[twocol_one]First Hour: The Bible Study
2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11 — Forgive the Sinner.
With Guest :
Rev. Robert Portier of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sevierville, TN.
[/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last]Second Hour: Ask the Pastor
Our guest pastor answers questions about the Bible, Christian faith, etc.
With Guest:
Rev. Robert Hauter of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kouts, IN
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2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11 — Forgive the Sinner.
Chapter 1 (23) But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. (24) Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
Chapter 2 (1) For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. (2) For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? (3) And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. (4) For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Forgive the Sinner
(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 forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. (8) So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. (9) For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. (10) Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, (11) so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
