Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+005     CHAPTER 5 (ESV) 1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+004     CHAPTER 4 (ESV) 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+003     CHAPTER 3 (ESV) 12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13 not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. 14 But their minds…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+002     CHAPTER 2 (ESV) 5 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Corinthians+001     2 Corinthians Introduction Paul’s first letter to the believers in Corinth gives us a glimpse into his deeply personal and tumultuous relationship with this gathering of Jesus-followers. The letter we know as 2 Corinthians further reveals the triumphs and struggles that result when life in the present age…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+024     CHAPTER 24 (ESV) 1 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+023     CHAPTER 23 (ESV) 1 Now these are the last words of David:   The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:   2 “The Spirit of…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+022     CHAPTER 22 (ESV) 1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said,   “The Lord is my rock and my fortress…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+021     CHAPTER 21 (ESV) 1 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+020     CHAPTER 20 (ESV) 4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself.” 5 So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the set time that had been appointed him. 6 And David said…