2 Corinthians

“As Paul opens his heart to his readers, we see more clearly than ever what his apostolic service cost him. Yet we also see the principles of God’s ‘upside-down’ kingdom, where self-denial is fulfilment, weakness is strength, and the temporal is eclipsed by the eternal.”

Matthias Bible Guides assist in personal and group study of various books of the Bible, one book at a time. In this volume, well-known Bible teacher and pastor David Jackman brings his decades of experience in expository ministry to the letter of 2 Corinthians. David is a sure guide to this important letter, with his incisive comments on the text matched by the warmth of his pastoral insight.

David Jackman is a former President of the Proclamation Trust, and was the founding Director of the Cornhill training course in London. A former church pastor and author of several commentaries and other books, David has spent over 30 years training preachers across the world. He is married to Heather, and together they have two married children and four grandchildren.

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Table of contents:

• Getting started with 2 Corinthians
• 1. The central message of 2 Corinthians
• 2. Who, what, when, where, why?
• 3. People and groups
• 4. Biblical theology
• 5. Systematic theology
• 6. Key words and phrases
• 7. Old Testament connections
• 8. Key questions and debates
• 9. Using 2 Corinthians evangelistically
• 10. Structure
• 11. Understanding the text
• 12. Suggested teaching outlines
• Before you go …
• Appendix: Further reading