Study Desk

We are not like Moses, who put a covering over his face so the Israelites would not see it. The glory was disappearing, and Moses did not want them to see it end.

God, with his mercy, gave us this work to do, so we don't give up.

We carry the death of Jesus in our own bodies so that the life of Jesus can also be seen in our bodies.

We are alive, but for Jesus we are always in danger of death so that the life of Jesus can be seen in our bodies that die.

So death is working in us, but life is working in you.

It is written in the Scriptures, "I believed, so I spoke." Our faith is like this, too. We believe, and so we speak.

All these things are for you. And so the grace of God that is being given to more and more people will bring increasing thanks to God for his glory.

So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.

because it will clothe us so we will not be naked.

So we always have courage. We know that while we live in this body, we are away from the Lord.

So I say that we have courage. We really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.

We are not trying to prove ourselves to you again, but we are telling you about ourselves so you will be proud of us. Then you will have an answer for those who are proud about things that can be seen rather than what is in the heart.

The love of Christ controls us, because we know that One died for all, so all have died.

Christ died for all so that those who live would not continue to live for themselves. He died for them and was raised from the dead so that they would live for him.

So we have been sent to speak for Christ. It is as if God is calling to you through us. We speak for Christ when we beg you to be at peace with God.

Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God.

We are workers together with God, so we beg you: Do not let the grace that you received from God be for nothing.

We do not want anyone to find fault with our work, so nothing we do will be a problem for anyone.

You are not the same as those who do not believe. So do not join yourselves to them. Good and bad do not belong together. Light and darkness cannot share together.

Dear friends, we have these promises from God, so we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes body or soul unclean. We should try to become holy in the way we live, because we respect God.