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In this addition to the award-winning Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (BECNT), a respected New Testament scholar offers a substantive evangelical commentary on 2 Corinthians. George Guthrie leads readers through the intricacies of literary structure, word meanings, cultural backdrop, and theological proclamation, offering insights for modern ministry contexts. As with all BECNT...

[5:20] The implication (οὖν, oun, therefore) of God calling Paul and his coworkers to the gospel ministry is that he and his coworkers “are Christ’s ambassadors” (πρεσβεύομεν, presbeuomen): they carry out their ministry “on Christ’s behalf” (ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, hyper Christou). The term πρεσβεύω (presbeuō) originally was related to the concept of “being older” (cf. the cognate πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros, elder); as a general pattern,
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