Chapters eight and nine contain some of the most well-known passages on giving in the New Testament. When churches hold giving campaigns and pastors preach on tithing, these chapters are likely to come up. āThey gave according to their means and beyond their meansā (2 Corinthians 8:3). āMake sure you excel in this act of […]
Chapter five is a kind of āreverse parallelā of chapter four. In the previous chapter, the first section focused on Paulās ministry and the second on his perspective on this life. Chapter five reverses this, with the first section continuing his perspective from chapter four (2 Corinthians 5:1-10) and the second section focusing back on
Chapter three continues Paulās defense of his apostolic ministry and authority in Corinth. It seems that one of the attacks his accusers used was that he had no credentials. Officially, that was true. However, Paul took the firm stance that, since he was commissioned by Jesus himself (Acts 9:15-16; Galatians 2:6-10), he did not āneed
