2 Corinthians Grief According To God
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The Conditions We Face While Commending Ourselves as Ministers from God, 2 Corinthians 6:8-10
You Restrain Yourselves, 2 Corinthians 6:11-13
Filling Up Holiness, 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1
We Have Wronged No One, 2 Corinthians 7:2-3
We Have Wronged No One, 2 Corinthians 7:2-3
Make Room for Us, 2 Corinthians 7:2
2 Corinthians 7:2
Make room for us, we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
Make Room (Give Place)
God Desiring that All Make Room For Repentance, 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
The Word not Having A Place, John 8:37
“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
We Have Not Done Any Unrighteousness to Anyone
Defrauding and Wronging A Brother Before Secular Law, 1 Corinthians 6:7-8
Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren.
The Saints in Galatian Had Not Wronged Paul by Being Lead Astray from the Gospel of the Christ, Galatians 4:12
I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong;
We Have Corrupted No One
Bad (lacking in Character) Company Corrupts Useful Habits, 1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Our Former Manner of Life was corrupted by the desires of deceit, Ephesians 4:22
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
Our Minds being Corrupted from the Simplicity Concerning the Christ, 2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
Paul is Not Condemning Them, 2 Corinthians 7:3
2 Corinthians 7:3
I do not speak facing condemnation, for I said beforehand that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.
Paul’s Boldness Towards Them, 2 Corinthians 7:4-6
Paul’s Boldness Towards Them, 2 Corinthians 7:4-6
Paul Has a Great Boldness Towards Them, 2 Corinthians 7:4
2 Corinthians 7:4
Great boldness by me towards you, great boasting by me concerning you, having been filled with exhortation, I am super abounding in the joy on the basis of all my tribulation.
Boldness - Confidence in Speech, Speaking Freely
Paul Speaking of the Mystery of the Gospel, Ephesians 6:19
and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
Christ Making Public Display in Boldness of Speech Before the Rules and Authorities, Triumphing Over Them, Colossians 2:15
When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
Boldness of Speech and Confidence Are Not the Same - Ephesians 3:12
Ephesians 3:12 (NASB95)
in whom we have boldness (παρρησίαν) and confident (πεποιθήσει) access through faith in Him.
Paul Abounds in Joy on the Basis of His Tribulation
Joy is Contentment in Any Situation
The Tribulations Paul Faced Concerning the Saints - in need, under distress, in prison, in sleeplessness, in fasting, with wounds
When Coming to Macedonia, 2 Corinthians 7:5
2 Corinthians 7:5
For also we come unto Macedonia, our flesh having no rest, but in all oppressions, on the outside conflicts, within fears
Paul First Same to Philippi, Acts 16:12
and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days.
Paul and Silas were Beaten and Put into Prison, Acts 16:22-24
The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods.
When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;
and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
The Comfort He Received From Titus, 2 Corinthians 7:6-7
2 Corinthians 7:6–7
But the God, the comforter to the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
And not only in his coming, but also in the encouragement, which he was encouraged on the basis of you while announcing to us your longing, your lamentation, your zeal concerning me, just as it is me to rejoice more,
Godly Grief, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10
Godly Grief, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10
Paul is Comforted by Titus’ Report, 2 Corinthians 7:7
2 Corinthians 7:7
And not only in his coming, but also in the encouragement that he was encouraged on the basis of you while announcing to us your longing, your lamentation, your zeal concerning me, just as it is me to rejoice more,
Titus was Encouraged by the Corinthian Saints
They Expressed Their Longing, Lamentation, and Zeal Concerning Paul
It Concerned Paul to Grieve Them, 2 Corinthians 7:8
2 Corinthians 7:8
because since also I grieved you by the letter, I do not regret, since also I was regretting. For I see that that letter, if also for an hour, it grieved you
Regret - To Have Concern Afterwards
Does Not Imply Regret in the sense of being remorseful
Expressing Concern After Sending the Letter if It Was the Best Way to Address the Issue
Paul Sees that the Letter Did Grieve Them
Their Response, 2 Corinthians 7:9
2 Corinthians 7:9
Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved unto a change of mind. For you grieved according to God, in order that in nothing you should suffer loss out from us.
They Changed Their Mind (Repented)
Their Grief was According to God, not the flesh
Paul Grieved Them So They would not Suffer Loss
Godly Grief Works Out Repentance, 2 Corinthians 7:10
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the grief according to God works out a change of mind unto salvation without regret, but the grief of the world works out death.
Salvation is the context is not referring to initial salvation
Paul is Addressing Saints
Grief from Correction
Saving Them for the Impact of Continuing in Their Carnal State
The Grief from the World
Works out Death
Suicide is a result of worldly grief
Grief Caused by Information, John 16:6
“But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Grief in Child birth, John 16:21
“Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
Grief For Those Who Reject the Truth, Romans 9:2
that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.
Grief from Loss, Philippians 2:25-27
But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;
because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.
Grief From Discipline, Hebrews 12:11
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Grief Because We Refuse to be Involved with Wrong, 1 Peter 2:19
For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.
Scripture Reading
Scripture Reading
We Have Wronged No One, 2 Corinthians 7:2-3
2 Corinthians 7:2–3
Make room for us, we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
I do not speak facing condemnation, for I said beforehand that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.
Paul’s Boldness Towards Them, 2 Corinthians 7:4-6
2 Corinthians 7:4–6
Great boldness by me towards you, great boasting by me concerning you, having been filled with exhortation, I am super abounding in the joy on the basis of all my tribulation.
For also we come unto Macedonia, our flesh having no rest, but in all oppressions, on the outside conflicts, within fears.
But the God, the comforter to the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
Godly Grief, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10
2 Corinthians 7:8–10
And not only in his coming, but also in the encouragement that he was encouraged on the basis of you while announcing to us your longing, your lamentation, your zeal concerning me, just as it is me to rejoice more,
because since also I grieved you by the letter, I do not regret, since also I was regretting. For I see that that letter, if also for an hour, it grieved you.
Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved unto a change of mind. For you grieved according to God, in order that in nothing you should suffer loss out from us.
For the grief according to God works out a change of mind unto salvation without regret, but the grief of the world works out death.