was to go from Ephesus to Corinth directly by sea, then to Macedonia, then back to Corinth (thus a “second bene t” for the Corinthians, Cor 1:15), nally on to Jerusalem His changed plan (Acts 20:3; Cor 16:5-8) was to go rst to Macedonia, then to Corinth, then to Jerusalem via Macedonia The reason for delaying his visit to Corinth was to “allow the Corinthians by God’s help to remedy the evils, and then to arrive in their midst.” (R C H Lenski, The Interpretation of St Paul’s First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians, p 858) One consequence of this change was that the Corinthians charged Paul with not being a man of his word (2 Cor 1:17) 24 R V G Tasker, The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, p 10 25 For an able defense of the unity of the full text of Corinthians, consult Tasker, pp 23-35 26 Ibid., pp 23-24 27 Adapted from W Graham Scroggie, Know Your Bible, 2:142-43 28 Observe, for example, how 7:5 picks up the narrative that had been temporarily suspended at 2:13 It is for this reason that the section 2:14—7:4 is often viewed as a parenthesis in the epistle 29 A simple outline is given in Alfred Plummer, Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians, pp xx-xxi 30 Merrill C Tenney, New Testament Survey, p 300 31 The interval of one year is cited in 8:10 and 9:2 It has been pointed out by some, however, that the Greek text translated “a year ago” should read “last year” (NIV), which would make the interval something less than a year (See R V G Tasker, The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, p 123.) 32 A T Robertson and A Plummer, First Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians, p 382 33 W Graham Scroggie, Know Your Bible, 2:139 34 Read the following passages, which reveal something of the dark side of the Corinthian scene at this time: 11:3-4; 12:2021; 13:5-7, 11 35 Consult commentaries for identi cation of “a man” in 12:2 13Galatians: Set Free from Bondage The epistle to the Galatians was Paul’s rst God-breathed (theopneustia) writing, delivered to the churches of Galatia during the decade of his missionary labors.1 (See Chart 1, p 20.) We have already surveyed Romans and the Corinthian letters of this period Recall from your study of Chapter that James and Galatians were probably the rst New Testament books to be written (James A.D 45; Galatians, A.D 48) In our surveys of these letters we shall observe that both concerned themselves with the subject of works But each book stressed a di erent, though not contradictory, aspect of that common subject James was addressed to the error of loose an-tinomianism (from anti, “against” and nomos, “law”), which said that because a person is saved by grace through faith, works thereafter are not important ... 13Galatians: Set Free from Bondage The epistle to the Galatians was Paul’s rst God-breathed (theopneustia) writing, delivered to the churches of Galatia during the decade of his missionary labors.1 (See... of St Paul to the Corinthians, pp xx-xxi 30 Merrill C Tenney, New Testament Survey, p 300 31 The interval of one year is cited in 8:10 and 9:2 It has been pointed out by some, however, that the. .. A.D 48) In our surveys of these letters we shall observe that both concerned themselves with the subject of works But each book stressed a di erent, though not contradictory, aspect of that common