My strength is made perfect (complete) in weakness.
Take a look at yourselves and decide whether you are living by the Faith;
prove your own selves.
Don’t you know in your own minds,
how Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobates?
(reprobates = condemned, evil, unworthy, rejected)
But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates.

How many of us would have the determination that Paul has? If we brought the Word of the Lord to someone, and they accepted Jesus in their heart, only to find that someone else, later on, had planted seeds of doubt in their mind, would we be angry, hurt, impatient, unforgiving? Or would we, like Paul, persevere, reinforce, prove, and persist for the sake of the betterment of the soul that had been led astray from the truth? Notice that he is always selfless in his concerns for people and his main purpose is to glorify God.

Finally, brethren, farewell.
Be complete, be of good comfort,
be of ONE mind, live in peace;
and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Greet one another with an holy kiss.
All the saints greet you.
The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Ghost,
be with you all.
Amen.
 

Congratulations on completing this study of The Second Letter of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Paul always gives us a plethora of wisdom to add to our lives and much needed encouragement to continually abide in faith with strength and courage and love. Don’t forget, there’s a fill in the blank quiz to go with this study of 2 Corinthians to test yourself if you so choose, and after that, we’ll be opening another letter from Paul to study, this time, it’s addressed to the Galatians. You don’t want to miss it, right here at Daily Bread.