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1 & 2 Corinthians: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

Corinth was a big city with a long history by the time Paul arrived there in the first century. Disunity was the central problem, and the fundamental solution was love. Of all the books in the Bible, the letters to the church in Corinth read like a catalogue of issues the church faces today. Human sexuality, divorce, tongues, disputable matters, church unity—these issues are as pressing today as...

6 PAUL: AUTHENTIC MINISTER OF RECONCILIATION 2 Corinthians 5:11–6:13 1. Be Reconciled to God (5:11–6:2) In 2 Cor. 5:11–6:13 Paul returns to the themes of the earlier section, the fact that he does not need to commend himself to the Corinthians (5:12) and that he is a minister of God’s reconciliation (5:18). After this section he will return to recounting recent events and solidifying his relationship with the Corinthians. But Paul closes his digression by making clear to them the big picture of what
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