The Letters · New Testament
2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians is book 47 of 66 and belongs to the Letters in the New Testament. It has 13 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 12 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- 2 Corinthians 1: 2 Corinthians 1: comfort in trouble and a defence of a changed travel plan
Paul writes with Timothy to the church of God at Corinth and to the saints in all Achaia, and opens with grace and peace. He blesses God as the… - 2 Corinthians 2: 2 Corinthians 2: a letter written in tears and a call to forgive
Paul explains his decision not to come again in heaviness, since the people he would grieve are the same people who make him glad. Instead of… - 2 Corinthians 3: 2 Corinthians 3: the readers as a letter and the vail on the reading
Paul asks whether he is commending himself again, and whether he needs letters of commendation to the Corinthians or from them, as some others do. He… - 2 Corinthians 4: 2 Corinthians 4: treasure in earthen vessels
Paul says that because this ministry came by mercy he does not faint, and that he has renounced hidden things of dishonesty, refusing craftiness and… - 2 Corinthians 5: 2 Corinthians 5: a house from heaven and the ministry of reconciliation
Paul says that if the earthly house of this tabernacle is dissolved there is a building of God, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. He… - 2 Corinthians 6: 2 Corinthians 6: a catalogue of hardships and a call to separate
Paul asks the readers not to receive the grace of God in vain, and supports the urgency with a quoted promise about a time accepted and a day of… - 2 Corinthians 7: 2 Corinthians 7: the arrival of Titus and two kinds of sorrow
Paul draws a conclusion from the promises just quoted and calls for cleansing from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. He asks the readers to… - 2 Corinthians 8: 2 Corinthians 8: the Macedonian example and the collection for the saints
Paul reports the grace given to the churches of Macedonia, where a great trial of affliction and deep poverty produced abundant liberality. He… - 2 Corinthians 9: 2 Corinthians 9: sending the brethren ahead and the cheerful giver
Paul says it is unnecessary to write about the ministering to the saints, then writes about it anyway. He has boasted to the Macedonians that Achaia… - 2 Corinthians 10: 2 Corinthians 10: weak in presence, bold in letters
Paul appeals in his own name by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, repeating the description others give of him, base when present and bold when… - 2 Corinthians 11: 2 Corinthians 11: speaking as a fool and boasting of hardship
Paul asks the readers to bear with a little folly. He says he is jealous over them with godly jealousy, having promised them to one husband to… - 2 Corinthians 12: 2 Corinthians 12: a thorn in the flesh and strength in weakness
Paul turns to visions and revelations but tells his example in the third person. He knew a man in Christ, above fourteen years ago, caught up to the… - 2 Corinthians 13: 2 Corinthians 13: a third visit, self-examination and farewell
Paul announces a third visit and cites a rule about establishing every word in the mouth of two or three witnesses. He repeats a warning he gave on…
Main people in 2 Corinthians
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- Aretas