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Based on the best-selling Life Application Commentary series, this single, handy volume holds practical, concise insight on every verse in the New Testament. Now readers can get all the useful background information they need, without a lot of obscure facts they don’t need. This is a key resource for every Bible teacher and anyone else who wants to understand the New Testament and how it applies...

popularity. They were bragging about having a spectacular ministry: eloquent speeches (11:5; 1 Corinthians 2:1), formal letters of recommendation (3:1), and impressive presentations (see 10:10–11). In contrast, Paul and his companions were preaching out of a sincere heart before God with concern for eternity and to please the ultimate Judge, God himself. The Corinthians had been dazzled by these magnificent and impressive shows. They had been captivated by their astonishing rhetoric. Subtly, they
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