2 Corinthians (NIV Application Commentary | NIVAC)
Overview
2 Corinthians part of the NIV Application Commentary series, helps readers learn how the message of 2 Corinthians can have the same powerful impact today that it did when it was first written. This volume is part of a series which explains the Bible’s message by placing it in a modern context. This edition gives insight into both the author of the letter, Paul, and most strikingly, what it says about God.
- Treats all the elements of traditional exegesis
- Compares the original context and the contemporary context
- Engages contemporary life and culture
Top Highlights
“People are not blinded because they choose to renounce the gospel; rather, they choose to renounce the gospel because they are blind. And they are not blind because they choose to be so, but because Satan has made them so.” (Page 177)
“In other words, Paul talks about comfort more than any other author because he talks about suffering more than any other author, and he does so more often in 2 Corinthians than in any other letter, and more densely in 1:3–11 than in any other section of this letter.” (Page 60)
“The point here is not how much one gives, but that one gives as freely as possible, knowing that the ‘return’ will be of like kind. Since the manner of one’s giving reflects the character of one’s heart, there is a principle of divine retribution here. God gives back ‘blessings’ to those who give as a matter of ‘blessing,’ but withholds his blessings from those who withhold from others.” (Page 366)
“The point is the contrast between two perspectives, not two aspects of a person’s life, such as Jesus’ earthly, historical existence versus his eschatological, cosmic identity as the ‘Christ.’ To know someone ‘according to the flesh’ is the opposite of knowing that person ‘according to the Spirit,’ which is the mark of the age of the new covenant (cf. 3:3, 6–18). Conversion entails a converted criteria for evaluating what is valuable and true. In Christ, Paul no longer evaluates others according to the world’s standards or expectations (cf. Gal. 3:28), just as he no longer evaluates Christ in this way.” (Page 242)
“Jesus’ incarnation illustrates that the ‘grace’ expressed in love is the willingness to give up one’s own rights for the sake of meeting the needs of others.” (Pages 337–338)
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—George K. Brushaber, president, Bethel College and Seminary
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- Title: 2 Corinthians
- Author: Scott J. Hafemann
- Series: NIV Application Commentary
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 2000
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Pages: 544
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. 2 Corinthians › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780310427285, 0310427282, 9780310494201, 0310494206
- Resource ID: LLS:NIVAC68CO2
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-03T19:39:59Z
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