2 Corinthians is a more personal letter from the Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth than was the first epistle. Paul explains his ministry, defends his apostleship, stimulates reconciliation, calls out false teachers, and shows that God's power is displayed through human weakness as he himself was experiencing with his famous "thorn in the flesh".
Paul starts chapter 1 praising God as the one "who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can pass on comfort to others... through Christ our comfort overflows... because God shares in our suffering and in our comfort... and in Asia we learnt to rely on God when we were under great pressure... so on God we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us". Paul then says that he had lived in holiness and sincerity with them, "so that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus... and it is God that makes both us and you stand firm in Christ... he set his seal of ownership upon us... and put his Spirit in our hearts... and it is by faith that you stand firm".
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