2 Corinthians
New Testament · translated from the Greek
Paul’s most personal letter: he defends his ministry, speaks of his weakness and of how power is made complete in it, and calls for reconciliation and generosity.
How it is laid out
Key verses
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 — My grace is enough for you
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 — If anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 — He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us
Who wrote it
Paul, with Timothy our brother (1:1). Whether it is a single letter or brings several together is debated.
When it was written
Around AD 55–56, from Macedonia, after 1 Corinthians.
For whom, and in what situation
The assembly in Corinth and the believers in all Achaia (1:1). After a letter written “through many tears” (2:4), Paul defends his ministry against some “super-apostles” (11:5) and organizes the collection for Jerusalem (8–9).
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