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These verses address reconciliation and new creation. Each verse is explained and discussed with comments from some of the classic Biblical commentaries, including John Wesley's commentary. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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conditions that acted as a catalyst for Pauls letter. Throughout the essay is woven Pauls theology and the foundations for his theology as well as his major themes in all
his writing. Ministry of Reconciliation Exegesis Chapter 5 of Pauls second letter to the Corinthians leads up to the last verses found in 5:11-21 and into 6:1-2. This entire
section is known as Pauls "Ministry of Reconciliation." This passage has received repeated accolades for its importance. For instance, Hanson said this is "one of the charters of the Christian
ministry in the New Testament"; C.K. Barrett said it is "one of the most pregnant, difficult, and important in the whole of the Pauline literature" and Calvin said of 5:18
(All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation), "Here, if anywhere in Pauls writings, we have a quite remarkably
important passage and we must carefully examine the words one by one."1 It is important to understand the conditions surrounding this letter. Paul had heard there were people in Corinth
who were condemning Paul and his teaching. The overall purpose of this letter was to assert his own position as an Apostle of Christ and inform the people that those
speaking against him were false apostles. There is some question as to exactly who these false apostles are. Some scholars suggest they are Judaizers, which is the most likely.2 Judaizers
are Jews who claim to be Christians but who want to follow Mosaic Law. They may have been Gnostics who said they had special knowledge of God, they may have
been Divine men who are described as following that ideology, or they may have been pneumatics who focus on the gifts from the Holy Spirit.3 In this letter, Paul is
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