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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.

is explicitly indicated in Col. 2:15. The rulers and authorities are disarmed and then led in a triumphal procession, the result of which is God’s public display of their defeat and destruction (death). In 2 Cor. 2:14, Paul’s prior defeat, i.e., his conversion-call on the road to Damascus, although not explicitly referred to, is thus also presupposed, even though the verb “to lead in a triumphal procession” itself does not refer to Paul’s conversion. For a triumphal procession without a prior triumph
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