Tuesday, April 10, 2018

2 Corinthians - Grace and Peace

2 Corinthians 1:1-2    
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:  2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul’s second letter to the Christ followers in the capital city of Corinth in the southern Greek province of Achaia.  He begins by making it clear who he was, a messenger chosen by God, not of his own will or choosing.  He includes his disciple and co-laborer, Timothy, in the greeting because they knew him also.  The letter begins with Father God’s grace and peace in Christ.  Grace to remind the Corinthians that all is a gift of God, and peace by which they have been reconciled to God in Christ, no longer under God’s wrath on their sin, but saved from it forever in the Son.

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