II CORINTHIANS

Theme: Apostolic ministry/ leadership

Author: Paul

Time: 56 AD

• Paul’s leadership is being challenged

Key Words:

Glory - 31 times

Comfort - 21 times

Minister - 18 times

Key Scripture:

2 Corinthians 12:14 ESV

14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

• I’m not here to use you but to give to you

• I’m in it to glorify God by serving you

• He’s defending his honor by reasoning with them like a good dad

Structure:

Chapter 1-7: Apostolic Relationship with Corinthians

• What motivates his ministry

Chapter 8-9: Paul’s plea to get the Jerusalem relief fund

Chapter 10-13: Paul’s apostolic relationship and the recalcitrant minority

• People who are not submitting to this leadership

• Explains how he will come if they do not submit

Purpose of the Book:

1. Defend’s Pauls apostolic leadership

2. To give further instruction concerning the collection for the Christian at Jerusalem

3. To point out the need for consolation in the case of discipline mentioned in the first epistle

• He had to excommunicate someone who lives in sin, in the church and thinks he’s a Christian. They are stubborn in their sin

4. To show that the new covenant surpasses the old covenant in glory

Message of the Book:

1. A true minister of God will glory in the Lord not himself

2. The chief purpose of church discipline is for restoration not condemnation

3. Apostolic ministry is attested by patience, signs, wonders, and mighty deeds

• He didn’t just practice what he preached but he preached what he practiced.