2 Corinthians

Question 1

Ch. 1-7:

Answer 1

largely conciliary in tone, encouraging

Question 2

Ch. 8:

Answer 2

concerning the collection of the Jerusalem church

Question 3

Ch. 9:

Answer 3

also concerning the collection

Question 4

Ch 10-13:

Answer 4

• a scathing/sarcastic reproach for following the Jewish-Christian “super-apostles”
  -these likely represent a collection of ongoing correspondences with the same church or group of churches

Question 5

the occasion of 2 Corinthians:

Answer 5

-sometime after I Corinthians was written, Paul makes a “painful visit” to Corinth
-he then writes a “tearful” letter to the Corinthians, instead of visiting them a second time
-at some point, a group of Jewish-Christian “super apostles” arrive, challenging Paul’s authority