–2 Corinthians 11:2 NLT
[2] For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband—Christ.
v2-4
2 Corinthians 11:28 NLT
[28] Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches.
–Galatians 4:19
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
–2 Corinthians 12:11-21
v14 I don’t want what you have. I want you.
v19 Everything we do is to strengthen you
2 Corinthians 12:18 NLT
[18] When I urged Titus to visit you and sent our other brother with him, did Titus take advantage of you? No! For we have the same spirit and walk in each other’s steps, doing things the same way.
v21 Give up your old sins
2 Corinthians 13:8 NLT
[8] For we cannot oppose the truth, but must always stand for the truth.
V10 Paul wants to use hisGod given authority to build them up, not to tear them down
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Pastor’s Pains:
1. Frequent Illnesses – 1 Timothy 5:23 NIV
[23] Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
2. Thorn in the Flesh –
3. Carrying death on our bodies
4. Alexander the metal worker
5. Persecutions and shipwrecks
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2 Timothy 1:10-12 NIV
[10] but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. [11] And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. [12] That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
