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2 Corinthians 1 is the first 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]
Papyrus 124 contains a fragment of 2 Corinthians (6th century AD). The Second Epistle to the Corinthians [a] is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author named Timothy, and is addressed to the church in Corinth and Christians in the surrounding province of Achaea, in modern-day Greece. [3]
2 Corinthians 3:1 1 Textual variants in 2 Corinthians 4. 2 Corinthians 4:14 τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν – א, B, 630, 1739, Marcion, Tertulian, Origen
The vocabulary and phraseology used in the Pastorals is often at variance with that of the other epistles. Over 1/3 of the vocabulary is not used anywhere else in the Pauline epistles, and over 1/5 is not used anywhere else in the New Testament, while 2/3 of the non-Pauline vocabulary is used by 2nd-century Christian writers. [59]
1 Corinthians 13:3 καυχήσωμαι ( I may boast ) – Alexandrian text-type. By 2009, many translators and scholars had come to favour this variant as the original reading on the grounds that is probably the oldest.
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 4:7–12 says human weakness during suffering reveals God's strength and that it is part of the believer's calling to embrace suffering in solidarity with Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:3–7 says God is the comforter and that people learn how to better comfort others when they have personal experience of suffering.
The other two being what is called the Second Epistle to the Corinthians and a "tearful, severe" letter mentioned in 2 Corinthians 2:3–4. [26] The book called the Third Epistle to the Corinthians is generally not believed by scholars to have been written by Paul, as the text claims.