Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Apostleship Established by the Corinthians’ Own Salvation 2 Corinthians 13 Paul would be Unsparing of Evil upon Arrival (13:1-2) CHAPTER 13 ¶ This third time I am coming to you. “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every matter be established.” [Deut. 19:15] 2 I have declared beforehand, and I say […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Apostleship Established by Divine Knowledge & Power 2 Corinthians 12 2 Corinthians 12. In this chapter Paul shows that he was not only an apostle, but an apostle of high degree. Not that he was boasting of being greater than others, but that the allegations of his detractors were false; he was […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Personal: Defense of Paul’s Apostleship Galatians 1 – 2 Galatians 1-2. Unlike other epistles, in chapter 1 we have no commendation, no confirmation of love, and no prayer requests. This is because the subject and error of the Galatians was so serious. There is a certain calmness about those types of greetings […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Defense of Paul’s Apostolic Authority 2 Corinthians 10:1 – 13:6 Defense of Apostolic Authority. In the next few chapters, Paul vindicates his apostolic authority. As with the Galatians, the Corinthians were under the powerful influence of evil workers, who wanted to turn them from the truth, and separate them from the apostle Paul. […]
Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk Apostleship Established by Christian Conduct 2 Corinthians 11 2 Corinthians 11. In ch.10 Paul defended his apostleship on the grounds of his effectiveness in ministry. But in ch.11 he establishes it by his Christian conduct. This is important from a practical standpoint. How we serve is every bit as important as what […]