A Study Commentary on 2 Corinthians, Volume 2: 2 Corinthians 8

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The second of Paul’s two letters to the Corinthians to be included in the New Testament tells of strength in weakness, comfort in distress, provision in need, fellowship in loneliness, certainty in doubt, guidance in perplexity, protection in peril, and hope for the future. Above all, it tells of the surpassing love of Jesus Christ: if Paul the apostle loved and cared for the troublesome...

Compelled to continue reacting to the prating of the pseudo-apostles, Paul brings us to the climax of his fool’s speech, disclosing two events which in tandem have refined his ministry: the occasion years before when he was taken to paradise, and the bestowal of the so-called ‘thorn for the flesh’. Declining to provide details in either case, the apostle simply

Pages 198–199

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