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2 Corinthians 13 Bible study: He lives through the power of God
The letter's last chapter says, "For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God." (13:4), and then of we, "we will live with him through the power of God toward you" (13:4). And the whole letter ends in grace: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen." (13:14).
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“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.”
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“2 Corinthians 13:4 says, "For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God."”
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The third time
The chapter opens, "This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”" (13:1). The WEB prints the words about witnesses in quotation marks, and the letter names no passage for them (see Set beside this chapter elsewhere in Favor). Then: "I have warned previously, and I warn again, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now and to all the rest that if I come again, I will not spare," (13:2). The letter doesn't say when it was present the second time. These notes don't reckon its visits, and don't say whether the coming of 13:1 came about.
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The Greek word behind it
δύναμιςdynamissay DOO-nam-is
Strong's: "force (literally or figuratively)". "For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you." (13:4): behind both powers is this noun. 2 Corinthians has it ten times (counted in RP2018). 1 Corinthians has the same words, the power of God, in "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18). Favor's Mark 5 studies the noun in Mark.
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2 Corinthians 13 Bible study questions
- 1"For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God." (13:4). What does this verse mean to you?
- 2"For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth." (13:8). Where in your week could you choose to act for the truth?
- 3"Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you." (13:11). What helps a group like yours be of the same mind and live in peace?
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