Study Desk

This punishment by the majority is sufficient for such a person.

Therefore I urge you to confirm your love for him.

Because for this reason also I wrote, in order that I could know your proven character, whether you are obedient in everything.

Now to whomever you forgive anything, I also do; for indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sake in the presence of Christ,

in order that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

Now when I arrived in Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door was opened for me by the Lord,

I did not experience rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother, but saying farewell to them, I departed for Macedonia.

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

to those on the one hand an odor from death to death, and to those on the other hand a fragrance from life to life. And who is qualified for these things?

For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives—but as from God—we speak before God in Christ.

who also makes us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, by much more will the ministry of righteousness overflow with glory.

For indeed what had been glorified has not been glorified in this case, on account of the glory that surpasses it.

For if what was transitory came with glory, by much more what remains is with glory.

But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus.

For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," is the one who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

For we who are alive are continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

For all these things are for your sake, in order that the grace that is increasing through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure and proportion,