Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

If you're doing our New Testament plan, you finished our tenth book today.

And if you're doing the whole Bible, you just crossed off book number 49.

And it's hard to believe but we'll finish 17 more books in the next 25 days.

In chapter 10, Paul lets the Corinthians know that he's coming to visit.

Paul's dad move and basically says, when I come back in here, your bed better be made.

Don't make me ground you.

Paul doesn't want to ground the Corinthians so he's like, please you guys deal with your

stuff before I get there so we don't have to have any hard conversations.

As if Paul's life isn't hard enough already.

Fortunately, he's not living in his own strength.

In light of all the lies that have been circulating about him in the community and with the

other I-tenerate ministers, Paul reminds the Corinthians that while he's not going to

fight back with actual weapons, he will absolutely wage spiritual war against those lies.

Spiritual warfare is waged with prayer and faith and truth and obedience.

Through the power of the spirit, Paul will bring the truth to light, punish disobedience,

and even tear down the enemy's lies about him and his ministry.

The enemy is accusing him of being all bark and no bite because his letters are forceful

but he's a big softy when he shows up in person.

Paul's philosophy seems to be more along the lines of, I bark in order to avoid biting.

When he's not barking in vain, he's speaking the truth which he lives out in front of them.

He hopes they'll all be changed by it, that their faith will grow as a result.

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