A Heart Opened Wide, Studies in 2 Corinthians - CCS by Homer A Kent.
Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians has not always fared well in translation. Some older English versions, in their attempt to achieve accuracy, have rendered Paul's emotional passages wich such wooden literalness that the meaning is obscured if not altogether lost for modern reads. Partly, for this reason, II Corinthians is not as familiar to most Christians as I Corinthians, and furthermore, the systematic discussion of problems which characterised I Corinthians has captured the attention of most students and has tended to overshadow its companion letter.
Yet II Corinthians is worthy of serious study for of all Paul's letters, this one is the most revealing about the author himself. His strong ties to his readers, with a number of prior contacts between him a the Corinthians had occurred, and not all of the details are known to us, with due caution we must read between lines of the setting and details of former letters. Through the remarkable glimpse of Paul with this Epistle conveys, the reader can see that it means to minister to others, and that these words are the result of a "heart opened wide" II Corinthians 6:11.
