Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of

redemption and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish, and exploring how all of it

points to Jesus. Hey everybody. Thanks for joining me today on a year in the Bible with daily grace.

My name is Jenny and today we are beginning 2 Corinthians.

Before we get into this book, let's get into a bit of the background.

You may remember from studying 1st Corinthians

that the title Corinthians refers to the Christians in Corinth, which is a city

located in Greece. Despite its name, 2 Corinthians, it is not simply the second letter that Paul wrote to the Corinthians.

There is actually plenty of evidence within the text, 2 Corinthians, 2 1 through 4 specifically, that leads us to believe he had written several other letters to the

Corinthians. You may also remember from 1st Corinthians that the Corinthians struggled with some big sin issues. This led Paul to call out their

sin in First Corinthians and from that we see that some people flat out rejected Paul's

teachings. However as we read through

2 Corinthians, we will also see that some of the other Corinthians accepted Paul's

teachings and were repentant over their sins.

This leads us to the themes of 2 Corinthians

which are the reconciliation of the Corinthians with Paul,

the importance of Christian giving,

and the warnings against false teachers.

Now that you have a little background about 2 Corinthians, let's jump right into today's reading.

So these first few chapters are essentially Paul accepting

the Corinthians apology. As he does that he also comforts the Corinthians who are

ashamed by how they have treated Paul and sinned against God.

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