necessarily includes accepting Paul and his apostleship (cf. 6:1–2). Throughout the letter, Paul emphasizes various aspects of the mutuality between himself and the Corinthians (cf., e.g., 1:1–2, 3–11, 14, 18–22, 24; 2:2; 3:18; 4:12, 14; 6:11–13; 7:2; 8:1, 16–17; 9:11; 12:14–15; 13:11). Speaking to his “brothers” in Christ, who are “sons” of the Father and who are being transformed into “the same image” of the resurrected Lord, Paul appeals to the Corinthians to reflect that transformation by “thinking
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