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Illustrating the Text sections 2017 by Baker Publishing Group
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Contents
Cover
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Welcome to the Teach the Text Commentary Series
Introduction to the Teach the Text Commentary Series
Abbreviations
Introduction to 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 1:17
Comfort in Affliction
2 Corinthians 1:811
Learning to Trust
2 Corinthians 1:1214
Apostolic Integrity
2 Corinthians 1:152:4
Changing Plans, a Faithful God
2 Corinthians 2:511
Forgiveness and Restoration
2 Corinthians 2:1217
Led as Captives
2 Corinthians 3:16
The New Covenant
2 Corinthians 3:711
The Surpassing Glory of the Ministry of the Spirit
2 Corinthians 3:1218
New Covenant Transformation
2 Corinthians 4:16
New Covenant Service
2 Corinthians 4:715
Jars of Clay
2 Corinthians 4:165:5
Fixing Our Eyes on the Unseen
2 Corinthians 5:610
By Faith, Not Sight
2 Corinthians 5:1115
The Impelling Love of Christ
2 Corinthians 5:1621
The Ministry of Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 6:113
An Appeal for Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 6:147:1
An Appeal for Purity
2 Corinthians 7:24
An Appeal for Reciprocated Affection
2 Corinthians 7:516
Comfort, Repentance, and Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 8:17
The Generosity of the Macedonians
2 Corinthians 8:815
Finish the Work!
2 Corinthians 8:1624
Money Matters
2 Corinthians 9:15
Giving Generously
2 Corinthians 9:615
Giving Cheerfully
Demolishing Strongholds
2 Corinthians 10:711
Authority to Build
2 Corinthians 10:1218
Boasting in the Lord
2 Corinthians 11:16
Divinely Jealous
2 Corinthians 11:715
True and False Apostles
Additional Insights
Paul, Patronage, and the Corinthians
2 Corinthians 11:1621a
Playing the Fool
2 Corinthians 11:21b29
Apostolic Credentials
2 Corinthians 11:3033
Boasting in Weakness
2 Corinthians 12:110
Weakness as Strength
2 Corinthians 12:1113
Not the Least Inferior
2 Corinthians 12:1421
Ready or Not, Here I Come
2 Corinthians 13:14
Be Warned
2 Corinthians 13:510
Test Yourselves!
2 Corinthians 13:1114
Finally, Brothers and Sisters...
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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Welcome to the Teach the Text Commentary Series
Why another commentary series? That was the question the general editors posed when Baker Books asked us to produce this series. Is there something that we can offer to pastors and teachers that is not currently being offered by other commentary series, or that can be offered in a more helpful way? After carefully researching the needs of pastors who teach the text on a weekly basis, we concluded that yes, more can be done; the Teach the Text Commentary Series (TTCS) is carefully designed to fill an important gap.
The technicality of modern commentaries often overwhelms readers with details that are tangential to the main purpose of the text. Discussions of source and redaction criticism, as well as detailed surveys of secondary literature, seem far removed from preaching and teaching the Word. Rather than wade through technical discussions, pastors often turn to devotional commentaries, which may contain exegetical weaknesses, misuse the Greek and Hebrew languages, and lack hermeneutical sophistication. There is a need for a commentary that utilizes the best of biblical scholarship but also presents the material in a clear, concise, attractive, and user-friendly format.