Our next Sunday Study

 April 6, 2025, 10:45 a.m. Pacific Daylight Saving Time, Sunday Bible study over Zoom:

[See below: the newly added OED Definitions PDF of words as defined in our studies.]

'2Corinthians'

Our next study in 2Corinthians begins in chapter 3.

Paul writes to the Corinthians that he is an 'able minister of the new testament'.  Does that mean he was a good preacher of the Gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John?  He writes of the difference between the new and 'the letter'.  His assessment of 'the letter' is blunt in what he found it to be though so many cling to some hope of their obedience to 'the letter'.  Paul details where his hope had now been placed and how it impacts what he writes to the Corinthians.

Paul goes back to Israel's history reminding the Hebrews of when after Moses had come down from the mount having received the two tablets of the testimony of God his face had changed.  Moses had to place a vail over his face while speaking to the people.  Paul refers to this vail as that which is upon Israel's heart and points the Hebrews saints to what Israel needs to do to have the vail taken away.