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[This is Week 4 of a 6-week preaching series on 2 Corinthians.] Week 4 (June 12, 2016)          Preaching text: 2 Cor 4:16 — 5:10; accompanying text: Mark 8:22-26 Theme: Walk by Faith not Sight As Paul has maintained, all of this takes place amid everything we undergo in bodies. Every momentary affliction — every pathos … Continue reading “2 Corinthians 4:16–5:10 Commentary by Lois Malcolm”

Every second reading for Transfiguration from 2 Corinthians comes after the next. Confusing? In an interesting coincidence, the lectionary for Transfiguration in Year B (February 22, 2009) and Year C (February 14, 2010), takes successive reading from 2 Corinthians, but in reverse order. Last Transfiguration, the reading was 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, and for this year … Continue reading “2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Commentary by Karl Jacobson”

The epistle reading for today reminds us that the revelation of Jesus’ glory is so spectacular that it initiates the transfiguration of all who are in Christ. In 2 Corinthians 3, Paul claims that even the Corinthian church is being transformed to reflect God’s glory. Given what is revealed about the Corinthians in this letter, … Continue reading “2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Commentary by Carla Works”

Why read 2 Corinthians? It is probably one of Paul’s most difficult letters to decipher. For one thing, its tone oscillates widely — from expressing deep love to angry rebuke. For another, it does not seem to proceed in a logical fashion, at least to contemporary readers. Indeed, many modern interpreters have thought it to … Continue reading “6-week preaching series on 2 Corinthians.]

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Commentary by David E. Fredrickson”

[This is Week 2 of a 6-week preaching series on 2 Corinthians.] Week 2 (May 29, 2016)          Preaching text: 2 Cor 2:1-10; accompanying text: Matt 18:21-22 Theme: Forgiveness This section deals events that precipitated Paul’s writing to the Corinthians. Although we are not clear on precisely what happened, it appears that someone had mistreated Paul … Continue reading “2 Corinthians 2:1-10 Commentary by Lois Malcolm”

Why read 2 Corinthians? It is probably one of Paul’s most difficult letters to decipher. For one thing, its tone oscillates widely — from expressing deep love to angry rebuke. For another, it does not seem to proceed in a logical fashion, at least to contemporary readers. Indeed, many modern interpreters have thought it to … Continue reading “2 Corinthians 1:1-11 Commentary by Lois Malcolm”

“Christ is risen!” “He is risen indeed!” The Easter greeting and response have conveyed Christians’ joy at the resurrection since the earliest days of the Christian church. Today’s reading from 1 Corinthians stretches our Easter proclamation beyond the excitement of Easter morning, to consider that always troubling question, “So what?” What difference could that long-ago … Continue reading “1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Commentary by Sharon H. Ringe”

At centuries’ distance from the Corinthian community, it is difficult to initially grasp why there would be disputes of basic faith questions such as described in chapter 15. Yet, Paul is alert to what the areas of debate are among the Corinthians and thoroughly engages them. And indeed, Christians today still dispute their beliefs. What … Continue reading “1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Commentary by Susan Hedahl”

1 Corinthians 15 is Paul’s most extensive presentation of Christ’s Parousia and our bodily resurrection as a result of Christ’s future coming. That is because some of the Corinthians have rejected the notion of our bodily resurrection. We do not know for sure why this is the case. It could be that they view the … Continue reading “1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Commentary by Richard Carlson”

First Corinthians 15 is a great way to open discussions about the historical shape of early Christian confession and faith. This Pauline letter is one of earliest writings in the New Testament, alongside his Thessalonian correspondence. It predates the writing of the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation by decades. Moreover, it is one of the earliest … Continue reading “1 Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-57 Commentary by Shively Smith”