By Bruce Green The glorious spiritual truth tucked behind the ragged realities of Paul’s ministry was that they always carried “around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our body” (v. 10). The “death of Jesus” refers to them...

By Bruce Green Paul had addressed the Corinthian’s tendency to exalt certain messengers of Christ in 1 Corinthians 3:1. As he writes the letter, we know as 2 Corinthians, it doesn’t seem as if his words had their desired effect. The Corinthians still seemed caught up...

By Bruce Green In the second half of 2 Corinthians 3, Paul continues to refer to Moses as he speaks to the Corinthians. It seems likely that the false teachers opposing Paul were overemphasizing Moses and the law and underemphasizing the covenant brought by Jesus....

By Bruce Green Moses comes to the forefront of Paul’s thoughts in chapter three. He’s already present in 2:14-17 to a limited degree in the triumphal procession and then to a greater measure in the aroma of life and death (Numbers 16). Still, both of those are more...