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Second Corinthians plunges the modern reader back to the real, tumultuous of early Christianity. The simple ideals of sharing and goodwill described in Acts 2:42-47 seem to have little place among the diverse converts from this boomtown of Corinth where Paul chooses to anchor his Greek mission. Second Corinthians is in part a letter of joy, for a report came to Paul that the Corinthians had...

oiktirmōn) by the NASB. This again comes from Jewish synagogue prayer, found also in Exod 34:6, Ps 25:6, and Ps 69:16.21 The addition of “all” before “comfort” also has the ring of worship language. “Comfort” introduces the word which dominates the rest of the paragraph through verse seven, found as a noun (παράκλησις, paraklēsis) six times and as a verb (παρακαλέω, parakaleō) four times. It will be used five more times as a noun and twelve more times as a verb in 2 Corinthians. The word can
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