Second Epistle to the Corinthians

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New Testament epistle Pauline epistle book of the Bible

The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is a New Testament letter addressing the early Christian community in Corinth, focusing on themes of apostolic authority, reconciliation, and the nature of Christian ministry.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
2 Corinthians	4
2 Corinthians 11:32	1
2 Corinthians 12:7–10	1
2 Corinthians 4:7–12	1
2 Corinthians 5:18–20	1
2 Corinthians 9:6–8	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament epistle ⓘ Pauline epistle ⓘ book of the Bible ⓘ
addressedTo	Christian community in Corinth ⓘ church in Corinth ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
biblicalBookNumber	47 ⓘ
canonicalIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Protestant churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
canonicalStatus	canonical scripture in most Christian traditions ⓘ
coAuthorMentioned	Timothy ⓘ
containsSection	catalog of Paul’s sufferings ⓘ contrast between old and new covenants ⓘ defense of Paul’s apostleship ⓘ discussion of the collection for the saints ⓘ
followsInCanon	First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
genre	letter ⓘ religious text ⓘ
keyConcept	God loves a cheerful giver ⓘ ministry of reconciliation ⓘ thorn in the flesh ⓘ treasure in jars of clay ⓘ
keyPassage	Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Corinthians 12:7–10 Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Corinthians 4:7–12 2 Corinthians 5:17 ⓘ Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Corinthians 5:18–20 Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Corinthians 9:6–8
keyVerse	“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” ⓘ “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors” ⓘ
majorTheme	apostolic authority ⓘ generosity and collection for Jerusalem ⓘ nature of Christian ministry ⓘ new covenant ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ suffering and comfort ⓘ weakness and power ⓘ
numberOfChapters	13 ⓘ
originalLanguage	Koine Greek ⓘ
partOf	Christian biblical canon ⓘ
precedesInCanon	Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ
recipientRegion	Achaia ⓘ
shortTitle	2 Cor ⓘ Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2 Corinthians
testament	New Testament ⓘ
title	Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-link ⓘ
traditionalDateRange	mid‑first century CE ⓘ
traditionalPlaceOfWriting	Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timothy → coAuthorOf → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → commentaryOn → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

New Testament → contains → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

Commentaries on the Bible → coversBook → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians

First Epistle to the Corinthians → followedBy → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

Corinth → hasWorkAbout → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians

Second Epistle to the Corinthians → keyPassage → Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians 5:18–20

Second Epistle to the Corinthians → keyPassage → Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians 4:7–12

Second Epistle to the Corinthians → keyPassage → Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

Second Epistle to the Corinthians → keyPassage → Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians 9:6–8

Aretas IV of Nabatea → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians 11:32

Timothy → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

Saint Timothy → scripturalMention → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians

Second Epistle to the Corinthians → shortTitle → Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2 Corinthians

Second Epistle to the Corinthians → title → Second Epistle to the Corinthians self-link ⓘ

Apostle Paul → wrote → Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ