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Paul quotes the first part of Isaiah 49:8 using the Septuagint version. [2] The full text of this verse reads: Thus saith the Lord, "In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages".
The Severe Letter: Paul refers to an earlier "letter of tears" in 2 Corinthians 2:3–4 and 7:8. 1 Corinthians does not match that description, so this "letter of tears" may have been written between 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians; 1 Corinthians 7:1 states that Paul was replying to certain questions written and sent to him by ...
Chapter 10: Modern Art, Music, Literature, and Films - Numerous examples of despair and alienation in modern productions. Chapter 11: Our Society - How the values of personal peace and affluence permeate our society. Chapter 12: Manipulation and the New Elite - How our society has opened itself up to the coming of an elite authoritarian state.
2 Corinthians 10 is the tenth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 ) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE. [ 1 ]
The fourth theme is that of the relation between time and eternity, or between history and the Kingdom, or between this age and the next in biblical eschatology, and whether any synthesis other than a universalist one (and especially one that, like Gregory of Nyssa’s, uses 1 Corinthians 15 as a master key) can hold all of the scriptural ...
2 Corinthians 9 is the ninth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE. [1] This chapter continues "the topic of generous giving" [2] commenced in the previous chapter.
2 Corinthians 4 is the fourth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE. [1] Twice in this chapter (verses 1 and 16) this sentence occurs: "Therefore, we do not lose heart". [2]
2 Corinthians 5 is the fifth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE. [1] The 17th-century theologian John Gill summarises the contents of this chapter: