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A Study Commentary on 2 Corinthians, Volume 1: 2 Corinthians 1–7 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The overall aim of this book is to explain 2 Corinthians with reference to the real-life situation addressed by Paul when he wrote, and with the hope that the study may illuminate the abiding importance of the letter. Paul was almost certainly aware that the document would remain in the developing body of writings to be recognized in due time as our “New Testament.”

‘put on the new man who is being renewed in knowledge in accordance with the image of him who created him,’ and Romans 12:2 demands that the saints ‘be transformed by the renewing of your mind’.23 We can infer that renewal means both knowing more about Jesus and becoming more like him, This way of looking at the verse is virtually confirmed by 3:18: ‘We all … are being transformed into the same likeness.’ Paul experiences a developing Christlikeness, and all this while his physical constitution becomes
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