TY - BOOK AU - Mark A.Seifrid TI - The Second Letter to the Corinthians T2 - The Pillar New Testament Commentary SN - 9781783591619 PY - 2014/// CY - Grand Rapids PB - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company KW - Bible. -- Corinthians, 2nd -- Commentaries. Bible. -- Corinthians, 2nd. Corinthi�ers (bijbelboeken) Bible. Corinthians, 2nd - Commentaries N1 - The question that Paul set before the ancient church in Corinth -- Do you not recognize that Jesus Christ is in and among you? (2 Cor 13:5) -- remains a critical question for the church today. This commentary by Mark Seifrid seeks to hear Paul's message afresh and communicate it to our time.Seifrid offers a unified reading of 2 Corinthians, which has often been regarded as a composite of excerpts and fragments. He argues that Paul's message is directed at the practical atheism of the Corinthian church -- the hidden heresy that assumes God's saving work in the world may be measured by outward standards of success and achievement.Like all of the Pillar volumes, Seifrid's commentary on 2 Corinthians offers careful grammatical analysis and exegesis with clear pastoral application; INTRODUCTION -- Before and after Second Corinthians -- Paul's opponents in Corinth and the purpose of Second Corinthians -- The integrity of Second Corinthians -- The theology of Second Corinthians -- COMMENTARY -- The opening of the letter: the call to fellowship with the apostle in Christ (1:1-2:17) -- The body of the letter: the apostolic mission and the apostle in mission (3:1-7:16) -- The closing of the letter: the call to simplicity (8:1-13:14) N2 - The question that Paul set before the ancient church in Corinth -- Do you not recognize that Jesus Christ is in and among you? (2 Cor 13:5) -- remains a critical question for the church today. This commentary by Mark Seifrid seeks to hear Paul's message afresh and communicate it to our time.Seifrid offers a unified reading of 2 Corinthians, which has often been regarded as a composite of excerpts and fragments. He argues that Paul's message is directed at the practical atheism of the Corinthian church -- the hidden heresy that assumes God's saving work in the world may be measured by outward standards of success and achievement.Like all of the Pillar volumes, Seifrid's commentary on 2 Corinthians offers careful grammatical analysis and exegesis with clear pastoral application ER -