2 Corinthians 2

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1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 2 Cor. 2:4

   …of his dear love to them, 2 Cor. 12:19, Phil. 4:1, 2 Tim. 1:2; of his “abundant love,” 2 Cor. 2:4; and of his “affectionate and tender love,” as of a nurse towards her children, 1 Thess.…

2. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

   The Devices of Satan cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

   …as we give it to them! The apostle Paul declared that we are not ignorant of his devices (2 Corinthians 2:11), but unfortunately that is just not true for the majority of believers today! The…

3. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

   Appendix M: Church Conduct cites 2 Cor. ii. 6-8

   …settled in the presence of the church. This appears from Matt. xviii. 17; 1 Cor. v. 4, 5; 2 Cor. ii. 6-8; 1 Tim. v. 20. (2) Such matters are to be finally settled as the act of the whole body…

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

   A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites II Cor. 2.2

   …those sayings, ‘Who is he that maketh me glad but the same which is made sorry by me?’ (II Cor. 2.2); and again, Though ‘I be not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the…

5. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   The Scriptures cites 2 Cor 2:2

   …The Scriptures teach a man to know himself. They discover Satan’s snares and stratagems. 2 Cor 2:2: ‘They make one wise to salvation.’ 2 Tim 3:15. Oh, then, highly prize the Scriptures. I…

6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites 2 Cor. 2:6

   …Church of Corinth was restored to communion after he had humbly submitted to correction (2 Cor. 2:6). This form of confession existed in the ancient Christian Church, as Cyprian relates…

7. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

   Governors should be tender of weak ones, and also private Christians cites 2 Cor. ii. 7

   …edification, not destruction. How careful was St. Paul, that the incestuous Corinthian, 2 Cor. ii. 7, repenting should not be swallowed up with too much grief, As for civil magistrates, they…

8. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 2 Cor. 2:7

   …to overwhelm with grief the individual for whose benefit it should specially be designed (2 Cor. 2:7), as we have above discoursed at greater length.

9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 12 — Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures and Excommunication cites 2 Cor. 2:7

   …care that he on whom discipline is exercised be not “swallowed up with overmuch sorrow” (2 Cor. 2:7): for in this way, instead of cure there would be destruction. The rule of moderation…

10. The Key in My Hand · Gareth Evans

    A Covenant People cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    …from the Lord - He is not the author of sickness, but I have given the devil a foothold (2 Corinthians 2:11), and he certainly knows how to manipulate such footholds for his advantage! Praying for…

11. The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis · Ochorus Originals

    Letters from Below cites 2 CORINTHIANS 2:11

    …Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2 CORINTHIANS 2:11 Two errors In his preface, Lewis warned against two opposite mistakes about devils. The…

12. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Stand: Spiritual Warfare and Victory cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    …no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices” (2 Corinthians 2:11, ASV). The device in context is not a dramatic manifestation; it is a church mishandling…

13. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    Stand Firm cites 2 Cor 2:11

    …forgive, so he wouldn’t give Satan an advantage ‘for we are not ignorant of his tactics’ (2 Cor 2:11). Earlier in Ephesians, he exhorted us not to ‘let the sun go down on our wrath lest we…

14. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites 2 Cor. ii. 11

    …that is weary. St. Paul was versed in temptations. “We are not ignorant of his devices” (2 Cor. ii. 11). Thus he was able to acquaint others with Satan’s cursed wiles (1 Cor. x. 13). A man…

15. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Three Kinds of Faith cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    …in the world” (1 John 4:4). Paul could rightly say , “I am not ignorant of his tactics” (2 Corinthians 2:11). How many of us can say the same? The young man can, “for he is strong, and the Word of…

16. The Key Teachings of Amanda Berry Smith · Ochorus Originals

    I Belong to Jesus cites 2 CORINTHIANS 2:11

    …light. Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2 CORINTHIANS 2:11 Her most useful test was this. When she confessed the little sins the accuser raised, she…

17. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Latent Power of the Soul cites 2 Corinthians 2:11

    …to it — lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices (2 Corinthians 2:11). And it affirms, with equal clarity, that the outcome is not in question, that the…

18. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Satan’s Devices cites 2 Cor. 2:11

    Sermon 42 Satan’s Devices “We are not ignorant of his devices.” 2 Cor. 2:11. 1. The devices whereby the subtle god of this world labours to destroy the children of…

19. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Scripturalness of This Life cites 2 Cor. 2:14

    …of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, .” The fulfillment of this is in 2 Cor. 2:14, wh ere the apostle cries, “ But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in…

20. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    “Victory, Victory, Victory” cites 2 Corinthians 2:14

    …the end.” Paul wrote, “thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:14, ASV). What were those last Punjabi words? The answer comes from W. B. Anderson, the…

21. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Corinthians 2:14

    …of praise had become his native language. Scriptures to revisit 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Philippians 1:21-23; John 16:33; 2 Timothy 4:6-8. Reflection 1. What habits of…

22. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Breaking of the Outer Man cites 2 Corinthians 2:14

    …in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place” (2 Corinthians 2:14, ASV). Nee sometimes used fragrance as a picture of ministry. Perfume fills a room…

23. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.3 The Word cites 2 Cor 2: 14

    …us the ‘savour of his knowledge,’ that we may relish a sweetness in the word we read. 2 Cor 2: 14. David tasted it as ‘sweeter than the honeycomb.’ Psa 19: 10. Let us pray that God would…

24. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    IV. Gracious affections do arise from the mind's being enlightened, richly and spiritually to understand or apprehend divine things cites 2 Cor. 2:14

    …the truth in the law.” The latter is often represented by relishing, smelling, or tasting 2 Cor. 2:14, “Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ Jesus, and maketh…

25. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Prophetic Office cites 2 Cor 2:14

    …honey to my mouth.’ Psalm 119:103, 103. The apostle calls it the savour of knowledge. 2 Cor 2:14. The light of knowledge is one thing, the savour another. Christ makes us taste a…

26. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Divers and Strange Doctrines cites 2 Cor. ii. 14

    …and a determination to forget that Satan is often “transformed into an angel of light.” (2 Cor. ii. 14.) There is a wide-spread “gullibility” among professing Christians: every heretic who…

27. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites 2 Cor. ii. 15

    …his word to the saving of the souls of men, are said to be a “sweet savour unto God,” 2 Cor. ii. 15; and the savour of the knowledge of God is said to be manifested by them, verse 14. I…

28. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Call to the Ministry cites 2 Cor. ii. 15

    …you “unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.” 2 Cor. ii. 15. Having a priceless treasure in earthen vessels, may the excellency of the divine power…

29. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Prefatory Address to King Francis cites 2 Cor. 2:16

    …characteristic of the gospel to be a “savour of death unto death in them that perish” (2 Cor. 2:16), although rather destined to us for the purpose of being a savour of life unto life, and…

30. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites 2 Cor. 2:16

    …while it is in them a savour of death unto death, it is still a sweet savour unto God (2 Cor. 2:16). 6. The enemies of this doctrine are at great pains in collecting passages of Scripture…

31. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Corrupting the Word of God cites 2 Cor. 2:17

    …word of God: But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” 2 Cor. 2:17. [1.] Many have observed, that nothing conduces more to a Preacher’s success with those…

32. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Ministry of the Word cites 2 CORINTHIANS 2:17

    …word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 2:17 This is why Nee placed so much weight on God’s dealings with the servant before He uses…