2 Corinthians 2:12-17 - The Biblical Illustrator

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Furthermore, when I came to Troas.

The effect of the gospel ministry

I. The work which the minister undertakes. I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel”; “God maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us”; “For we are not as many which corrupt the Word of God.” According, then, to the apostle, the minister’s work consists in the faithful exposition of that Word which contains the knowledge of Christ’s gospel. In nature we mark the footprints of the Creator, but God’s Word gives us the marvellous embodiment of His providential and redemptive thoughts.

II. The influence he exerts (2 Corinthians 2:15-16). Relationship increases responsibility. Who can define the responsibility of the parent? The teacher also assumes mighty responsibilities.

III. The source of the minister’s qualifications for his work. “He causeth us to triumph in Christ.” (T. Moir, M. A.)

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 2:12

2 Corinthians 2:12-17

12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17 For we are not as many, which corruptc the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.