II Corinthians 1:1-11
Comfort in Suffering
II Corinthians 1:12-14
Paul’s Change of Plans
II Corinthians 1:15-24
Sparing The Church
II Corinthians 2:1-4
Effective Leadership Is Sensitive to Others
II Corinthians 2:5-11
Forgiveness For The Sinner
II Corinthians 2:12-17
The Triumph of Christ
II Corinthians 3:1-3
We May Be The Only Bible Some People Read
II Corinthians 3:4-11
The Spirit, Not The Letter
II Corinthians 3:12-18
When One Turns to The Lord The Veil is Removed
II Corinthians 4:1-6
By God’s Grace I Will Not Quit
II Corinthians 4:7-18
Cast Down But Not Conquered
II Corinthians 5:1-9
Assurance of The Resurrection
II Corinthians 5:10-13
Bringing People to God
II Corinthians 5:14-21
Be Reconciled to God
The Spirit, Not The Letter
II Corinthians 3:4–11
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Paul was a brilliant and well educated man; yet he did not depend on his own adequacy and gave all the glory to God and not himself (v. 4). Paul’s opponents were legalists who told the people that if they obeyed the law they would become spiritual. This legalistic type of ministry dulled the eyes of the people and made them think they were sufficient in themselves. We don’t have the right to claim that we have done anything on our own. God gives us what it takes to do all that we do (v. 5).
Paul goes on to draw a contrast between the covenant of the law granted to Moses and the covenant of the gospel established by Christ (v. 6). While both the law and the gospel were glorious, they differed radically from each other. Paul did not deny the glory of the Old Testament law but he makes it plain that the New Testament of grace is far superior and he gives the following reasons:
Application
It is so easy for me to try to measure spirituality by what I do and what I don’t do. My spirituality cannot be measured by whether I go to church every time the doors are open or become a deacon or Sunday school teacher, but by what kind of a person I am on a day to day basis.
II Corinthians 3:4-11 (English Standard Version)
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