Reflection - 2 Corinthians 7:6
2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus,… Paul didn’t have to credit God as one “who comforts the humble” - he could’ve just praised God for the comfort brought through Titus showing up. But instead, Paul just tosses the nugget in there. At a glance, maybe it looks like Paul is building himself, or his group, up by self-referencing as “humble”. But calling yourself humble isn’t the proud and arrogant claim that it sounds like today… In reality - humility is an honest view of oneself, not in inflated or deflated view - but I won’t digress farther than that… Paul isn’t bragging about his own humility, or claiming that because he’s humble then God comforts him. No, the sense of the word ταπεινός (tapeinos) is downcast… ie. someone in need of comfort. Paul is giving God praise, just naturally in his own language, as the one who comforts people who need it. By God’s grace on my life, I believe I have seen a similar pattern - I even outlined in…