Publisher's Synopsis
When we come to the second epistle to the Corinthians, the apostle unfolds for us the ministry of the churches of God. I say "churches" because we are thinking of individual congregations. The two terms are used in Scripture. Paul says, "I persecuted the Church of God, and wasted it" (Gal. 1:13). He means the entire Church wherever he found it, but he also speaks of the churches of God in Judea and in Galatia, etc., referring to local assemblies. God has Himself appointed the ministry for His churches, and we have the order and the choosing of that ministry, the nature of it, in this second letter to the Corinthians.
