The Second Epistle to the Corinthians
2 Corinthians
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Πρὸς Κορινθίους Βʹ (Pros Korinthious B — "To the Corinthians II") — Pauline epistle to the church
| Chapters | Chiasms | Intertextuality | Trajectories | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 21 | 13 | 43 | 2 |
Theme: Apostolic ministry—weakness, comfort, new covenant glory, and generous giving.
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| Chiasms | 21 | View all → |
| Intertextuality Pairs | 13 | View all → |
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| Longitudinal Themes | 2 | View all → |
Major Chiastic Structures
Literary patterns revealing theological emphasis
| Chiasm | Span | Center/Turning Point |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Corinthians 01:12 - 02:2 | 2 01:12-02:2 | yea and nay, yea (19) |
| 2 Corinthians 01:3 - 7 | 2 01:3-7 | vv. 3-7 |
| 2 Corinthians 02:3 - 11 | 2 02:3-11 | v. 6 |
| 2 Corinthians 04:3 - 6 | 2 04:3-6 | hid,, hid, blinded (3-6) |
| 2 Corinthians 04:7 - 18 | 2 04:7-18 | We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; (13) |
Trajectory Tables
Typological studies tracing themes to Christ
| # | Trajectory | What It Traces |
|---|---|---|
| 005 | Adam — The First and Last Adam | The head of the old humanity, answered by the Last Adam. |
| 007 | Anointing Oil — Holy Spirit | Oil poured on priests and kings, escalated into the Spirit poured out on all flesh. |
| 011 | Babylonian Exile — Judgment and Discipline | The covenant curse falling and the throne emptied, an exile ended only by the King who bore it. |
| 016 | Book of Life — God's Record of the Elect | A heavenly register of names, unveiled at last as the Lamb's book written before the world began. |
| 021 | Bronze Serpent — Lifted Up for Healing | Lifted up in the wilderness so the dying might look and live. |
| 027 | Ceremonial Uncleanness — Spiritual Defilement | Washings that never reached the conscience, ended by the One who declares all foods clean and cleanses the heart. |
| 029 | Church as Israel — New Covenant People | The promises of offspring and blessing to Abraham, kept in Christ the true Israel and His multiethnic people. |
| 032 | Coats of Skins — Covering of Shame | Fig leaves traded for garments God Himself provided, a covering deepening until the redeemed are clothed with Christ. |
| 033 | Conquest of Canaan — Victory in Christ | The LORD's war that gave Israel the land, fulfilled and surpassed at the cross where the powers were disarmed. |
| 037 | Covenant Violations — Prophetic Indictments | The prophets' lawsuit against a nation that broke every commandment, answered by the Son who kept them and bore the curse. |
| 048 | Eden as Temple — Original Sanctuary | The garden where God walked with man, a line of Presence deepening until the whole new creation is His sanctuary. |
| 060 | First Fruits — Christ's Resurrection | The first sheaf waved to claim the whole harvest, fulfilled in the risen Christ who guarantees ours. |
| 062 | Garden Commission — Extending Sacred Space | Adam's mandate to fill the earth with God's presence, carried across the canon to Christ's Great Commission. |
| 063 | Gentile Inclusion — Light to the Nations | God's promise that all families of the earth would be blessed, kept in Abraham's singular seed. |
| 065 | Glory-Cloud — Divine Presence | God's visible presence in pillar, tabernacle, and temple, drawing nearer until the glory shines in the face of Christ. |
| 076 | Image of God — Priestly Vocation | Adam set in Eden to serve and guard as priest-king, a vocation perfected in Christ the true Image. |
| 078 | Isaiah — Suffering Servant Messenger | The prophet whose call, sign-children, and suffering are themselves the message, fulfilled in Christ the final Prophet. |
| 080 | Jacob — Transformed Supplanter | The heel-grabber chosen before birth and left limping by grace, as God in Christ still deals with sinners. |
| 099 | Manna — The Bread of Life | Bread rained from heaven that fed a nation and still let them die, until Jesus gave His flesh instead. |
| 104 | Moses — The Prophet Like Unto Me | God's sworn promise of a prophet like Moses, kept in the Son the Father tells us to hear. |
| 108 | New Exodus — Second Exodus Pattern | Egypt's deliverance retold by the prophets as a greater one still coming, accomplished in Christ's exodus at Jerusalem. |
| 110 | New Moons — Renewal and Rest | The monthly trumpet blast re-consecrating Israel's calendar, a shadow whose substance belongs to Christ. |
| 131 | Return from Exile — Restoration and Hope | Israel brought home from Babylon yet still confessing slavery, a homecoming completed when Christ ends the exile Himself. |
| 147 | Sin Offering — Christ Bearing Our Sins | The purification offering whose blood covered sin but never removed it, fulfilled when Christ was made sin for us. |
| 156 | Tabernacle — God Dwelling Among His People | The tent built to the heavenly pattern, fulfilled when the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. |
| 158 | Temple Ecclesiology — Church as God's Dwelling | God's purpose to dwell with His people, from Eden to the temple of Christ's body and His Spirit-filled church. |
| 173 | Wisdom Instruction — Torah Pedagogy | Words bound on hands and doorposts, deepening until the Spirit writes the law on hearts of flesh. |
| 175 | Zerubbabel — Royal Seed Rebuilding | A Davidic governor rebuilding the temple under a lifted curse, a promise kept in the greater Branch who builds God's house. |