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2 Corinthians, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary series, helps readers learn how the message of 2 Corinthians can have the same powerful impact today that it did when it was first written. This volume is part of a series which explains the Bible’s message by placing it in a modern context. This edition gives insight into both the author of the letter, Paul, and most strikingly, what...

seventeen occur in 2 Corinthians and ten in this short introduction. If Paul is the apostle of comfort within the New Testament, then 2 Corinthians is the letter of comfort, with 1:3–7 being the paragraph of comfort. As its counterpart, the theme of comfort is matched by the theme of suffering. The Greek word for “affliction” (thlipsis) occurs forty-five times in the New Testament, but is mentioned more often by Paul than by any other New Testament author (twenty-four times in the seven undisputed
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