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The Second Epistle to the Corinthians, often referred to as Second Corinthians (and written as ''2 Corinthians''), is the eighth book of the New Testament of the Bible. Paul the Apostle and "Timothy ''our'' brother" wrote this epistle to "the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia". ==Composition== While there is little doubt among scholars that Paul is the author, there is discussion over whether the Epistle was originally one letter or composed from two or more of Paul's letters. Although the New Testament only contains two letters to the Corinthians, the evidence from the letters themselves is that he wrote at least four: # 1 Cor 5:9 ("''I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people''", NIV) refers to an early letter, sometimes called the "warning letter". # 1 Corinthians # The Severe Letter. Paul refers to an earlier "letter of tears" in 2 Corinthians 2:3–4 and 7:8. 1 Corinthians does not match that description; so this "letter of tears" may have been written between 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians. # 2 Corinthians The abrupt change of tone from being previously harmonious to bitterly reproachful in 2 Corinthians 10–13 has led many to speculate that chapters 10–13 form part of the "letter of tears" which were in some way tagged on to Paul's main letter.〔(THE SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS ), from "An Introduction to the New Testament", By Edgar J. Goodspeed, 1937〕 Those who disagree with this assessment usually say that the "letter of tears" is no longer extant.〔(2 Corinthians: Introduction, Argument, and Outline ), by Daniel Wallace at bible.org〕 Some scholars also find fragments of the "warning letter", or of other letters, in chapters 1–9,〔(New Testament Letter Structure ), from (Catholic Resources ) by Felix Just, S.J.〕 for instance that part of the "warning letter" is preserved in 2 Cor 6:14–7:1,〔 but these hypotheses are less popular.〔"An Introduction to the Bible", by John Drane (Lion, 1990), p.654〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second Epistle to the Corinthians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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