"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." -2 corinthians 4:16
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A problem with academia is the promise of the sure result, is not matched with the truth, that every result must be continuously defended. And ancient Greece was the home of academia. Paul went to Corinth and shared his life as a Christian. And Paul returned. Frustrated. Hurt. Explaining again and again what he had meant as Corinthians split hairs.
But the result is a pure distillation of Paul’s message.
Here, Paul is defending his apostleship. He has love for the people of Corinth, but has had to give them a severe lecture in a letter that may no longer exist. Some questioned Paul's apostle status. But Paul's defence is also applicable to all believers.
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