Love Them?
Why should you? Why should you love those “friends” who are now saying they don’t like you? They’re trying to turn others against you? What can you do? Tell them off? Start talking about them like they’re talking about you? What can a person do, anyway?
Most people in Corinth followed the advice Paul gave in his first letter. But some kept talking against Paul. Instead of getting mad, Paul wrote this letter. In it he shares how he feels and tells why he acts as he does. Paul loves the Corinthians. If you care about others, people who criticize or lie about you won’t get very far.
Have Troubles? Then You Can Help
• Explanation in 2 Corinthians 1:3–7
Can’t Be More Generous Than God!
• Reminder encourages giving. See 2 Corinthians 9:6–15
Sometimes Being God’s Person Is Hard
• Example found in 2 Corinthians 11:16–29
No Weak Jesus These Days
• “Watch out,” warns Paul. Check out 2 Corinthians 13:1–4
Preview
• Paul writes this letter after hearing that most in Corinth followed the instructions in his first letter.
• In this letter Paul explains how he ministers to others—and how we can too.
As Paul writes about 58 A.D. from Macedonia, Judean terrorists called Sicarii (knifemen) carry daggers to assassinate any Jews favorable to Rome.