📖 The Book of 2 Corinthians
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God's power perfected in weakness — the ministry of the new covenant.
Who wrote 2 Corinthians?
Author
Paul
Written
c. AD 56
Genre
Pauline
Why 2 Corinthians was written
Paul's most personal and autobiographical letter, written after painful conflict with the Corinthian church, defending his apostolic ministry, explaining the nature of Christian suffering, and urging generosity.
Outline of 2 Corinthians
- 11–7: Paul's ministry — suffering and the new covenant
- 28–9: The collection for the Jerusalem church
- 310–13: Paul's defence of his apostolic authority
Key verses
2 Corinthians 3:182 Corinthians 4:72 Corinthians 5:212 Corinthians 12:9
How 2 Corinthians points to Christ
2 Corinthians 5:21 — 'God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God' — is one of the most concise statements of substitutionary atonement in the NT.
How 2 Corinthians begins
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
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