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2 Corinthians · read by Carter Conlon
72 verses, in order. Only the verses Carter read aloud are shown.
2 Corinthians 1
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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Read from ESV · The Year That We Flourish
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,Read from KJV · Right Jesus, Wrong Time
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who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.Read from NKJV · Right Jesus, Wrong Time
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We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.Read from NKJV · Right Jesus, Wrong Time
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Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.Read from NKJV · Right Jesus, Wrong Time
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He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,Read from KJV · A Word for Those Who Feel Like Quitting
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as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.Read from KJV · A Word for Those Who Feel Like Quitting
2 Corinthians 2
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in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.Read from KJV · The Devil Is After One Thing in Your Trial
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But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.Read from KJV · The Incredible Fragrance of Mercy
2 Corinthians 3
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You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
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And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.Read from NKJV · The Generosity Of God
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But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.Read from NKJV · Seeing Through The Eyes of God
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Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.Read from NASB1995 · Seeing Through The Eyes of God
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And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.Read from KJV · The Willingness That Precedes the Glory
2 Corinthians 4
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Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.Read from KJV · The Glory of God and the Image of Jealousy
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Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.Read from KJV · The Deep Sorrow of the Unconvinced
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The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.Read from KJV · The Glory of God and the Image of Jealousy
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For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.Read from KJV · Perfect Treasure in Flawed Vessels
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For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · The Glory of God and the Image of Jealousy
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Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.Read from KJV · Perfect Treasure in Flawed Vessels
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persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.Read from KJV · Perfect Treasure in Flawed Vessels
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We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.Read from KJV · Perfect Treasure in Flawed Vessels
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All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.Read from KJV · The Church in Smyrna
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Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.Read from KJV · The Church in Smyrna
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So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.Read from NASB1995 · The Church in Smyrna
2 Corinthians 5
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Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.Read from KJV · Even Jesus Will Soon Be Shouting for Joy
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For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,Read from KJV · The Deep Groanings of the Righteous
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because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.Read from KJV · The Deep Groanings of the Righteous
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!Read from NKJV · I Know Who You Are Do You Know Who You Will Be
2 Corinthians 6
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What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people."Read from NKJV · Seeing Through the Hands of Jesus
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"Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."Read from KJV · Run for Your Life
2 Corinthians 7
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For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.Read from NKJV · God Still Loves You
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But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,Read from NKJV · God Still Loves You
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Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.Read from KJV · The Sorrow of the Converted
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Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.Read from KJV · The Sorrow of the Converted
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Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.Read from KJV · The Sorrow of the Converted
2 Corinthians 10
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For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.Read from KJV · The Sorrow of the Converted
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The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.Read from NKJV · A Thief in a Parking Lot
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We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.Read from NKJV · A Thief in a Parking Lot
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And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.Read from NKJV · A Thief in a Parking Lot
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We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.Read from KJV · The Glorious Ministration of the Spirit
2 Corinthians 11
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I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.Read from KJV · Another Jesus
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I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.Read from NKJV · The Real Jesus Doesn't Burn
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For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.Read from NKJV · I Will Not Die, but Live
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For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.Read from KJV · Beware of the Wisdom of Men
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And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.Read from KJV · Beware of the Wisdom of Men
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It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.Read from KJV · Be Sure, Your Sin Will Find You Out
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Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.Read from NKJV · How Do I Find the Strength of Christ?
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Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.Read from NKJV · Don't Draw Back
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Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.Read from NKJV · The Presence of Trouble Doesn't Mean the Absence of God (Video)
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In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,Read from KJV · Get Ready to Stand in the Fire
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in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.Read from NKJV · The Presence of Trouble Doesn't Mean the Absence of God
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Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.Read from NKJV · The Presence of Trouble Doesn't Mean the Absence of God
2 Corinthians 12
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or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.Read from NKJV · The Necessity of Weakness
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Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.Read from NKJV · The Necessity of Weakness
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But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.Read from KJV · Little Strength Christian
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That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Read from NKJV · Escaping The Taskmasters
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And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?Read from KJV · Sitting Where True Love Is
2 Corinthians 13
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For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God's power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God's power we will live with Him to serve you.Read from KJV · Beware of the Wisdom of Men