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This excellent commentary on 2 Corinthians by Paul Barnett illumines the historical background of the church at Corinth and clarifies the meaning of Paul’s passionate letter both for those first-century Christians and for the church today. Assuming the unity of the letter, for which extensive argument is offered, Barnett takes the view that Paul is, in particular, addressing the issue of...

to living for oneself. The “one”—Christ—has indeed “died for all”; in consequence “all” are intended to die to living to self as the center of reference as a result of his death for them. Paul’s living for God, for the Corinthians, and not for himself (as in v. 13) illustrates the impact on him of Christ’s love-motivated death for him. There is no room here for “cheap grace.” Thus there is a double dying; one has died that all might be reconciled to God, and all are to die to themselves. The meaning
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