of the exceeding greatness of the…

3. The Master’s Indwelling · Andrew Murray

   That God May Be All in All cites 2 Corinthians 12:9

   …very special way to teach him to say, “I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses” 2 Corinthians 12:9. Paul was in danger of being exalted, owing to the revelations from Heaven, and Jesus…

4. The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray · Ochorus Originals

   Possible with God cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

   …unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Name one command of Christ you have quietly decided is…

5. The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson · Ochorus Originals

   Christ Our Healer cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

   …unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 That is God declining to heal an apostle, and calling the refusal grace. Any doctrine…

6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 2 Cor 12: 14

   …and of worse than falls when they are older. Their love is evidenced by their cost. 2 Cor 12: 14. They lay up and they lay out for their children; and are not like the raven or ostrich…

7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   [I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites 2 Cor. 12:2

   …For “their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”167167 “The third heaven” Paul (2 Cor. 12:2) tells how he was caught up into the third heave, or paradise, and heard unutterable…

8. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Christian Perfection cites 2 Cor. 12:2

   …that this thorn was given to St. Paul above fourteen years before he wrote this epistle; [2 Cor. 12:2] which itself was wrote several years before he finished his course. [see Acts 20:24; 2…

9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   The Wisdom of God cites 2 Cor 12:2

   …we should be lifted up with spiritual enlargements, as Paul, with his revelations. 2 Cor 12:2. It is hard to have the heart low when comfort is high. God sees humility to be better…

10. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Joy cites 2 Cor 12:2

    …that cause jubilation of spirit; he has that which is better felt than can be expressed. 2 Cor 12:2. Use two: If God gives his people such joy in this life, oh! then, what glorious joy will…

11. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    A Believer's Privilege at Death cites 2 Cor 12:2

    …Luke 23:43. By paradise is meant heaven: the third heaven, into which Paul was taken. 2 Cor 12:2. Christ said to the thief on the cross, ‘This day shalt thou be with me in paradise.’ His…

12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites 2 Cor. 12:2

    …third heaven, and honour with a wondrous revelation of things that could not be spoken (2 Cor. 12:2), who will presume to despise or disregard as superfluous that ministry, whose utility…

13. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites 2 Cor. xii. 4

    …of God, and heard those “unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter” (2 Cor. xii. 4). Never was any man a loser by his love to God. If our love to God does not increase, it…

14. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    The Cross of Christ cites 2 Cor. xii. 4

    …knew many deep things. He had been in the third heaven, and “heard unspeakable words.” (2 Cor. xii. 4.) He had received the spirit of prophecy, and could foretell things yet to come. But did…

15. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 2 Cor. 12:6

    …going behind their hands and feet, after the prudent example of the blessed apostle, 2 Cor. 12:6, and many occasions of spiritual pride would be cut off; and so a great door shut against…

16. The Key Teachings of George MacDonald · Ochorus Originals

    Men Ought Always to Pray cites 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

    …Thank Him for it, and ask Him for Himself as well as for the thing you need. 4. Read 2 Corinthians 12:7–10. Has God ever given you grace instead of the answer you asked for? 5. Read Hebrews…

17. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites 2 Cor. xii. 7

    …measure, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me” (2 Cor. xii. 7). The thorn in the flesh was to puncture the puffing up of pride. Better is that…

18. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 14 — In the Creation of the World, and All Things in It, the True God Distinguished by Certain Marks from Fictitious Gods cites 2 Cor. 12:7

    …that for the purpose of subduing his pride, a messenger of Satan was sent to buffet him (2 Cor. 12:7). This trial, therefore, is common to all the children of God. But as the promise of…

19. The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey · Ochorus Originals

    Praying in the Holy Ghost cites 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

    …or makes His will plain. 5. Where a prayer has not been answered as you hoped, read 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 and ask whether God is offering grace instead. A PRAYER Holy Spirit, I do not know what I…

20. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites 2 Corinthians 12:7

    …conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me” (2 Corinthians 12:7). How many men have failed here! They have asked for God's power in His way; it has come.…

21. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 3 — Regeneration by Faith cites 2 Cor. 12:7

    …a true, not a fictitious representation, of the strife between the Spirit and the flesh (2 Cor. 12:7, 9; Rom. 7:6). 15. The Apostle, in his description of repentance (2 Cor. 7:2), enumerates…

22. The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds · Ochorus Originals

    The Hand That Moves the World cites 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

    …that differ from what you asked. 4. If you carry a prayer that God has not granted, read 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 and ask for the grace Paul received. 5. Pray one large prayer this week for something…

23. The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray · Ochorus Originals

    A Reader’s Guide to Andrew Murray cites 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

    …means as the higher way and discourages praying if it be Thy will. Read it alongside 2 Corinthians 12:7–10, 2 Timothy 4:20 and Matthew 26:39, and do not follow it in setting aside medical care. In…

24. The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson · Ochorus Originals

    A Reader’s Guide to A. B. Simpson cites 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

    …beyond what Scripture teaches, and readers should not follow him in it. Read it alongside 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 and 2 Timothy 4:20. The hymns Simpson wrote more than a hundred, usually to be sung by…

25. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Those that Christ hath to do withal are bruised cites 2 Cor. xii.7

    …God had broken his bones as a lion, Isai. xxxviii. 13. Thus the chosen vessel St. Paul, 2 Cor. xii.7, needed the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be lifted up above measure.…

26. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer cites 2 Cor. xii. 8

    …12.) This is what Paul did, when he had a thorn in the flesh. He besought the Lord. (2 Cor. xii. 8.) This is true faith and confidence. We should believe that nothing is too small to be…

27. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 13 — The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World cites 2 Cor. 12:8

    …grace is sufficient for thee,” he subjoins, “that the power of Christ may rest upon me,” (2 Cor. 12:8, 9). For it is certain that the name of Lord (Κυρίος) is there put for Jehovah, and…

28. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Why Doesn’t God Answer My Prayers? cites 2 Corinthians 12:8

    …some painful problem. “Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me” (2 Corinthians 12:8). God said no. But He didn’t stay silent: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power…

29. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    The Conditions of Effectual Prayer cites 2 Corinthians 12:8–9

    …every condition she named, asked three times for his thorn to be removed and was told no (2 Corinthians 12:8–9). The Lord Himself prayed in Gethsemane, Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt…

30. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Perseverance cites 2 Cor 12:8

    …buffet him, he said, ‘For this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.’ 2 Cor 12:8. Thus nothing can break off a believer from Christ, or hinder his perseverance. Let this…

31. Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor · Ochorus Originals

    Ikpe cites 2 Corinthians 12:9

    …will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV A Call From the North The call to her last field came, of all ways, out of a war.…

32. Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Mary Slessor cites 2 Corinthians 12:9

    …comes.” “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). 20. Doubt Is Not the Opposite of Faith She called herself “a poor exponent of…

33. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Act faith on Christ for the killing of thy sin cites 2 Cor. xii. 9

    …the consideration of the sufficiency of his grace: “My grace is sufficient for thee,” 2 Cor. xii. 9. Though he were not immediately so far made partaker of it as to be freed from his…

34. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites 2 Cor. 12:9

    …notwithstanding what the devil can do, the souls of his people prove gracious still. 2 Cor. 12:9. And in that thou sawest that the man stood behind the wall to maintain the fire; this is…

35. Communion with God · John Owen

    Other consequential affections cites 2 Cor. xii. 9

    …of grace, according as temptations do grow or increase. So was it in the case of Paul, 2 Cor. xii. 9, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” The temptation, whatever it were, grew high; Paul was…

36. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites 2 Corinthians 12:9

    …is done in secret, will reward you.” Psalm 46:10 — “Be still, and know that I am God.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 — “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in…

37. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 2 Corinthians 12:9

    …grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 — “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in…

38. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Breaking of the Outer Man cites 2 Corinthians 12:9

    …answered, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). Paul concludes, “when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10, ASV).…

39. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites 2 Cor. xii. 9

    …it? He is upheld by the arms of the Almighty. “My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. xii. 9). The power of God works for us by supplying our wants. God creates comforts when means…

40. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    Slow of Speech and Hearing cites 2 Corinthians 12:9

    …will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). He reminded the Corinthians that he had come to them “not with excellency of…

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