God Always Causes Us to Triumph 2 Corinthians 2:14

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth, “I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother”. He added, “but taking leave of them, I went form there into Macedonia”, and in chapter two and verse fourteen of Second Corinthians, Paul told the church members, “thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ”, where we read:

Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ,

and makes manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.

The verse begins, “Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, ” Paul began with the word, “Now” which means “moreover and” “thanks be” or “grace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm and loveliness be” “unto God” which refers to “toward the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Son of God” “which always” or “who at all times and ever” “causes us” whose name means “makes way or gives Paul and his companions” “to triumph” or “to celebrate by conquering and victory” “in Christ” which means “the anointed One, the Messiah and the Son of God”. Paul offered “thanks to God” whom he concluded “always” makes a way for he and his companions to have “victory in Jesus”.

The verse continues, “and makes manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.” Paul added the words, “and makes manifest” which means “makes actual and visible what has been hidden or unknown either by words, deeds or in any other way” “the savor” which means “the smell or odor” “of his knowledge” or “of God's intelligence, understanding and moral wisdom” “by us” or “through Paul and his companions” “in every place” which means “in each, all, the whole and everyone of the portion or space marked off like a city, village or district”. Paul shared how God “revealed the sweet odor of His knowledge and wisdom” in “every place” he and his companions revealed the “gospel”.

When we meditate upon these words of Paul, we see how he gave thanks to God who “always” makes us “triumph”, and He reveals Himself through His knowledge in every place Paul and his companions traveled. God Almighty desires a relationship with every person, and when they submit their lives to Him through His Son Jesus Christ, they have access to His “triumphs” and His revealing “savor”. Let all who read these words know the “triumph in Christ” and enjoy the “savor of his knowledge...in every place”.

Next time Paul tells the church members when he “we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then,

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