Ezekiel 22-24 - but I found no one

The Abominations of Israel

Eze 22:22 LSB – [22] 'As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out My wrath on you.'"

Eze 22:26 LSB – [26] "Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no separation between the holy and the profane, and they have not made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Eze 22:30 LSB – [30] "And I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, so that I would not bring it to ruin; but I found no one.

Jer 5:1 LSB – [1] "Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see now and know, And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness, Then I will pardon her.

 

The Harlotries of Oholah and Oholibah

Eze 23:4 LSB – [4] "Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And [as for] their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

Eze 23:45 LSB – [45] "But they, righteous men, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

Eze 23:46-47 LSB – [46] "For thus says Lord Yahweh, 'Bring up an assembly against them and give them over to terror and plunder. [47] 'The assembly will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire.

Jhn 8:7 LSB – [7] But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you [be the] first to throw a stone at her."

 

The Parable of the Boiling Pot

Eze 24:2 LSB – [2] "Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

Eze 24:13 LSB – [13] "In your uncleanness is lewdness. Because I [would] have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean; You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness again Until I have caused My wrath against you to be at rest.

Ezekiel’s Wife Dies as a Sign

Eze 24:16 LSB – [16] "Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.

Ezekiel 19-21

A Lament for the Princes of Israel

The Abominations of the Fathers of Israel

Ezekiel 20:25 LSB — “And I also gave them statutes that were not good and judgments by which they could not live;

Eze 20:32 LSB – [32] "And what comes upon your spirit will not happen, when you say: 'We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, to minister to wood and stone.'

Yahweh Judges His People

Eze 20:39-40 LSB – [39] "As for you, O house of Israel," thus says Lord Yahweh, "Go, serve everyone his idols; but after [this] you will surely listen to Me, and My holy name you will profane no longer with your gifts and with your idols. [40] "For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel," declares Lord Yahweh, "there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.

The Prophecy of Yahweh’s Sword

Eze 21:5 LSB – [5] "Thus all flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have brought out My sword from its sheath. It will not return [to its sheath] again."'

A Sword for Slaughter

Ezekiel 16-18 - The Soul Who Sins Will Die

Jerusalem Plays the Harlot

Eze 16:8 LSB – [8] "Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine," declares Lord Yahweh.

Rth 3:9 LSB – [9] And he said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth your maidservant. So spread your wing over your maidservant, for you are a [kinsman] redeemer."

Eze 16:38 LSB – [38] "Thus I will judge you like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

Eze 16:44 LSB – [44] "Behold, everyone who quotes proverbs will quote [this] proverb concerning you, saying, 'Like mother, like daughter.'

Eze 16:56-57 LSB – [56] "As [the name of] your sister Sodom was not heard in your mouth in your day of lofty pride, [57] before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistines--those all around [you] who despise you.

Yahweh’s Everlasting Covenant

Eze 16:62-63 LSB – [62] "Thus I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh, [63] so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your dishonor, when I have atoned for you for all that you have done," declares Lord Yahweh.

Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

Eze 17:7 LSB – [7] "But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its foliage toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it.

Eze 17:10 LSB – [10] "And behold, though it is planted, will it succeed? Will it not completely dry up as soon as the east wind strikes it--dry up on the beds where it sprouted?"'"

The King Shall Die in Babylon

Eze 17:20 LSB – [20] "I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there [regarding] the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.

Eze 17:23-24 LSB – [23] "On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may lift up boughs and yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. And birds of every kind will dwell under it; they will dwell in the shade of its branches. [24] "And all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh; I bring down the exalted tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am Yahweh; I have spoken, and I will do [it]."

The Soul Who Sins Will Die

Eze 18:20 LSB – [20] "The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

Eze 18:32 LSB – [32] "For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares Lord Yahweh. "Therefore, turn back and live."

Ezekiel 13-15 - They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.

Yahweh’s Wrath Against Lying Prophets

Eze 13:9 LSB – [9] "So My hand will be against the prophets who see worthless visions and utter lying divinations. They will not be in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am Lord Yahweh.

Eze 13:22-23 LSB – [22] "Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have strengthened the hands of the wicked not to turn from his evil way [and] preserve his life, [23] therefore, you women will no longer see worthless visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh."

Idolatrous Elders Punished

Eze 14:10-11 LSB – [10] "They will bear [the punishment of] their iniquity; as the iniquity of the inquirer is, so the iniquity of the prophet will be, [11] in order that the house of Israel may no longer wander from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,"' declares Lord Yahweh."

Calamitous Judgments of Jerusalem

Eze 14:19-20 LSB – [19] "Or [if] I should send a plague against that country and pour out My wrath in blood on it to cut off man and beast from it, [20] even [though] Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live," declares Lord Yahweh, "they could not deliver either [their] son or [their] daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness."

Is Jerusalem Useful for Anything?

Eze 15:6-7 LSB – [6] "Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, 'As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; [7] and I will give My face [to be] against them. [Though] they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set My face against them.

Ezekiel 10-12 - None of My words will be delayed any longer.

Vision of Yahweh’s Glory Departing the Temple

Eze 10:2 LSB – [2] And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, "Enter between the whirling wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter [them] over the city." And he entered in my sight.

Eze 10:18-19 LSB – [18] Then the glory of Yahweh departed from the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim. [19] When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the house of Yahweh, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Judgment on Evil Counselors

Eze 11:3 NLT – [3] They say to the people, 'Is it not a good time to build houses? This city is like an iron pot. We are safe inside it like meat in a pot.'

Eze 11:13 LSB – [13] Now it happened as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to complete destruction?"

Yahweh Will Gather the Exiles

Eze 11:18-20 LSB – [18] "When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it. [19] "And I will give them one heart and give within them a new spirit. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, [20] that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.

The Glory of Yahweh Leaves Jerusalem

Eze 11:23 LSB – [23] The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.

The Vision of Captivity

Eze 12:16 LSB – [16] "But I will spare a few of them from sword, famine, and pestilence that they may recount all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am Yahweh."

Eze 12:28 LSB – [28] "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be done,"'" declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 7-9 - The Pitiless Wrath of Yahweh

The Pitiless Wrath of Yahweh

Eze 7:4 LSB – [4] 'For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare [you], but I will put your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am Yahweh!'

Eze 7:19 LSB – [19] 'They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will become an impure thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the fury of Yahweh. They cannot satisfy their soul, nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

The Temple Profaned

Eze 7:26 LSB – [26] 'Disaster will come upon disaster, and report will be [added] to report; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders.

Visions of Abominations in the Sanctuary

Eze 8:3 LSB – [3] He sent forth the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner [court], where the seat of the figure of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was [located].

Eze 8:18 LSB – [18] "Therefore, I also will do [this] in wrath: My eye will have no pity, nor will I spare; and they will cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them."

The Vision of Yahweh’s Wrath

Eze 9:4 LSB – [4] Yahweh said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, [even] through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being done in its midst."

Eze 9:9-11 LSB – [9] Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with bloodshed, and the city is full of perversion; for they say, 'Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh does not see!' [10] "But as for Me, My eye will have no pity, nor will I spare, but I will put their way upon their heads." [11] Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the [scribe's] case responded with a word, saying, "I have done just as You have commanded me."

Restorations in Ezra and Nehemiah

Romans 9:4-5 NKJV — who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

2 Kings 18:11-12 NKJV — Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16 NKJV — And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

Jeremiah 7:13 NKJV — “And now, because you have done all these works,” says the LORD, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,

Jeremiah 10:18 NKJV — For thus says the LORD:

“Behold, I will throw out at this time

The inhabitants of the land,

And will distress them,

That they may find it so.”

Psalm 137:1-3 NKJV — By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down, yea, we wept

When we remembered Zion. We hung our harps

Upon the willows in the midst of it. For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,

And those who plundered us requested mirth,

Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Psalm 137:8-9 NKJV — O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,

Happy the one who repays you as you have served us! Happy the one who takes and dashes

Your little ones against the rock!

Jeremiah 25:11 NKJV — ‘And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Psalm 126:1-2 NKJV — A Song of Ascents.

When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion,

We were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

And our tongue with singing.

Then they said among the nations,

“The LORD has done great things for them.”

Ezra 1:1-2 NKJV — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.

Isaiah 44:28 NKJV — Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,

And he shall perform all My pleasure,

Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,”

And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’

Nehemiah 9:6 NKJV — You alone are the LORD;

You have made heaven,

The heaven of heavens, with all their host,

The earth and everything on it,

The seas and all that is in them,

And You preserve them all.

The host of heaven worships You.

1 Kings 8:27 NKJV — “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!

Acts 17:24 NKJV — “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.

Haggai 1:4-5 NKJV — “Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?” Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: “Consider your ways!

Haggai 1:9 NKJV — “You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the LORD of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.

John 3:16 NKJV — “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Mark 12:44 NKJV — “for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”

Haggai 2:18-19 NKJV — ‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider it: ‘Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.’ ”

Zechariah 8:9-12 NKJV — “Thus says the LORD of hosts:

‘Let your hands be strong,

You who have been hearing in these days

These words by the mouth of the prophets,

Who spoke in the day the foundation was laid

For the house of the LORD of hosts,

That the temple might be built. For before these days

There were no wages for man nor any hire for beast;

There was no peace from the enemy for whoever went out or came in;

For I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor. ‘But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘For the seed shall be prosperous,

The vine shall give its fruit,

The ground shall give her increase,

And the heavens shall give their dew—

I will cause the remnant of this people

To possess all these.

Matthew 6:33 NKJV — “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Ezra 7:10 NKJV — For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

1 Timothy 6:3-4 NKJV — If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

Psalm 19:12 NKJV — Who can understand his errors?

Cleanse me from secret faults.

Proverbs 28:13 NKJV — He who covers his sins will not prosper,

But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

Ezra 9:14 NKJV — “should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor?

Nehemiah 2:17 NKJV — Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.”

Proverbs 25:28 NKJV — Whoever has no rule over his own spirit

Is like a city broken down, without walls.

Proverbs 4:23 NKJV — Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

Ephesians 6:10-11 NKJV — Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Ephesians 6:17 NKJV — And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Nehemiah 8:8-9 NKJV — So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading. And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.

Isaiah 40:29-31 NKJV — He gives power to the weak,

And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD

Shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary,

They shall walk and not faint.

John 15:4-5 NKJV — “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

2 Timothy 2:19 NKJV — Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

2 Timothy 2:22 NKJV — Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Ezekiel 4-6

Ezekiel Bears Israel’s Iniquity

Ezekiel 4:4 LSB — “Now as for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie on it.

Ezekiel 4:5 LSB — “Now I have set a number of days for you corresponding to the years of their iniquity, 390 days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:6 LSB — “And you shall complete these, and you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have set it for you for forty days, a day for each year.

Making Unclean Bread

Eze 4:13 LSB – [13] Then Yahweh said, "Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them."

The Siege of Jerusalem

Eze 5:10 LSB – [10] 'Therefore, fathers will eat [their] sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.

Deu 28:53 LSB – [53] "Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom Yahweh your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you.

Jer 19:9 LSB – [9] "I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them."'

Eze 5:12 LSB – [12] 'One-third of you will die by the plague or be consumed by the famine among you, one-third will fall by the sword around you, and one-third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.

Yahweh Will Destroy Israel’s Pagan Altars

Eze 6:8 LSB – [8] "However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the lands.

Eze 6:12 LSB – [12] "He who is far off will die by the plague, and he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus will I spend My wrath on them.

Ezekiel 1-3

The Vision of Four Living Creatures

Eze 1:11 LSB – [11] And such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another [being], and two covering their bodies.

Isa 6:2 LSB – [2] Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Ezekiel 1:20 LSB — Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction, where the spirit was about to go. And the wheels rose alongside of them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

The Vision of the Glory of Yahweh

Ezekiel 1:28 LSB — As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the radiance all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw this, and I fell on my face and heard a sound of a voice speaking.

The Sending of Ezekiel

Ezekiel 2:7 LSB — “But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.

Ezekiel Sent to the House of Israel

Ezekiel 3:2-3 LSB — So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you.” Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

Psalm 119:97 LSB — Mem Oh how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

Psalm 119:103 LSB — How sweet is Your word to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Revelation 10:9 LSB — So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”

Revelation 10:10 LSB — And I took the little scroll out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

2 Corinthians 10-13 - Examine Yourselves

Paul Defends His Authority

2Co 10:17-18 LSB – [17] But HE WHO BOASTS IS TO BOAST IN THE LORD. [18] For it is not the one who commends himself that is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Jer 9:23-24 LSB – [23] Thus says Yahweh, "Let not a wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not a rich man boast in his riches, [24] but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who shows lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares Yahweh.

 

Paul Defends His Apostleship

2Co 11:2 LSB – [2] For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, for I betrothed you to one husband, so that I might present you [as] a pure virgin to Christ.

2Co 11:30 LSB – [30] If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.

A Vision of Paradise

2Co 12:2 LSB – [2] I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

2Co 12:4 LSB – [4] was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.

A Thorn in the Flesh

2Co 12:9 LSB – [9] And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

2Co 12:21 LSB – [21] [I am afraid that] when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality which they have practiced.

Examine Yourselves

2Co 13:4 LSB – [4] For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God toward you.

2Co 13:5 LSB – [5] Test yourselves [to see] if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test?

2 Corinthians 7-9 - Obedience to Your Confession of the Gospel of Christ

2Co 7:1 LSB – [1] Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Godly Sorrow Produces Repentance

2Co 7:3 LSB – [3] I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together.

2Co 7:10 LSB – [10] For godly sorrow produces a repentance without regret, [leading] to salvation, but the sorrow of the world brings about death.

2Co 7:10 NIV – [10] Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Generosity and Grace

2Co 8:2 LSB – [2] that in a great testing by affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the richness of their generosity.

2Co 8:3-5 LSB – [3] For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, [they gave] of their own accord, [4] begging us with much urging for the grace of sharing in the ministry to the saints, [5] and [this], not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

2Co 8:7 LSB – [7] But just as you abound in everything, in faith and word and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, [see] that you abound in this gracious work also.

2Co 8:9 LSB – [9] For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though being rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

2Co 9:8 LSB – [8] And God is able to make every grace abound to you, so that in everything at every time having every sufficiency, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

2Co 9:12-14 LSB – [12] For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God. [13] Because of the proven character given by this ministry, they will glorify God for [your] obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the generosity of your fellowship toward them and toward all, [14] while they also, by prayer on your behalf, long for you because of the surpassing grace of God on you.