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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God’s Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

letters, such as 2 Corinthians and 1 Thessalonians, Paul seems to think of Silas and Timothy as real coauthors and rarely speaks of himself alone. It is likely, then, that although Paul and Sosthenes share in the greeting, Paul alone is the writer. So if Paul is the only author, it may be good to translate verse 3 before verse 2. For example, “I, Paul …, together with brother Sosthenes, pray that God … may give you grace and peace. I am writing to the church … at Corinth … .” The
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