for the way he speaks and writes and finds it just to defend himself with some of his important teachings. He states the importance of forgiving others, and God's new agreement that comes from the Spirit of the living God (2 Cor. 3:3), and the importance of being a person of Christ and giving generously to God's people in Jerusalem, and ends with his own experience of how God changed his life (Sandmel, 1979). Uniqueness According to Easton's Bible Dictionary, This epistle, it has been well said, shows the individuality of the apostle more than any other. "Human weakness, spiritual strength, the deepest tenderness of affection, wounded feeling, sternness, irony, rebuke, impassioned self-vindication, humility, a just self-respect, zeal for the welfare of the weak and suffering, as well as for the progress of the church of Christ and for the spiritual advancement of its members, are all displayed in turn in the course of his appeal." —Lias, Second Corinthians. See also 2 Corinthians 11:19 Authorship of the Pauline Epistles Come-outer First Epistle to the Corinthians The Spirit of Detroit, 1958 sculpture Textual variants in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians Third Epistle to the Corinthians Notes References External links Online translations of Second Epistle to the Corinthians: Online Bible at GospelHall.org Various versions Commentary articles by J. P. Meyer on Second Corinthians, by chapter: 1–2, 3, 4:1–6:10, 6:11–7:16, 8–9, 10–13 1st-century Christian texts Corinthians 2 Christianity in Roman Corinth Corinthians 2 Pauline epistles