Reading ἔγραψα in 2 Corinthians 2:9 as an Epistolary Aorist

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Stegman
Keyword(s):  
Corinthians 2 ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
Preceding Context ◽  
To Receive

Abstract This article offers a re-reading of ἔγραψα in 2 Cor 2:9. It argues that this verb should be interpreted as an epistolary aorist—thereby indicating a reason for why Paul is presently writing—rather than as a preterit aorist, referring to the “tearful letter.” Reading ἔγραψα as an epistolary aorist in 2:9 resolves tensions with the preceding context produced by the typical interpretation. It also results in a fully coherent reading of 2:5-11, where Paul exhorts the Corinthians to receive back the offender. This study supplements K.L. McKay’s treatment of the epistolary aorist in Novum Testamentum.

Self's Sufficiency or God's Sufficiency: 2 Corinthians 2:16

1983 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-374
Author(s):  
Francis T. Fallon
Keyword(s):  
Corinthians 2 ◽  
2 Corinthians

Paul's question in 2 Cor 2:16 (“Who is sufficient for these things?”) has long puzzled commentators. Many have noted the abruptness of the question in its context, but few have succeeded in relating the question specifically to the situation that Paul faced. More recently, in his monograph on the opponents of Paul in 2 Corinthians, Dieter Georgi has proposed that in this question Paul is adopting a catchword or slogan (“sufficient”/“sufficiency”) of his opponents and using it against them.

Post-Mortem Existence and Resurrection of the Body in Paul

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
Jerry Sumney
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate State ◽  
General Rule ◽  
The Body ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
Essential Aspect ◽  
Human Fulfillment ◽  
To Receive

AbstractWhen read in both their broader historical and epistolary contexts 1 Corinthians 15, 2 Corinthians 4-5, 1 Thessalonians 4, and Philippians 1 suggest that Paul thinks most people (including believers) cease to exist at death. Martyrs and others of exceptional faithfulness (including apostles who die for the faith) may be exceptions to this general rule and thus possess a limited existence with God before the parousia. Paul does not seem to envision any sort of conscious or even unconscious intermediate state for most people who have died. They simply await the parousia to receive life with the resurrection body that is patterned after the body of the resurrected Christ. This is the form of existence that God intends for humans and that is appropriate for human fulfillment. Embodiment is an essential aspect of this full existence for Paul.

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