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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

That's an odd thing for Paul to say!



2 Corinthians 11:1-4(NKJV)
Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. 
For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 
But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

The Bible is full of passages that tell us not to fear.  I'll bet if I took the time to search I could even find a passage or two that Paul wrote telling us not to fear.  One of my favorites is:

2 Timothy 1:7(NKJV)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

So why is Paul talking about his fears?  It just shows that no matter how well we know Scripture and try to depend on it, as humans we all fail at times.  Even Paul! 

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