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2 Corinthians · read by James Jennings
49 verses, in order. Only the verses James read aloud are shown.
2 Corinthians 1
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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 ESV · Being Tested： God Is Faithful!
2 Corinthians 4
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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.Read from ESV · Suffering In Christian Life (1 Peter 4)
2 Corinthians 5
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And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.Read from ESV · My Cup Is Overflowing
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Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.Read from ESV · Not Seen and Yet Have Believed
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.Read from ESV · Fruit to Increase To Your Credit
2 Corinthians 6
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in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;Read from ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
2 Corinthians 8
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Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.Read from ESV · Expressing God's Inexpressible Gift
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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.Read from ESV · Expressing God's Inexpressible Gift
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And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering —the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
2 Corinthians 9
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But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.Read from ESV · Expressing God's Inexpressible Gift
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So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.Read from ESV · Expressing God's Inexpressible Gift
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Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.Read from ESV · Finish What You Started
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For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.Read from ESV · Expressing God's Inexpressible Gift
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Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.Read from ESV · Expressing God's Inexpressible Gift
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And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.Read from ESV · Expressing God's Inexpressible Gift
2 Corinthians 10
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Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.Read from ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.Read from ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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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 ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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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 ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.Read from ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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For some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account."Read from ESV · Boasting in Weakness
2 Corinthians 11
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I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.Read from ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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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 ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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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 ESV · The Greatest War Campaign of All Time
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For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.Read from ESV · Catch The Little Foxes For Us (Song of Solomon 2 15)
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And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.Read from NASB1995 · Catch The Little Foxes For Us (Song of Solomon 2 15)
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Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.Read from ESV · Do You Have Beautiful Feet
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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 ESV · Laboring For Christ is Not in Vain
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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 ESV · Do You Have Beautiful Feet
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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 ESV · Do You Have Beautiful Feet
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Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.Read from ESV · Boasting in Weakness
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If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.Read from ESV · Boasting in Weakness
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In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.Read from ESV · Boasting in Weakness
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But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.Read from ESV · Boasting in Weakness