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Suffering and Ministry in the Spirit: Paul’s Defence of His Ministry in 2 Corinthians 2:14–3:3 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Shedding new light on the way Paul defended his apostleship, the author offers a careful, detailed study of 2 Corinthians 2:14–3:3 linked with other key passages throughout 1 and 2 Corinthians. Demonstrating the unity and coherence of Paul’s argument in this passage, the author shows that Paul’s suffering served as the vehicle for revealing God’s power and glory through the Spirit.

It is not surprising, therefore, that the “knowledge of God” revealed through Paul in 2 Cor. 2:14 is then further defined and made concrete as that revelation of God which took place in the cross and is now made known in Paul’s ministry of the Spirit carried out in and through his own weakness = “death” (2:15–16a). Thus in 2 Cor. 2:14–16a Paul asserts that the sacrificial aroma of the crucified Christ, which is itself the knowledge and wisdom of God, is being made known to all in every place through
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