Colin G. Kruse

EXEGETICAL GUIDE to the GREEK NEW TESTMENT

2 Corinthians

Andreas J. Köstenberger

Robert W. Yarbrough

General Editors

Nashville, Tennessee

Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: 2 Corinthians

Copyright © 2020 by Colin G. Kruse

Published by B&H Academic

Nashville, Tennessee

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-4627-4397-1

Dewey Decimal Classification: 227.3

Subject Heading: BIBLE. N.T. 2 CORINTHIANS—STUDY AND TEACHING / BIBLE. N.T.—CRITICISM

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations have been taken from The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NRSV are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

The Greek text of 2 Corinthians is from The Greek New Testament, Fifth Revised Edition, edited by Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger in cooperation with the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Munster/Westphalia, © 2014 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. Used by permission.

Portions of the text also appear in Colin G. Kruse, 2 Corinthians: An Introduction and Commentary, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries 8, rev. ed. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015), series ed. Eckhard J. Schnabel, and have been adapted for this book. Used with permission of the publisher.

To my colleague,

Greg W. Forbes,

from whom I have learned much

about New Testament Greek

Contents

Acknowledgments

Publisher’s Preface

General Introduction to the EGGNT Series

Abbreviations

2 Corinthians

Introduction

Author

Date and Provenance

Occasion and Purpose

Structure

Outline

Recommended Commentaries

I. Paul’s Response to a Crisis Resolved (1:1–9:15)

A. Preface (1:1–11)

1. The Address and Greeting (1:1–2)

For Further Study

1. Apostleship in the NT (1:1)

2. Christology (1:1)

3. The Will of God (1:1)

4. The Church (1:1)

5. Ancient Letters (1:1–2)

6. Greetings and Benedictions (1:2)

7. Fatherhood of God (1:2)

Homiletical Suggestions

The Church of God (1:1–2)

2. The Benediction (1:3–11)

a. Paul Blesses God and Expresses His Hope for His Readers (1:3–7)

b. Paul’s Troubles in Asia (1:8–11)

For Further Study

8. Mercy (οἰκτιρμός) (1:3)

9. Comfort (παράκλησις) (1:3)

10. Affliction/Suffering (θλῖψις/πάθημα) (1:4–7)

11. Participation/Sharing (κοινωνία) (1:7)

12. Affliction in Asia (1:8)

13. Trust in God (1:9)

14. The Sentence of Death (ἀπόκριμα) (1:9)

Homiletical Suggestions

God Comforts His People (1:3–7)

The Discipline of Affliction (1:8–11)

B. The Body of the Response (1:12–7:16)

1. Personal Defense (1:12–24)

a. General Defense of Integrity (1:12–14)

b. Defense of Changed Travel Plans (1:15–22)

c. Paul Calls upon God as His Witness ...