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Church conflict is never pleasant—whether the issue is theological or practical, whether it is over the character of the gospel or over how to spend church funds. Though few church squabbles today come close to matching the intensity and seriousness of what Paul faced in the commercial and hedonistic hotbed of Corinth, his strategies and pastoral wisdom in confronting the problems there can still...

A Ministry of Reconciliation (5:18–21) Paul attributes his changed perspective to God, who did two things for him. First, he reconciled Paul to himself through Christ, and second, he gave him the ministry of reconciliation (v. 18). This is an amazing statement. The reconciled become reconcilers (Tolbert 1983:68). Paul is the only New Testament writer to use the noun katallagē (reconciliation) and verb katallassō (to reconcile). The basic idea is to change or make otherwise. In Greek social and
2 Corinthians 5:18–21
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