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2 Corinthians 12 is the twelfth 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.
Thorn in the flesh is a phrase of New Testament origin used to describe an annoyance, or trouble in one's life, drawn from Paul the Apostle's use of the phrase in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians 12:7–9: [1]
Online translations of Second Epistle to the Corinthians: Online Bible at GospelHall.org Archived 14 September 2020; site "under maintenance for 2 days" since 2021. 2 Corinthians public domain audiobook at LibriVox Various versions; Commentary articles by J. P. Meyer on Second Corinthians, by chapter: 1–2, 3, 4:1–6:10, 6:11–7:16, 8–9 ...
For when I am weak, then I am strong.” — 2 Corinthians 12:10 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not ...
A first, or "zeroth", epistle to Corinth, also called A Prior Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, [16] or Paul's previous Corinthian letter, [17] possibly referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9. [18] A third epistle to Corinth, written in between 1 and 2 Corinthians, also called the Severe Letter, referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 [19] and 2 Corinthians ...
Textual variants in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians are the subject of the study called textual criticism of the New Testament. Textual variants in manuscripts arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to a text that is being reproduced.
While Romans and 1 Corinthians, like Colossians, speak of a body of Christ, it is clear that Paul imagines the church as the body of Christ on earth (Rom 7:4, 12:5; 1 Cor 12:27). Conversely, the text of Colossians seems to imagine that Christ is the head of the body, which is the church (Col 1:18).
The Severe Letter or Letter of Tears was a letter written to the Corinthians by the Apostle Paul.It is mentioned in 2 Corinthians 2:4: "For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you."