August
2 0 2 4 / P A R T N E R L E T T E R
Let's begin with what the great
Apostle Paul said in his second letter
to the church at Corinth in Chapter
4:13:
Dear Partner,
line is: We walk by faith and not by
what we see. Now look at verses 17-21
(AMPC):
13 WE HAVING THE SAME SPIRIT OF
FAITH, ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN,
I BELIEVED, AND THEREFORE HAVE I
SPOKEN; WE ALSO BELIEVE, AND
THEREFORE SPEAK.
That's good, but now let's look at the
same verses in the Amplified Bible,
Classic Edition:
So then, we are always full of good
and hopeful and confident courage;
we know that while we are at home in
the body, we are abroad from the
home with The LORD [that is
promised us]. For we walk by faith
[we regulate our lives and conduct
ourselves by our conviction or belief
respecting man's relationship to God
and divine things, with trust and holy
fervor; thus we walk] not by sight or
appearance.
We regulate our lives and conduct by
our conviction or belief. The bottom
THEREFORE IF ANY PERSON IS
[INGRAFTED] IN CHRIST (THE
MESSIAH) HE IS A NEW CREATION (A
NEW CREATURE ALTOGETHER); THE
OLD [PREVIOUS MORAL AND
SPIRITUAL CONDITION] HAS PASSED
AWAY. BEHOLD, THE FRESH AND
NEW HAS COME! BUT ALL THINGS
ARE FROM GOD, WHO THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST RECONCILED US TO
HIMSELF [RECEIVED US INTO FAVOR,
BROUGHT US INTO HARMONY WITH
HIMSELF] AND GAVE TO US THE
MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION [THAT
BY WORD AND DEED WE MIGHT AIM
TO BRING OTHERS INTO HARMONY
WITH HIM]. IT WAS GOD
[PERSONALLY PRESENT] IN CHRIST,
RECONCILING AND RESTORING THE
WORLD TO FAVOR WITH HIMSELF,
NOT COUNTING UP AND HOLDING
AGAINST [MEN] THEIR TRESPASSES
[BUT CANCELLING THEM], AND
COMMITTING TO US THE MESSAGE OF
RECONCILIATION (OF THE
RESTORATION TO FAVOR). SO WE
ARE CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS, GOD
MAKING HIS APPEAL AS IT WERE
THROUGH US. WE [AS CHRIST'S
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES] BEG
YOU FOR HIS SAKE TO LAY HOLD OF
THE DIVINE FAVOR [NOW OFFERED
