INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

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CORINTH: RICH GREEK CITY/STATE

(Acts 18:1 [KJV])
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

(Acts 18:8 [KJV])
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

(Acts 19:1,2 [KJV])
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

(2 Corinthians 1:1,2 [KJV])
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

(2 Corinthians 1:23 [KJV])
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

(2 Corinthians 6:11 [KJV])
O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

(2 Timothy 4:20 [KJV])
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

2 CORINTHIANS 5: THE TWO SIDES OF US, SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL

(2 Corinthians 5:1 [KJV])
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

THE DEATH RATE IS ONE PER PERSON; NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE

(Hebrews 10:5 [KJV])
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

OUR BODIES, OUR EARTHLY TABERNACLES

TAB'ERNACLE, n. [L. tabernaculum, a tent, from taberna, a shop or shed, from tabula, a board; or rather from its root. See Table.]
  1. A tent. Num 24. Mat 17.
  2. A temporary habitation.
  3. Among the Jews, a movable building, so contrived as to be taken to pieces with ease and reconstructed, for the convenience of being carried during the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was of a rectangular figure, thirty cubits long, ten broad, and ten high. The interior was divided into two rooms by a vail or curtain, and it was covered with four different spreads or carpets. It is also applied to the temple. Psa 15.
  4. A place of worship; a sacred place.
  5. Our natural body. 2 Cor 5. 2 Pet 1.
  6. God's gracious presence, or the tokens of it. Rev 21.
  7. An ornamented chest placed on Roman catholic altars as a receptacle of the ciborium and pyxis.
TAB'ERNACLE, v.i. To dwell; to reside for a time; to be housed; as we say, Christ tabernacled in the flesh.

(2 Corinthians 5:2 [KJV])
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

(2 Corinthians 5:3 [KJV])
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

(2 Corinthians 5:4 [KJV])
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

(Hebrews 4:13 [KJV])
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

(2 Corinthians 5:5 [KJV])
Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

EARNEST, n. ern'est
Seriousness; a reality; a real event; as opposed to jesting or feigned appearance.
Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest.
And given in earnest what I begg'd in jest.
  1. First fruits; that which is in advance, and gives promise of something to come. Early fruit may be an earnest of fruit to follow. The first success in arms may be an earnest of future success. The christian's peace of mind in this life is an earnest of future peace and happiness. Hence earnest or earnest-money is a first payment or deposit giving promise or assurance of full payment. Hence the practice of giving an earnest to ratify a bargain.
    This sense of the word is primary, denoting that which goes before, or in advance. Thus the earnest of the spirit is given to saints, as a pledge or assurance of their future enjoyment of God's presence and favor.

(2 Corinthians 5:6-7 [KJV])
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

(2 Corinthians 5:8 [KJV])
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

(2 Corinthians 5:9 [KJV])
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

(2 Corinthians 5:10 [KJV])
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

(2 Corinthians 5:11 [KJV])
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

(2 Corinthians 5:12 [KJV])
For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

(2 Corinthians 5:13 [KJV])
For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

(Acts 26:24 [KJV])
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

BESI'DE, prep. [be and side, by the side.]
  1. At the side of a person or thing; near; as, sit down beside me, or beside the stream.
  2. Over and above; distinct from. Beside all this, between us and you, there is a great gulf fixed. Luke 16.
  3. On one side; out of the regular course or order; not according to, but not contrary. It is beside my present business to enlarge upon this speculation.
  4. Out of; in a state deviating from; as, to put one beside his patience.
  5. With the reciprocal pronoun, beside one's self is out of the wits or senses; out of the order of reason, or of rational beings. Paul, thou are beside thyself. Acts 26.
(2 Corinthians 5:14 [KJV])
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

CONSTRAIN, v.t. [L., to strain, to bind. See Strain.] In a general sense, to strain; to press; to urge; to drive; to exert force, physical or moral, either in urging to action or in restraining it. Hence,
  1. To compel or force; to urge with irresistible power, or with a power sufficient to produce the effect.
    The spirit within me constraineth me. Job 32.
    I was constrained to appeal to Caesar. Acts 28.
    For the love of Christ constraineth us. 2 Cor 5.
  2. To confine by force; to restrain from escape or action; to repress.
    My sire in caves constrains the winds.
  3. To hold by force; to press; to confine.
    How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
  4. To constringe; to bind.
    When winter frosts constrain the field with cold.
  5. To tie fast; to bind; to chain; to confine.
    He binds in chains the drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains.
  6. To necessitate.
    Did fate or we the adulterous act constrain?
  7. To force; to ravish. [Not used.]
  8. To produce in opposition to nature; as a constrained voice; constrained notes.

(2 Corinthians 5:15 [KJV])
And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

(1 Corinthians 6:18-20 [KJV])
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

(2 Corinthians 5:16 [KJV])
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

(2 Corinthians 5:17 [KJV])
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

(2 Corinthians 5:18 [KJV])
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

(2 Corinthians 5:19 [KJV])
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

(2 Corinthians 5:20 [KJV])
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

EMBAS'SADOR, n.
  1. A minister of the highest rank employed by one prince or state, at the court of another, to manage the public concerns of his own prince or state, and representing the power and dignity of his sovereign. Embassadors are ordinary, when they reside permanently at a foreign court; or extraordinary, when they are sent on a special occasion. They are also called ministers. Envoys are ministers employed on special occasions, and are of less dignity.
  2. In ludicrous language, a messenger.
(2 Corinthians 5:21 [KJV])
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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