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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...

Having “turn[ed] to the Lord,” God has removed the veil (v. 16) so that “we all” are now able to “behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord.” Of great interest is the meaning of the verb,38 which occurs only here in the NT and which has been much discussed. It is one of three “optical” verbs in the passage 2:17–4:6,39 but unlike the others it has the distinctive idea of seeing indirectly, as by reflection. In this case the verb may have been chosen by Paul because of its applicability to its object,
Pages 205–206
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