2 Corinthians

There are some great excerpts that I remember from the book of 2 Corinthians but I've found reading it as a whole a different treat. It shows a lot more about Paul (the author). He seems to be really opening up in the writing. Really raw. The main point of the letter seems to be about being straight. Being straight up with God and with others. Not making thing more complicated than they need to be. I like that he tells them what he is happy with and what he is afraid of.

The verses that interested me the most on this reading were:

2 Corinthians 3: 7Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, 8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!
It seems to be saying- what God did in the past was great- but what he is doing now is even better.


2 Corinthians 12: 9 He(The Lord) said to me(Paul), "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
I delight in weakness too- maybe because I have a lot of them! lol. It shows that God does not look at the world like society does. Weakness is not generally embraced. But God embraces it.