2 Corinthians 12:19; For Your Edifying

2 Corinthians 12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

The Apostle Paul’s continuing work in the gospel was to benefit the spiritual lives of the saints in the church in Corinth and in the other churches which were established during his missionary journeys. He said it was for their “edifying”.  The word means “a building up”. The act of building as a process to speed them along toward spiritual maturity. Indeed, the Lord equipped His servant for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: (Ephesians 4:12-13).

MacDonald observed well, “He wanted to strengthen them in the Christian life and warn them against the perils that were facing them. He was more interested in helping them than in defending his own reputation.”

It is made available in the church sermons, prayer meetings, Sunday School classes, bible studies, fellowship group bible studies to strengthen the faith of God’s people.

May the Lord bless His Word to the edifying of His saints as we see the day of the Lord fast approaching that God’s people may be awakened to the perils of the times to wait upon the Lord in faithful service undergirded by personal purity and sanctity. Amen.