God bless all my brothers of steemit that the peace of God dwells in his heart.
Paul's heart overflowed with anxiety, so to speak, for those believers who were in Corinth. They were very recent believers, in a state of spiritual infancy, who did not control their natural tendencies, but their heart was with them. It even seemed that his heart was about to break down in this chapter and the next. Let's see, then, what he said here in verses 11 through 13 of this chapter 6 of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians:
"We have spoken to you frankly, Corinthians, we have opened our hearts to you, we have not been mean in our love for you, but you have been in your own heart." To correspond, then, in the same way I speak to you as sons, act yourselves frankly. "
What he was doing here was simply opening his heart that was full of love, and so he touched the hearts of those who loved him. But the interesting thing is that, apparently, it also provoked the reaction of those who hated God and His Word, and who had tried to hurt those who loved the Lord and the Scriptures. We realize that this was the case in the early history of the Church and that is also true today. If you take a firm stand for God, you will find that it is really going to cost you something.
Among the failures that Paul may have had in his character, certainly, dissimulation was not found. Only on rare occasions did the apostle mention the readers in the middle of a letter as he did here, in his expression "oh Corinthians". He also wrote to the Galatians (3: 1) when he expressed his concern about the decline of the churches in that region. On the other hand, he also mentioned the Philippians (4:15) when he highlighted the faithful support he had received from them in the early days of his ministry. So in the letter we studied, Second Corinthians, combining their frustration with their affection, addressed their readers so that they would respond equally with a genuine love. And why did Paul have to appeal to his feelings? Because there were among them the apostle's rivals who tried to capture his attention and loyalty.
Then Pablo started talking about a very important topic. However, before us we have a section of the Bible that has been abused, and that has not been correctly interpreted. There are those who have interpreted this passage in such a way that its conclusions are hard, inflexible and lacking in compassion. However, what Paul was saying was the expression of a tender heart, of a man whose heart was breaking because of his great concern for the believers in Corinth.
The following work was taken from the biblical school following the teacher
the biblical references are from Reina Valera 1960.
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