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Mitzi L. Minor’s commentary on Second Corinthians takes the reader deep into the thought world of Paul and his congregation at Corinth. She explores the social and theological tensions that shape Paul’s relationship with the Corinthian Christians. His letter expresses Paul’s joy that prior severe correspondence had been positively received and problems were identified. Paul addresses issues that...

understand Paul to intend the former, so that Christ’s love for him constrains him. I suspect, though, that Paul’s love for Christ is not far from his mind. The Greek verb synechō can mean to urge (NRSV) or to direct/control/constrain. The latter meaning fits this context as Paul says, “for the love of Christ constrains us, having judged this, that one died for all” (v. 14). That is, Christ’s love, shown in his willingness to face death for us, is so great that, once Paul “got” it, Christ’s love
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