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  Written solely by the Spirit of the living God   2 Corinthians 2:4-5: "I have written to you with many tears, with great distress (thlipseos) and worry (synoches) in my heart, not to grieve you, but to let you know that I have overflowing love (agapen) toward you. And if anyone has grieved (relypeken), he has not grieved me, but has grieved all of you to some extent (melus). I say 'to some extent' so that I do not speak too highly."   Thlipseos means "push" in English. It signifies the pressure to enter the Holy of Holies within the heart, due to the difficulties encountered in the process of preaching the gospel. Synoches is a compound word of "shi" (together) and "noches" (to possess). It means being of one mind with God. Paul intended to go to the Corinthian church to rebuke them, but because God prevented him, he resolved that even if he went, he would not rebuke them. It means that God pressed Paul ’ s heart to bring him in...

  He comforts us in all our tribulations   2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercy, and the God of all comfort (Paracleseos); who comforts us in all our tribulations (thlipsei), so that we may be able to comfort (Paracleseos) those who are in any tribulation with the comfort we ourselves receive from God (Paracalein)."   Paracleseos ( παρακλ ή σεω ς ) means exhortation. The word for Counselor in Greek is Parakletos. In other words, the Counselor is the one who exhorts. The one who exhorts is none other than Jesus Christ. The base form of thlipsei is thlipsis. Thelpsis means being pushed (push). When facing difficulties while evangelizing, He pressures us to enter the temple within our hearts. Therefore, Jesus exhorts them with various words. Parakalon, Parakalein, and Parakleseos all mean "to exhort."   Because Paul suffers tribulation while preaching the gospel, he is pushed into the Most Holy P...

  Agape and Phileo   1 Corinthians 16:1-2: "Concerning the collection for the saints (tes logeias: singular), do as I have commanded the churches in Galatia: on the first day of every week each of you set aside a sum according to your income, so that when I come, there will be no need for a collection (tote logeias: plural)."   Logeias ( λογε ί α ς ) is derived from Logos (the Word), and its root is Logia (keeping the Word of God in the heart). The term tes logeias ( τ ῆ ς λογε ί α ς ), translated as "collection," signifies an offering. It does not mean to observe offerings according to specific regulations, but rather to help the Jerusalem church by making offerings in accordance with the command of the Logos to help the church, as the Jerusalem church was suffering from famine at the time. Therefore, Paul said that they must help the Jerusalem church by hearing the word of the Lord and conveying it to each church. Thus, the word "collection" sig...

  The Perishable Puts on Immortality   1 Corinthians 15:54: "When this perishable puts on imperishability, and this mortal puts on immortality, then it is fulfilled that it is written: 'Death swallows up in victory.'"   Isaiah 25:8: "He will swallow up death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces and remove the shame of His people from under the whole earth. Thus has the Lord spoken."   From the perspective of judgment, Isaiah chapters 1 – 12 describe God ’ s judgment on Judah and Israel, while chapters 13 – 23 describe God ’ s judgment on Gentile lands. Chapter 24 speaks of the sins of all humanity, including those mentioned above, and God ’ s judgment upon them. It speaks of all the lands of Judah and Israel being destroyed by Gentiles, and of the glory of powerful nations that seemed invincible vanishing, perishing, and disappearing into history.   However, this is like the preliminary sketch drawn before one intends...

  Just as it is written that the first man Adam became a living soul, so the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.   1 Corinthians 15:42-46: “ So also is the resurrection of the dead (nekron). It is sown in corruption, raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonor, raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, raised in strength; it is sown a physical body, raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. As it is written, ‘ The first man Adam became a living soul, ’ so the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But first the physical man, then the spiritual man. ”   The above scripture speaks of the resurrection of the dead and the relationship between the first man and the last man mentioned in Genesis. Although “ nekron ” is translated as “ the dead, ” it does not refer to the death of the physical body, but to the death of physical life (fresh). In Romans 6:4, it says, "Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into...