Status Negotiations

Status Negotiations (2 Corinthian 1-7)

These chapters are exceedingly difficult, with abrupt changes in tone and interrupted trains of thought. Even in sections where the subject matter remains fairly constant, sentences are repetitive, convoluted, at times almost incoherent. Whether this signals the awkward union of several different letters by a later editor or the turmoil in Paul’s mind, the issue of Paul’s struggle with his relationship to this church provides a unifying thread…