Outbless Weekly

2 Corinthians, Chapter 10 - Take Every Thought Captive 10 By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage...

2 Cor 9 - God Gives Most 9 For it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ministry to the saints; 2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely , that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them. -          Superfluous (abundance; in excess) o    For I know your readiness (to serve) o    Prepared since last year...

2 Corinthians Chapter 8 - Grace Compels Generosity Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, 2 that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality. 3 For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord,...

2 Corinthians Chapter 7 - Paul Reveals His Heart 7 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Therefore, having these promises (the promises of Chapter 6: God made an acceptable time to listen to us, to help us on our day of salvation; God said “I will dwell in them and walk among them” And, I...

2 Corinthians Chapter 6 - Co-laborer with Christ 1 And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain— 2 for He says,  “At the acceptable time I listened to you,   And on the day of salvation I helped you.”  And working together with Him (with Who?)  Remember God is reconciling the world to Himself through Christ.  We have been made ambassadors for Christ. We a...

2 Corinthians 5 - Made into Ambassadors for Christ 5 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, 3 inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. 4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we g...

2 Corinthians 4 - The temporal vs. the eternal 4 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.  … since through God’s mercy we have...

Ministers of a New Covenant 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all people, 3 revealing yourselves, that you are a letter of Christ, [ a ]delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of [...

2 Corinthians 2 - The Devil’s Strategy Defeated by Affirming Love 2 But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again. 2 For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful? a. But I determined : Carrying on the thought from chapter one, Paul defends himself against the Corinthian Christians. Some among them criticized him because h...

John, Chapter 21 21 After these things Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He revealed Himself in this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas who was called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter *said to them, “I am going fishing.” They *said to him, “We are also coming with you.” They went...

John, Chapter 20 - The Empty Tomb 20 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and *saw the stone already removed from the tomb. 2 So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him.” 3 So Peter and the other di...

John, Chapter 19 - The Crown of Thorns 19 So Pilate then took Jesus and had Him flogged. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and put a purple cloak on Him; 3 and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapped Him in the face again and again . -          Pilate then took Jesus (actually Jesus went with him willingly) -   ...

John, Chapter 18 - Judas betrays Jesus 18 When Jesus had spoken these words, He went away with His disciples across the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden which He entered with His disciples. 2 Now Judas, who was betraying Him, also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples. 3 So Judas, having obtained the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and...

The High Priestly Prayer 17 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, 2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. 3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I glorif...

John, Chapter 16  - Jesus’ Warning 16 “These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin. 2 They will ban you from the synagogue, yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God. 3 These things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me. 4 But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you ma...

John, Chapter 15 Jesus Is the Vine—Followers Are Branches 15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.  -          I am the true vine (Jesus said “I am” the true vine); all others are not true -          And My Father is the vinedresser (the job...

John, Chapter 14 - Jesus Comforts His Disciples 14 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so , [ c ]I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be. ...

John, Chapter 13 - The Lord’s Supper 13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. -          Now before the Feast of the Passover (celebration of the death angel passing over their doors because of the blood of the lamb on their door post – a p...

J ohn, Chapter 12 - Mary Anoints Jesus 12 Therefore, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they made Him a dinner there, and Martha was serving; and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.  -          Therefore (because of what we read in Chapter 11; it was the Passover and the Jews were wondering if Jesus...

John, Chapter 11 - The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus 11 Now a certain man was sick: Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” -          Now a certain man was sick (...

John, Chapter 10 - Parable of the Good Shepherd 10 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 But the one who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep listen to his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he...

John, Chapter 9 - Healing the Man Born Blind 9 As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “ It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. -          As Jesus passed by, He saw a man wh...

John, Chapter 8 - The Adulterous Woman 8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning He came again into the temple area , and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began teaching them. 3 Now the scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in the act of adultery, and after placing her in the center of the courtyard , 4 they *said to Him, “Teacher, this w...

John, Chapter 7 - Jesus Teaches at the Feast 7 After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. 3 So His brothers said to Him, “Move on from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4 For no one does anything...

John, Chapter 6 - Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near. -          Some time a...