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2 Corinthians · read by John Piper
82 verses, in order. Only the verses John 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 · Living by Faith in Future Grace - Lesson 2
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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 NASB1995 · Battling Unbelief - Part 3
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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 NASB1995 · Let the Nations Be Glad - Part 2
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For all the promises of God are "Yes" in Christ. And so through Him, our "Amen" is spoken to the glory of God.Read from ESV · Gospel Centered History and Gospel Centered Living
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I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.Read from ESV · How to Love Your People
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Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.Read from ESV · Feel
2 Corinthians 2
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So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.Read from ESV · How to Love Your People
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For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?Read from ESV · God Made the World for Worship His Glory
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I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.Read from ESV · How to Love Your People
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For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.Read from ESV · How to Love Your People
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For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.Read from ESV · Do Not Sell the Gospel
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To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?Read from ESV · (Clip) The Letter Kills
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For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.Read from ESV · Do Not Sell the Gospel
2 Corinthians 3
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Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.Read from ESV · Pressing Through Texts in the Power of the Spirit
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And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Read from ESV · Pressing Through Texts in the Power of the Spirit
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Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.Read from ESV · Jesus Is Precious Because We Yearn for Beauty
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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 ESV · Jesus Is Precious Because We Yearn for Beauty
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And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.Read from NASB1995 · Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ for the Sake of Making Him Known
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But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.Read from NASB1995 · Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ for the Sake of Making Him Known
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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 and Savoring Jesus Christ for the Sake of Making Him Known
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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 ESV · The Sweetest Good of the Good News
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 ESV · Jesus Is Precious Because We Yearn for Beauty
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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 ESV · The Sweetest Good of the Good News
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And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.Read from ESV · Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ for the Sake of Making Him Known
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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 NASB1995 · Suffering for the Sake of the Body - Lesson 2
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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 ESV · The Sweetest Good of the Good News
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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 NASB1995 · Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ for the Sake of Making Him Known
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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 ESV · The Sweetest Good of the Good News
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We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;Read from ESV · The Wisdom of Men and the Power of God
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persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.Read from ESV · The Wisdom of Men and the Power of God
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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 ESV · The Wisdom of Men and the Power of God
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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 NASB1995 · At Home With the Lord
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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.Read from NASB1995 · At Home With the Lord
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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 · At Home With the Lord
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 ESV · The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim
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For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,Read from ESV · The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim
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because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.Read from ESV · The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim
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So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.Read from ESV · The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim
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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 · The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim
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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 · The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim
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We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.Read from NASB1995 · At Home With the Lord
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So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.Read from ESV · How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners？
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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 · The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim
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Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.Read from ESV · O, That You Knew the Terms of Peace!
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God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.Read from ESV · Judas Iscariot, the Suicide of Satan, and the Salvation of the World
2 Corinthians 6
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as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;Read from NASB1995 · Rejoicing in the Midst of Sorrow
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sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.Read from NASB1995 · Rejoicing in the Midst of Sorrow
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We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.Read from ESV · Marriage Is Meant for Making Children Disciples of Jesus, Part 2
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It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.Read from NKJV · Marriage Is Meant for Making Children Disciples of Jesus, Part 2
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 ESV · Battling Unbelief Together
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But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,Read from ESV · Battling Unbelief Together
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 · The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
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In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.Read from ESV · Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God
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For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,Read from NASB1995 · Battling Unbelief - Part 3
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they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.Read from NASB1995 · Desiring God - Lesson 4
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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 · Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God
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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 NKJV · Let Us Walk by the Spirit
2 Corinthians 9
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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 NASB1995 · Desiring God - Lesson 4
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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 · How to Preach in the Power of the Spirit
2 Corinthians 10
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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 · The Wisdom of Men and the Power of God
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Rather, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."Read from ESV · A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People
2 Corinthians 11
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Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!Read from NKJV · Pity Not Them Who Rise With 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 NASB1995 · (Biographies) Martin Luther
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Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.Read from ESV · Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions
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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 · Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions
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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 NASB1995 · Pity Not Them Who Rise With Christ
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Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.Read from ESV · Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions
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 NASB1995 · Suffering for the Sake of the Body - Lesson 1
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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 ESV · Battling the Unbelief of Misplaced Shame
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I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.Read from ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
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The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.Read from ESV · By Signs and Wonders Where Christ Has Not Been Named
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In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!Read from ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
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See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.Read from ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
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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 ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
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Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.Read from ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
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I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?Read from ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
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Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.Read from ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
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I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.Read from ESV · I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
2 Corinthians 13
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.Read from ESV · How To Seek The Holy Spirit