Job 42:7-17 In the last chapter of the book, Job is commended by God for speaking “to me rightly” (42:7-8; a better translation than “of me what is right.”) Job, unlike his friends, has continued to speak to God rather than just about God and has thereby been faithful to...
Job 3:1-10; 4:1-9; 7:11-21 The patient Job of chapters 1-2 gives way to the anguished Job, who curses the day of his birth. His friends, who started out well, offering him their comforting presence in silence for 7 days (Job 2:13), now offer him advice instead. They claim that the...
Job 1:1-22 The story of Job begins. We are introduced to this righteous man and to the wager between God and the Satan. (“The Satan” in the book of Job is a title rather than a name. In chapters 1-2, the word always occurs with the definite article. The “Satan’s”...
2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast...
2 Corinthians 4:1-15 Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we...
Holy Trinity Sunday 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 Instead of beginning the letter with a thanksgiving, which he does in other letters, Paul begins with a blessing that calls on God, “the Father of all mercies and the God of all consolation,” who consoles us in all our affliction so that we...