A SHEPHERD’S HEART

2 Corinthians 7:1-16

Key Verse 7:3b

I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you.

Read verse 1. What do “these promises” refer to? (6:14-18) In view of the promises what does the Apostle Paul exhort us to do? (1b)

Skim through 7:2-16 and think about the Apostle Paul’s labor in serving the Corinthians, particularly the following: 

Make room for us in your hearts (2)

I have spoken to you with great frankness (4 - NIV 2011)

Paul working together with Titus (6,13)

Godly sorrow brings repentance (9)

He remembers that you were all obedient (15)

Receiving him with fear and trembling (15)

I [am glad I can] have complete confidence in you (15)

How did the Lord bless his efforts?

Verse 3b reads, “You have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you.” What does this statement indicate about the kind of heart Paul had for the members of the church in Corinth? 

 

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